- Welcome to Microsoft Mechanics.
I'm Dave Mitchell, from the team that engineered Surface Pro
and in the next few minutes,
I'm going to give you an in-depth tour of the all-new,
redesigned Surface Pro 8, along with the updates
to the rest of the Surface 2-in-1 family.
When we launched the first Surface Pro in 2012,
we created a new category of devices,
something that was original by design.
The ultimate 2-in-1 created with,
and for, Windows 11, Surface Pro 8 brings
hardware and software together beautifully,
leaving nothing between you and what you want to create.
It's still the versatile form factor that you know and love.
You can use it as a laptop
with the optional Surface Pro keyboard, taking advantage
of the full friction hinge to find your ideal angle.
Take the keyboard off and with Windows 11,
it is a powerful, intuitive tablet.
And of course, Surface Pro 8 turns into
the ultimate workstation setup when docked
and connected to multiple displays.
And for the first time since Surface Pro 2 to Pro 3,
we've completely redesigned the Surface Pro 8
from inside and out for truly the next level
of performance and productivity.
The modern rounded chassis not only looks great,
it feels great to hold and compliments the fluid UI design
of Windows 11.
Our slim bezel design expands real estate by 11%
with the most advanced display ever in the Surface Pro line.
When combined with the new Slim Pen 2's
advanced tactile signals feedback,
you get the best inking experience yet.
More on both of these items in just a moment.
The new optional Surface Pro keyboard
for Surface Pro 8 now includes pen storage
and wireless charging, so you'll never misplace the pen
and it will always be ready when you need it.
Surface Pro 8 also comes with
two super fast USB-C Thunderbolt 4 ports
to make it easier to customize your home or work setup.
With them, you can connect fast external storage,
multiple monitors, or even external GPUs,
just to name a few options.
Additionally, Surface Pro 8
is our most powerful Surface Pro ever,
with the latest 11th Gen Intel Core Processors.
Let's take a quick tour.
One of the first things you'll notice
about the new Surface Pro 8 is that it is now designed
using more eco-friendly recycled aluminum,
as opposed to magnesium in our prior generations.
With two classic anodized colors to choose from,
Platinum or New Graphite, Pro 8 looks and feels different.
Starting on the back of the device and under the kickstand,
there is a removable solid-state drive
with options of up to one terabyte of storage, enabling you
to retain and protect your sensitive information.
For LTE models you'll find a Nano SIM slot there too.
Still on the back end up top
is the rear facing auto-focus camera,
which now supports 4K resolution.
As we move to the front of the device, you can't help
but notice the new and improved screen.
The larger 13-inch PixelSense Flow touch display
delivers a stunning image at 2880x1920 resolution
with 267 PPI at 3:2 aspect ratio.
Surface Pro 8's display is the first display
in the Surface portfolio
featuring our new ambient color sensor
that adapts your screen content dynamically
through different ambient light sources,
as well as lighting intensity from 450 all the way down
to two NITs.
The new 13-inch PixelSense Flow touch display is
also the first in the Pro line that supports Dolby Vision
to ensure more accurate color rendering and detail.
As good as the display is to use and view content on,
it is even more amazing to ink on.
Now supporting refresh rates all the way up to 120 Hertz,
ink latency is seemingly undetectable,
especially with the new rechargeable Surface Slim Pen 2,
which is our most intuitive pen yet.
The pen has an improved sharper tip that is more accurate
and feels great on the display.
Speaking of feeling great,
the new Slim Pen 2 leverages the tactile signal supported
by Windows 11 and our next gen custom Silicon, Microsoft G6,
to enhance the natural feel and interactions of the pen
through an added haptic motor.
This is tuned to mirror the feedback you feel
when you use pen on paper.
You really have to experience it for yourself.
Going back to our device tour, on the top of the bezel
you'll find our updated camera array.
The first is an IR camera
for Windows Hello face authentication,
which has been improved substantially
in terms of speed and accuracy.
Benefiting from our AI platform,
Windows Hello dynamically adapts to changes
in your appearance, such as glasses
or changes in facial hair, as is often my case.
