Microsoft announces Surface Pro 2 and Surface 2, due Oct 22nd

Microsoft Surface

Microsoft today announced the next generation of Surface hardware at its New York outcome this morning. Unveiling both the Surface Pro ii and Surface 2, the company has worked to improve on the already bachelor Windows 8 tablets. So what'southward new in the 2d wave of Windows tablets from Microsoft? Spring on by the suspension to find out more details.

While on stage, Microsoft Vice President of Surface Panos Panay explained how the teams accept worked hard in making the next generation of Surface tablets cooler, lighter, quieter, more efficient and have longer lasting power reactors. The Surface Pro 2 was upwardly start and is all near power, with new covers and better components to further better the user experience. If you're after the premium Surface experience, this will be the correct option.

Microsoft Surface

In fact, it's worth noting that the Surface Pro 2 actually has a bombardment life double of what'south presently available in the current Surface Pro tablet. That's huge, but we are talking almost Intel'due south fourth generation Haswell chips here. The interesting part about the new battery life? The actual physical size of the batteries remains unchanged. You're really looking at the handy ability station the earth has been calling for.

The little, improved brother

We've recently looked at what may be coming in these ii new tablets through previous leaks. It would seem equally though the details revealed at earlier dates were indeed accurate. The Surface 2 is lighter, has a faster CPU and now sports a 1080 display with ClearType. Powering Windows RT 8.1, the Surface two brings new exciting features to the table, without bumping the toll higher up the competition.

Microsoft Surface 2

With Surface ii, you lot're also looking at USB three.0, a 3.5MP front-facing camera and more. What's more is (equally ane can run into in the in a higher place photo) there's a brand new colour to reverberate the true colour of magnesium. And then now that you're excited about the new features and improvements made to the two new Surface tablets, how about seeing a cool promo video showing them off?

So when will you be able to get your hands on i? The Surface tablets will go on sale starting October 22nd, with the Surface Pro 2 setting you back past $899, while the more than affordable Surface 2 (running Windows RT 8.1) will go for just $449 for the 32GB version.

Stay tuned as we dive into more than detail.

Images courtesy of CNET

For farther discussion, head into our Windows viii forums where we have dedicated areas for the new tablets! forums.wpcentral.com/#windows-eight-tablets

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