In addition to the Surface Pro 8 and Surface Go 3 tablets that were announced by Microsoft today, they also slipped in an announcement on one of their other Windows tablets, which was the launch of Wi-Fi only editions of the Surface Pro X: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-pro-x It is launching for $100 less than the LTE enabled models from Microsoft Store, and the new Wi-Fi only editions are being introduced for both … more…
The Surface Go 3 was announced today, and will be launched as Microsoft’s newest entry level Surface tablet with Windows 11 on October 5, still from $399: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-go-3 But unlike the enlarged Surface Pro 8 that was also unveiled today, the new Surface Go 3 hasn’t gone through any radical changes from the Surface Go 2. All the changes are on the processors, and not with the design or the … more…
Microsoft unveiled the brand new Surface Pro 8 today, which represent the first real design change in years as the screen has grown to 13 inches. The price has grown with it, as the starting price is now $1099 when it launches on October 5: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-8 Surface Pro 8 is a Windows 11 tablet that now features a 13-inch screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate and a 2880 x … more…
As we are just two days away from Microsoft’s annual fall event where we are at least expecting a Surface Go 3 and a Surface Duo 2 to be unveiled, the most recent leaks and rumors suggests that the Surface Pro 8 might finally show up too. I have no experience with the track record of the leaker yet, but at least the famous Windows leaker Walking Cat found him … more…
Microsoft has announced that they’ll hold a Surface event on September 22, without specifying any further. Although the giant did publish a teaser poster of a Surface tablet. After brightening the teaser image for a closer inspection, all I can say is that the tablet in the teaser image is a Surface Pro X of some kind, since the Surface Go and Surface Pro tablets all have connectivity ports on … more…
Microsoft’s Surface Go 2 that was announced in May last year is ripe for an upgrade, and it now looks like the Surface Go 3 has been benchmarked, as noticed by Roland Quandt of German computer site WinFuture. The Geekbench benchmark tests results shows that a tablet with the typical model designations that Microsoft uses on the Surface tablets, has been tested with two different processors. One processor is the … more…
As we approach the 1 year anniversary of the launch of Microsoft’s first dual-screen smartphone, the Microsoft Surface Duo which was launched on September 10th, the predecessor Surface Duo 2 has been benchmarked before the unveiling. As spotted by the MySmartPrice, the Surface Duo 2 was benchmarked numerous times at the start of the weekend. In Geekbench 5, it performed from 1071 to 1106 in single-core, and from 2945 to … more…
It’s been a while since we heard anything new about the prospects for a Surface Duo 2, but Windows Central has managed to gather together some of the pieces, and believes that the second generation foldable device will launch during the fall. The codename for Surface Duo 2 is Zeta, so we may find that name pop up in some official certifications along the way before the unveiling. Daniel Rubino … more…
After a brief hint yesterday, Microsoft announced the new 2021 edition of the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 today. It will launch in USA, Canada, and Japan two days from now, on April 15 from Microsoft and Best Buy, with other markets to follow. https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/7896574A Also, those who pre-order the Surface Laptop 4 will get free Surface Earbuds thrown into the bundle. The starting price is $999, with 6 different configurations … more…
The German tech and computer site WinFuture have posted most of the specs they have found for the upcoming Surface Laptop 4, And not only that, but possibly contrary to the rumor that it will be unveiled on April 13th, they’re saying these 4th gen. laptops will be launched on April 27th. There are currently 4 processor options on the Surface Laptop 3, and this seems to carry over to … more…
South Korean technology leaker FrontTron says that the next Microsoft Surface even will be held on April 13. Incidentally, this may be the same day that Apple is supposed to make their 2021 iPad Pro announcement too. So let’s see how those dates will clash. What’s currently expected from the first Surface event of 2021 are the new Surface Laptop 4 laptops in various sizes. The placeholder for the firmware … more…
Microsoft announced an upgraded Surface Pro 7 today by the name Surface Pro 7+, which is not sold directly to the consumer market. Instead this tablet is sold to the enterprise market through retailers like Verizon Business and so on: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/business/surface-pro-7-plus This isn’t the first time Microsoft has upgraded one of their tablets purely for the enterprise sector, but they simply used to be given the additional moniker LTE Advanced … more…
It’s been just five days since Microsoft released the x64 emulation preview for insiders in the development channel. And after that Windows 10 on ARM adaption came todays Surface Pro X price cut too, sending the prices down $200 on all configurations in Microsoft Store: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-pro-x/ The new Surface Pro X entry level price now starts at $799, which is a little more reasonable, though still pricey. It’s also just … more…
It hasn’t been more than a week since the certified first pictures for the new Surface Laptop 4 and new Surface Pro 8 were leaked, along with some speculations about their specs. But after two new benchmark scores showed up for two new Microsoft Surface devices on Geekbench today, it looks like we got a very probably confirmation of some of their main hardware too. First of all we saw … more…
The dual-screen Surface Duo is rumored to released internationally soon and gain the color option of black at the same time, as an alternative to the white models that’s on the market today. The rumor comes via leaker cozyplanes who at the same time mentions that the Surface Go 2 tablet will be offered in black when the new Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop 4 will be launched in … more…