At a press event in Shanghai, Microsoft unveiled the 5th generation Surface Pro.
The new Surface uses a 12.3-inch PixelSense touch display rated at 267 pixels per inch, offering 50 percent more pixels than Apple’s current 12-inch Retina MacBook, Microsoft claimed. Owners can even switch between sRGB and an “enhanced” color mode powered by technology called the PixelSense Accelerator.
The tablet comes in configurations with Intel Core m3, i5, or i7 processors, its i5 allegedly the first ever with fanless architecture. Performance-wise, the product is said to be up to 1.7 times faster than Apple’s existing iPad Pros.
The company is also promising battery life up to 13.5 hours, 50 percent more than the Surface Pro 4, and 35 percent more than an iPad Pro. Apple has long stuck to a 10-hour target for Wi-Fi equipped iPads —cellular Pros last up to 9 hours. Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pros also last up to 10 hours.
For touch controls Microsoft is offering compatibility with the Surface Dial, as well as an upgraded Surface Pen. The latter accessory has four times the pressure sensitivity of the original Pen, only 21 milliseconds of latency, and new tilt functions mirroring those on the Apple Pencil.
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