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Surface 3 announced, 499$ USD base price, features atom X7 and full windows 8.1 (not RT!)

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Microsoft has announced the surface 3, the successor to the Surface 2 today on a blog post along side a few feature articles on some tech websites, specs first

  • Operating System: Windows 8.1
  • Storage: 64GB, 128GB configurations
  • Pen Input: Yes, Pen sold separately
  • Display: 10.8in ClearType 214 PPI 10-Point multi-touch
  • Processor Quad-core Intel® Atom™ x7-Z8700 processor 1.6 GHz with Intel Burst™ technology up to 2.4 GHz
  • Audio: Stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio-enhanced sound
  • RAM 2GB, 4GB
  • Wi-FI (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Bluetooth 4.0 low energy
  • Camera 3.5 megapixel 1080p front-facing camera and 8.0 megapixel 1080p rear-facing camera with auto-focus
  • Ports USB 3.0 x 1, Mini DisplayPort x 1, microUSB card reader, headphone jack
  • Sensors: Ambient light, Proximity, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Digital compass
  • Battery: Up to 10 hours of video-playback battery life
  • Power Supply: 13W Micro USB power supply, charges via MicroUSB instead of the magnetic charger featured in the pro 3
  • LTE Model Only: GPS, Assisted GPS and GLONASS
  • Size & Weight: 10.51 x 7.36 x 0.34 inches (267 x 187 x 8.7 millimeters) 1.37 pounds (622 grams)
  • Software One-year subscription to Office 365 Personal
  • Kickstand: 3 positions capable hinge, 22, 40 and 60 degree positions

Surface 3 will be available in these configurations

  • $499: 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage
  • $599: 4GB of RAM, 128GB of storage
  • $599: 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage with LTE
  • $699: 4GB of RAM, 128GB of storage with LTE 

the pen is sold separately on this system unlike the pro 3, its available in 3 new colors, blue, red and black as well as the original silver, will retail for 49$ USD, the type cover is the same as the pro 3 expect is smaller to accommodate the new size, available in the previous colors and light blue and dark red as well, retails for 129$ USD
 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vPto6XpRq-U

 

Surface 3 will launch May 5 in the US and Canada, May 7 internationally in 24 different markets for a total of 26, available for pre order now in Microsoft stores

 

these are the 26 launch markets:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States, credit to @snowComet for the list

 

source: surface blog, neowin, the verge

 

to me this is the closest thing to an ipad killer, and bit more pricier if you buy the keyboard also a bit bigger, but the extra functionality alone is worth it IMO 

 

edit: the post was merged with a repost, somehow the repost post replaced this post, this is as close as the original since i don't remember the exact wording i used

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10/10 post. :P

 

If only the other thread wasn't locked so all that effort I put into my comment wasn't for nothing haha.

 

This new Surface is going to be very difficult to not impulse purchase. :o

 

Edit: Oh yeah, also impressed with that Surface ad video in the OP. A lot better than those old dancing ones...

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Surface>Macbook 

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This actually looks decent....

 

 

until the UK price is announced at £499 :P

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I almost got excited but then I remembered americans don't include vats.. So that makes the surface 3 a 100 dollars/euros more expensive then I would want to pay for it. 

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10/10 post. :P

 

If only the other thread wasn't locked so all that effort I put into my comment wasn't for nothing haha.

 

This new Surface is going to be very difficult to not impulse purchase. :o

 

Edit: Oh yeah, also impressed with that Surface ad video in the OP. A lot better than those old dancing ones...

 

Your post could've been a post on its own. This "I posted first" crap needs to stop. If only you could lock out people who keep breaking CoC on posting...but oh well. 

 

This is one seriously great value proposition for a hybrid/laptop/tablet/whatever they want to call it. 

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Didn't the surface 3 already come out?is this just the low end version?

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iPad killer imo

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Didn't the surface 3 already come out?is this just the low end version?

That's the surface 3 pro. This is the low end version with a full hd screen and atom cpu...

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Didn't the surface 3 already come out?is this just the low end version?

 

Yes and no. The Surface Pro 3 has been out for a while. This is basically a cheaper/lighter/thinner/less powerful version of the Pro 3.

