The Surface Go 3 is a 10.5-inch Windows 11 tablet that was unveiled on September 22, and starting today, it has achieved a record low price of $299 for the Intel Pentium Gold model: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DKG9JP This is the Surface Go 3 with 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and the Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y processor. The keyboard is optional, and getting Windows into tablet mode is done simply by swiping … more…
IDC released their quarterly sales estimates for tablet computers today, and their numbers are a little different from the Strategy Analytics tablet numbers that were published last week. Not only is Microsoft beaten by Huawei (with the Honor brand included), but by IDC’s estimates, total sales figures for tablets in 2021, were up by 3.2%, not down. IDC also estimates that Lenovo’s tablet sales numbers beat those of Amazon’s Fire … more…
Just a week after we mentioned that the upgraded Surface Pro 7+ version was available for consumers on Best buy, and it’s already on sale as it just happens to be Black Friday at the moment: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-surface-pro-7-12-3-touch-screen-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-128gb Which is a nice coincidence, and one that can save customers $230 on the both the Intel Core i3 and Intel Core i5 version. So the new price begins at $699, but that’s … more…
When Microsoft announced the new 13-inch Surface Pro 8 back in September, they also announced quietly in the background that the Surface Pro 7+ For Business would soon be released for the consumer market too as an alternative to the SP8. Well it has now launched on Best Buy, and this version is no longer called the Surface Pro 7+ For Business, just the Surface Pro 7+ now. When Microsoft … more…
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. Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-go-3 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Surface-Go-Touchscreen 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 … 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. Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-8 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DKHYLSH Surface Pro 8 is a Windows 11 tablet that now features a 13-inch screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate and … 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…