Surface Tension Rises as Microsoft's Latest Kit Starts at a Pricey $1,499
Microsoft says the new Surface Pro 12 uses Snapdragon X2 chips and adds battery, camera and Wi-Fi 7 upgrades.
- Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 12, its latest 13-inch tablet running on Qualcomm Snapdragon chips with meaningful upgrades to CPU and GPU performance across the lineup.
- The new model delivers up to 53% faster graphics than the 11th Edition, with Plus and Elite variants offering enhanced performance for demanding tasks.
- Pricing starts at $1,499, a $500 increase from the 11th Edition driven by rising LPDDR5x RAM costs industry-wide. An OLED panel upgrade adds $300, totaling $1,799.
- Battery life climbs to 15.5 hours, with the 13.8-inch model claiming up to 20 hours per charge. The device includes a 1440p Quad camera, Wi-Fi 7, and Platinum, Black, and Dune finishes.
- Through June 30, Microsoft is offering a free Surface Pro Flex Keyboard and up to $900 in trade-in credit. Tech reporter Erdi Ozuag says Intel's roadmap lists x86 processors with NVIDIA RTX graphics arriving in early 2028.
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Surface tension rises as Microsoft's latest kit starts at a pricey $1,499
Microsoft has unveiled new Surface hardware at prices that could keep customers away until the hardware supply chain sorts itself out. Two devices were announced – a new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop with Snapdragon X2 silicon. The 13-inch Pro has, according to Microsoft, 53 percent faster graphics performance than the previous generation, and the 13.8 and 15-inch Laptop deliver 58 percent better graphics performance. The batteries should last …
The updated devices received more powerful ARM chips Qualcomm, improved autonomy and operational memory configuration up to 64 GBs, but increased significantly.
The Surface Pro 12 isn't the Surface Pro 12-inch: Microsoft's naming scheme has reached peak chaos
Microsoft just dropped its latest Surface hardware, but a confusing cocktail of overlapping generation numbers, hidden specs, and physical screen sizes means the average buyer will have no idea what they’re actually purchasing.
Microsoft has updated its Surface family again. On the Surface Laptop Ultra and Intel devices, "for Business", the Surface Laptop 8 and the Surface Pro 12 are Microsoft's first consumer devices with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 platform. Microsoft promises its customers more performance, stronger NPUs for AI features and longer battery life. However, all this at the expense of significantly higher prices. Surface Laptop 8: Snapdragon X2 in 13.8 and …
For years, laptop buyers have criticized Microsoft for charging higher prices and offering less performance. Now, Microsoft is preparing to launch the Surface Laptop 8 and the Surface Pro 12, both powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 (Elite) processor. Microsoft isn't aiming to enter the lower-priced laptop market with these models. The company is using the Surface line to establish high-end Windows on ARM hardware. Microsoft is launching the 1…
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