 

Here are some differences:

 

  • Surface 3 starts at $499, Pro 3 starts at $799
  • Surface 3 is 10.8" 1920x1280 and 1.37 lbs, Pro 3 is 12" 2160x1440 and 1.76 lbs
  • Surface 3 has three-position kickstand, Pro 3 has "any-position" kickstand
  • Surface 3 runs Windows 8.1 x86, Pro 3 runs Windows 8.1 Pro x86, Surface 3 is also including 1 year free of Office 365 Personal
  • Both get free upgrade to Windows 10 when it is available
  • Surface 3 up to 10 hours battery life, Pro 3 up to 9 hours
  • Surface 3 is fanless, Pro 3 has a fan but is almost never heard
  • Surface 3 runs latest quad-core Intel Atom, Pro 3 runs 4th Gen Core i3/i5/i7
  • Both have full-size USB 3.0 port, Mini-DisplayPort, MicroSD slot up to 128 GB, headphones jack, port for keyboard
  • Surface 3 uses standard Micro USB for charging, Pro 3 has proprietary charger
  • Surface 3 highest spec is the Intel Atom with 4 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD, Pro 3 highest spec is 4th Gen i7 with 8 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD

I think that about covers it.

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For those who didn't know, the first 26 markets that the Surface 3 will be available on May 7 are:

"Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States"

 

http://news.microsoft.com/2015/03/31/microsoft-introduces-surface-3-the-thinnest-and-lightest-surface-yet/

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For those who didn't know, the first 26 markets that the Surface 3 will be available on May 7 are:

"Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States"

http://news.microsoft.com/2015/03/31/microsoft-introduces-surface-3-the-thinnest-and-lightest-surface-yet/

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I'm genuinely tempted to pick this up. Like I've always wanted a Surface Pro, but the price tag also deterred me. This one might buy me.

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I was tempted to pick up a surface 3 pro with the student discount, but I think this is a much better deal.

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3:2 because 4:3 wasnt bad enough

wtf microsoft

its a 10 inch devices make it 16:10

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3:2 because 4:3 wasnt bad enough

wtf microsoft

its a 10 inch devices make it 16:10

3:2 is the Aspect ratio of all iPads, so I don't mind

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I'd love to trade my Surface 2 for this. Windows RT was never given enough attention to be useful...(still can't record audio and type notes at the same time)

 

I wonder how much faster this would feel browsing the web than the Surface 2's Tegra 4?

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3:2 is the Aspect ratio of all iPads, so I don't mind

iPad is actually 4:3, which imo is too square to be useful in anything other than portrait.

 

OT: Yay, another thing I can't afford!

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Doesn't seems to be enough of a price different for the gimped processor specially since it's expected to run full OS versions of software. Though I might be completely wrong.

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It seemed perfect at first, but then I saw a few deal breaks for me. It's such a shame because this is the closest thing we have had to a perfect tablet in a very long time now.

 

The screen is almost perfect.

214 PPI is just not enough for such a high price. You can get much cheaper tablets with higher PPI. I want 300 or preferably more. It makes a big difference.

I want to hug whoever decided that it should be a 3:2 display though. Thank you so much for not going with the retarded 4:3 aspect ratio. Two thumbs up.

Microsoft seemed to have done a good job with the Surface 3 Pro display in terms of color quality before so I am not too worried about that part. It's just the PPI that bothers me.

 

I am not up to date with Intel Atom processors. How does the GPU in the X7 stack up against for example the Adreno 420 and the Mali T760?

 

Only having 2GB of RAM (unless you get the 128GB model) is a big blow as well. Why Microsoft? Why? It costs next to nothing for you to upgrade the RAM from 2 to 4GB, so why do you force me to spend 100 dollars more on it? I think 2GB of RAM is not enough on my Android tablet, and that's without running heavier x86 programs. 2GB will be painful to use.

 

It's great to see 64GB as the lowest end option but that price kind of kills it...

 

Full size USB 3.0 is a big plus but I would have liked to see USB 3.1 with a type-C connector. I don't get why Google, Apple and Nokia are the only 3 companies with type-c connectors.

 

The speakers should be on the front. It's not the end of the world but it's far from optimal.

 

The size and weight seems very good, especially for what's essentially a full blown laptop.

 

It sucks that the pen and type cover are sold separately because the keyboard is pretty much mandatory for it. Windows 8.1 is not a good tablet OS so you will probably spend a lot of time on the desktop, and for that you want a trackpad and a keyboard. So the price of this, if you want to use it properly, will be 630 dollars. I think it should have been 500 with the keyboard and pen. That would have been great.

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Doesn't seems to be enough of a price different for the gimped processor specially since it's expected to run full OS versions of software. Though I might be completely wrong.

the chip is brand new, this is the first device to ship with it(unless someone releases something before may 5) im guessing performance should be a lite less that core m since this is what comes under it, I'm waiting for anandtech review

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Can the mod that merged the repost fix the op, i don't understand why they merged it that way

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Double post, browser goofed up

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