Microsoft’s low cost new tablet Surface 3 has been
announced today for a price of $499 and it can also be used a laptop.
Microsoft
announced the Surface 3 which is a new edition to the Surface series which
falls between a tablet and laptop. The new Surface 3 is ready for pre order from today and it
will be shipped from 5th May 2015 in U.S. and Canada and internationally it will
be available since 7th May.
Quick features and
technical specs of the new Surface 3:
§ In comparison to
the Surface Pro 3 the new Surface 3 is thinner with 8.7 mm thickness,
smaller, lighter weighing 622 grams and less-powerful and available in the
same silver magnesium casing.
§ Price of Surface 3
is also less and it is available for $499 which includes Surface 3 with
64GB of internal storage and 2GB of RAM however this does not include the
accessories. Users will have to pay additional $129 for Surface 3-designed
Type Cover and Microsoft has a variety of colors for the covers which
includes blue, red, silver and black. Also by paying an additional
$100 users can double the storage capacity and the RAM.
§ At a glance the Surface
series look alike however the display screen is now 10.8 inches giving a
3:2 ratio. In addition the Surface 3’s Type Cover lacks the bezel and its
more narrower now also the keys have been stretched to the end of the hardware
just like the new Macbook keyboard.
§ Microsoft has added
a three stage adjustable kick stand to its screen however this stand does not
help if user wants to adjust the screen in case there is the glare issue or if
users wants to set the screen at some comfortable level.
§ Microsoft will also
provide Stylus which is its selling point and it was available in the Surface
Pro 3 as well. The Stylus is a pen which activates OneNote just by a click and
it is available in a variety of colors blue, red, silver and black. Users would
need to churn out additional $49.99 to avail this pen.
§ USB port: The
Surface 3 has a Micro USB charging port hence users can use their Android
or Windows Phone chargers to charge their Surface 3. Microsoft has not yet
opted for USB Type-C.
§ Connectivity: In
addition Microsoft is also providing a full-size USB port, microSD
reader and a mini DisplayPort. Microsoft is also planning to ship its LTE
version which will be available at a price of $599 with additional support for
the nano SIM cards.
§ Microsoft will
provide the Surface 3 as well as its Surface 3 LTE versions with Windows 8.1
which can be upgraded to the Windows 10 when it will be available. Also it will
be pre loaded with one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal that
would include full Office apps and 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage.
§ It seems Microsoft
has designed the new Surface 3 with the students in their mind because with its
2GB base it will not be possible to play the Steam games on this tablet
also editing work would be a bit difficult on this tablet as in Photoshop or
any video editing apps. Basically the Surface 3 is good for tasks like surfing
the web and document edition.
§ Surface 3 has the
Intel’s Atom as its processor instead of earlier Nvidia’s Tegra processor
§ Camera: Surface 3
has a front 3.5 MP and rear facing 8 MP camera and that both capture 1080p
video. Surface 3 has the auto focus feature and it can be used
for capturing images of documents, barcodes etc.
With all the accessories the total cost of
the Surface 3 would be somewhere $680 hence when compared to the 64GB iPad Air
2, that’s only an extra $80 so it has been priced competitively. With all its
features seems good buy for the students who can afford a low cost and a much
sleek designed tablet Surface 3 that can be used as a laptop.
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