Microsoft revealed their 3rd generation of their Surface laptop that comes in two sizes – the 13.5-inch and 15-inch laptops. The new laptop has been updated with the latest processors and come with a few changes over the earlier iteration.
The new changes include a tone-on-tone Alcantara and an all-metal machined aluminium finish. It now comes with improved front firing speakers that come with OmniSonic sound system with Dual far-field audio mic setup that facilitates crystal clear sound. The surface 3 also supports a new build that allows the ability to replace standard SSD.
The 13.5-inch laptop is powered by the Intel Core processor up to Core i7 and 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM while the 15-inch laptop is powered by a all-new AMD Ryzen 7 Surface processor with built in Vega 9/11 graphics and a 20% larger trackpad. It now includes support for a USB-A and a USB-C port with fast charging that juices 80% of battery in under an hour.
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5-inch specifications
- Screen: 13.5-inch PixelSense 10 point multi-touch Display (3:2 aspect ratio)
- Processor: 10th Gen Intel Core i5-1035G7 / i7-1065G7 processor with Iris Plus graphics 950
- RAM: 8GB/16GB LPDDR4x
- Storage: 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB SSD, Removable M.2 NVME SSD
- Operating System: Windows 10
- Camera: 720p f/2.0 HD front-facing camera
- Feature: Dual far-field Studio Mics, Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Audio Premium, Ambient light sensor, TPM chip for Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, 1 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A, Surface Connect
- Battery: Up to 11.5 hours of battery life, fast charging 80% in about one hour
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15-inch specifications
- Screen: 15-inch PixelSense 10 point multi-touch Display with (3:2 aspect ratio
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3580U Mobile Processor with Radeon Vega 9 Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition / AMD Ryzen 7 3780U Mobile Processor with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition
- RAM: 8GB/16GB/ 32GB
- Storage: 128GB/256GB/512GB SSD, Removable M.2 NVME SSD
- Operating System: Windows 10
- Camera: 720p f/2.0 HD front-facing camera
- Feature: Dual far-field Studio Mics, Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Audio Premium, Ambient light sensor, TPM chip for Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, 1 x USB-C, 1 x USB-A, Surface Connect
- Battery: Up to 11.5 hours of battery life, fast charging 80% in about one hour
The Surface Laptop 3 is priced at $999 for the 13-inch variant while the 15-inch variant will set you back by $1199. The laptops are up for pre-order in select markets across the world.
