Surface Laptop is Microsoft's $999 flagship for Windows 10 S Microsoft is ready to jump back into the classroom. Microsoft has announced an event in Shanghai for May 23 Surface Laptop, Windows 10 S: Everything Microsoft just revealed Surface VP tweets out potential release date for Surface Pro 5 Scroll down for a reverse-chronological look at the latest rumors. But back in March 2016, News Everyday published a report that the Surface Pro 5 would start at $899 - consistent with the entry-level price of previous models. With a market growing ever more crowded with less expensive competitors, there will be pressure on Microsoft to come down on price. For now, the least expensive config starts at $799 and comes with 128GB of storage, a sixth-generation Intel Core M3, 4GB of RAM and without a stylus or keyboard.īut even with the discount, the Surface Pro 4 is still expensive. Microsoft dropped the Surface Pro 4's price in January - another reasonably good indicator that the followup is coming soon. These include a 4K display, better battery life (an Achilles heel of the Surface Pro 4), and a USB C port. Might we see this one at the May event in Shanghai, too? Wishful thinkingĪ handful of widespread, persistent rumors appear to reflect the wishful thinking of what folks would like to see in a Surface Pro 5. Though ZDNet reported that we might see the next version of this tablet, presumably the Surface 4, at the May 2 event, it did not make an appearance. Keep in mind that there is a little sibling in the lineup - the non-Pro Surface 3, which debuted back in March 2015, seven months before the Surface Pro 4. According to the filing, the Surface Pen's triple A or button cell battery would be replaced by a rechargeable battery, following in the footsteps of the iPad Pro's Apple Pen, which can be recharged via its Lightning connection. In January, Patently Mobile reported that Microsoft had filed a patent application for a rechargeable Surface Pen and dock.

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