Now the second imaging sensor is our 5 megapixel,
front-facing RGB camera with large 1.4 micron pixels
for great low-light performance capable of 1080p,
full-HD video, and now tuned to make you look great
in a wider range of challenging light conditions.
Let me show you a couple of examples.
On the left you can see a video with optimizations
and on the right we have one without tuning optimizations
from our engineering tests.
You can see that our subject is
in a challenging backlit situation.
On the left, as our engineer Ranga
partially covers his face taking a drink or turns away
from the camera, notice the focus,
exposure, and white balance.
They remain unchanged with our camera optimizations.
Also skin tones and details
in the foreground are more accurately captured.
And you can clearly see the benefits
of the new optimizations in action
versus the same scenes captured on the right without them.
Add in the dual studio mics and the new stereo speakers
with adaptive equalization as volume drops,
bass and treble are boosted,
optimized to deliver the best sound across the volume range.
Dolby Atmos then creates
a 360-degrees spatial audio experience.
Surface Pro 8 sounds great for video conferencing
with Microsoft Teams and watching your favorite videos
with family and friends.
Moving to the inside of the Surface Pro 8,
you'll find even more updates.
Designed for the latest 11th Intel Core Processors
with options for Core i3, i5, and i7,
Surface Pro 8's new design now supports up to 23-watt TDP,
a first for the Pro line that delivers the most performance
in Surface Pro to date.
And another first for the Surface Pro line,
the Core i5 and i7 models are designed
on the Intel Evo Platform.
Moving on to connectivity, Surface Pro 8 connects
to your wireless networks via wifi 6
and your peripherals using Bluetooth 5.1.
In addition to models with Core i5 processors,
for the first time you now have the option
to get built in LTE advanced in commercial models
with the Intel Core i7 or Core i3 processors.
These also support eSIM,
giving you versatile connectivity no matter where you are
with increased support for the breadth
of mobile carriers globally.
Moving on to power.
Surface Pro 8's battery capacity has been increased
to 50.4 watt hours
to deliver the highest all-day battery life
of any Surface Pro.
To help keep the system cool while unleashing all
of this performance,
we have our new carbon composite thermal dissipation system.
Compared to previous generations,
this is our most advanced active cooling solution yet
in a Surface Pro.
It utilizes a vapor chamber, three heat pipes,
and three graphite heat spreaders.
We did extensive testing to tune the parameters for how
and when the fan speed ramps up based on your workload
to deliver the lowest acoustic sound profile possible.
There's even improved perimeter venting
that enables focused air flow to move efficiently in
and out of the device.
All of these improvements working together ensures
that the Surface Pro 8 delivers 46% faster compute
and 75% boost to graphics processing
compared to Surface Pro 7.
There's clearly much, much more to Surface Pro 8
than I'm able to cover in this brief tour.
Let me move on however to share updates
across the rest of the Surface Pro and Surface Go lines.
The lightest and most portable device
in our 2-in-1 portfolio, Surface Go 3 has been updated
to support Windows 11 and comes with more powerful,
10th Gen Intel Core i3 and Pentium processors.
And now works with device firmware configuration interface
or DFCI controls, like the rest of our Surface 2-in-1s.
Our ARM-based Surface Pro X, which inspired
many of the design elements of Surface Pro 8
is now available at our best price point yet,
and with a new wifi only option with Windows 11.
It now also supports 64-bit ambulation built in
and it's exciting to see more app developers
bring ARM-optimized versions of their apps
to Surface Pro X, including Adobe Photoshop, Shaper 3D,
and our productivity apps like Office and Teams.
And for those of you who love the classic design
of Surface Pro, we have the Surface Pro 7+,
also with 11th Gen Intel processors running Windows 11,
and it continues compatibility for existing accessories,
including the Surface Pro Type Cover.
So that was a quick tour of the Surface Pro 8
as well as core updates to the rest
of the Surface 2-in-1 line.
Everything you love about the 2-in-1 family
just got a little better.
It's been almost a decade
since we brought out the category defining Surface Pro
that combines performance in a highly mobile, portable,
and adaptable form factor.
And we hope you enjoy the next level of performance
and productivity with the Surface Pro 8.
For availability and additional details,
check out surface.com/business.
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