The Gentleman Magazine Issue 18 | December 2019 | Page 99

At 5.33mm and 1.68 pounds, Surface Pro X is the thinnest,
lightest, most powerful and most connected Surface Pro ever.
The new Microsoft SQ1 processor codesigned with Qualcomm
pushes 2 teraflops of graphics processing power, and is the
fastest Qualcomm processor ever created for a PC. With 33%
thinner bezels, we’ve given you the feel of a vibrant 13” edge-
to-edge touch screen in the chassis of a 12” device.5 The new
Surface Pro X Signature Keyboard includes pen docking for
secure storage and charging for the new Slim Pen, so it’s always
ready when you need it. Surface Pro 7 starts at $749 and Surface
Pro X starts at $999.
Surface Earbuds and Accessories
Featuring an ultra-comfortable and stable fit, Surface Earbuds
offer intuitive touch and voice controls for music, calls and
more. Experience rich, immersive Omnisonic sound, and
instantly play Spotify from your Android phone with a triple
tap on either earbud.6 Screen-free integration with Office 365
lets you access your Outlook calendar and email with your
voice7,8 (in the U.S.) and even get live, on-screen captions and
translations in PowerPoint. Enjoy all-day battery life with the
included wireless charging case.9 Surface Earbuds are priced
at $249.
We’re also announcing a range of accessories that will help
customize the way you work – from type covers, pens and mice
designed to work with our Surface products to a selection of
accessories to help you be more productive from any PC. We
built on decades of experience delivering workspace comfort
with the new Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard and Mouse,
introduced the sleek, affordable Bluetooth® Keyboard and
compact, colorful Bluetooth® Mouse, and are offering new
colors for our popular Arc Mouse.
Surface + Office, built for modern productivity
Today Office announced several new features that take
advantage of new capabilities in the Surface lineup to make
you more productive. New Office enhancements include
transcription in Word for the web, inking capabilities in Excel
that leverage the new Surface Slim Pen and ultra-portability of
the Surface Pro X, gesture support in PowerPoint for the new
Surface Earbuds, and ink and voice comments in Word that
take advantage of all of it.
A new era of mobile creativity
With Surface Neo and Surface Duo we are introducing a new
category of dual-screen devices designed to help people get
more done on smaller, more mobile form factors. Today, people
carry PCs, tablets and phones because each device performs a
specific task well. Each screen does something we need when
we need it. But these devices are limited with what they can
achieve when you must switch between apps on a single screen
or switch between screens altogether. When that switching
happens, we break our focus. We break our flow.
What if we didn’t have to switch between devices, screens or
apps? What if one device had two screens to keep us in flow?
A device that is small enough to easily carry with you, but feels
big in terms of productivity. That was the inspiration behind
creating a dual-screen device that gives you the benefit of a
larger screen or the flexibility of two screens when you want to
do multiple things at once.
Imagine being able to take a Microsoft Teams call on one
screen and look something up on the web or view a document
on another. Or simply being able to watch Netflix while doing
email or chat. Switching seamlessly between tasks, without
having to switch between devices.
Surface Neo and Surface Duo are optimized for the way we
naturally multi-task, helping people get more done on the go.
Surface Neo
Surface Neo is dual-screen device built for productivity on
Windows 10X, an expression of Windows 10. A 360-degree
full-friction hinge connects two 9” screens, enabling Surface
Neo to adapt to whatever posture you need in the moment.
When you open it you have a full-size 13” display in the thinnest
LCD in its class. It’s built for productivity and multitasking like
a true PC would be – running full productivity apps, with a
removable keyboard and compatibility with Surface Pen and
Bluetooth® mouse.
Surface Duo
Surface Duo is the first Surface to fit in your pocket. Surface
Duo brings together the best of Microsoft productivity
experiences, Android apps and Surface hardware design into a
single device you can take anywhere. And, yes, it makes phone
calls. It has two paper-thin 5.6-inch screens that unfold to 8.3
inches, and just like Surface Neo, it can be used in a variety of
modes to let you work the way you’d like.
To support Surface Neo, we are introducing Windows 10X, an
expression of Windows 10 designed for a new category of dual-
screen PCs. With Surface Duo we are building upon Android
to marry cutting edge hardware with familiar software and
services. We’re excited to work with developers and the
industry to create the next wave of dual-screen computing and
unlock a new era of mobile creativity.
Surface is built for business
Surface, combined with Microsoft 365, offers the enhanced
productivity and security businesses are after, and the results
are clear – more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies have
purchased Surface. We’re listening to our customers and
continue to design with them in mind. This means improved
serviceability for Surface Laptop 3, removable SSDs in Surface
Pro X, as well as new, more sustainable commercial packaging
that significantly reduces the amount of waste by more than
30% in weight and volume compared to our historical retail
packaging. With Windows 10 Pro, Advanced Exchange
Service10 at no additional cost, and support for Windows
Autopilot – users are instantly up and running securely with
over-the-air updates.
Surface is driven by a singular ambition – to build the most
productive devices on the planet to help people achieve more.
We’ve challenged convention, invented new designs, and
created devices that adapt software, services and AI to the way
people naturally think and create. To keep you in flow. And
we’re not done inventing.
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