You'll get both the Surface Pen and Type Cover when you purchase the new Microsoft Surface Pro in the UAE.
Dubai - Hugely-improved battery life icing on the cake in Microsoft's drive for '5'
for some reason, refused to attach '5' to its latest computing machine.
Well, maybe calling it the 'new' Surface Pro has some thinly-veiled message into
it.
machine. The previous Surface Pros have no doubt impressed, so there's no
reason the 2017 version won't be able to do so.
3) before it, there's a little redesign to the new Surface Pro. It now boasts corners
that are more rounded, complementing that really-crisp 12.3-inch PixelSense
display, and the edges still contain the usual suspects found in its predecessor:
mini DisplayPort, USB 3.0, Surface Connector charging port and microSD slot to
the right; power and volume buttons on top; and little ol' 3.5mm audio jack to the
left. Hmm, something's missing here: for some reason, Microsoft still hasn't
slapped in a USB Type-C port - that may leave a gaping hole if we talk about
future-proofing this device.
launching an LTE version of this new device, and word has it that it has an
expected December release.
150 degrees. While it may sound as purely aesthetic (plus making it a bit more
versatile), it seems that the reason for this is that the new Surface Pro, by
default, supports the Surface Dial, that hockey puck-looking accessory that you
can even place on top of its screen that shows radial menus and can act as an
additional input method.
Microsoft's own stylus has been bumped up, now with 4,096 levels of pressure
sensitivity - four times that of its predecessor's 1,024. Oh, and it still clings to
the left side of the device, and I actually feel a stronger magnet to hold it there. At
launch, Microsoft said it's twice as fast as the Apple Pencil, thanks to its latency
(the speed at which the screen responds to the input device) of 21ms - though it
didn't take long for One Infinite Loop to fire back as it came out with a new Pencil
that had 20ms. I'm not an artist, but I can tell if a stylus is good - and the
Surface Pen doesn't disappoint. For good measure, I had some friends who
actually draw to test it out, and they were pretty impressed with it.
best boosts in this iteration. With the transition to Intel's new 7th-generation Kaby
Lake processors, Microsoft claims that the new Surface Pro has a nutty up-to-
13.5 hours of juice - a mind-boggling 50 per cent more than the 4. That's a big
edge over the new versions of the iPad Pro and HP Elite X2, both of which claim
10 hours. Of course, battery life will always depend on what you're doing with
your machine; in this case, I was able to churn out well over 10 hours with some
mixed use, sprinkled with a movie and occasional games.
AND SO...
Surface Pro year after year, and this new one is on top with the best out there.
So that thinly-veiled message is now clear: this is a beast, no doubt, with few kinks really - but if you'd want the absolute top-of-the-line version, you'll have to shell out five figures in dirhams. Processor Up to Intel Core 7th-generation i7 (Kaby Lake) Graphics Up to Intel Iris Plus 640 Memory 4/8/16GB Storage 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB SSD Display 12.3" PixelSense, 2736 x 1824, 267ppi Platform Windows 10 Pro Battery Up to 13.5h Connectivity USB 3.0, microSDXC, Mini DisplayPort, Surface Connect, 3.5mm audio Camera Main: 8MP with full HD video; front: 5MP with Windows Hello Audio Dolby Audio Premium Wireless Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 Price Dh4,499/Dh5,699/Dh6,699/Dh8,899/Dh10,799