Surface Pro 8 has a bigger battery than Pro 7 and faster, more accurate Windows Hello

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The Surface Pro eight gets a breakdown in the latest Microsoft Mechanics video.
Faster Windows Hi, new ambient color sensor, 23-watt TDP, and more were revealed.
Surface Pro viii too switches from magnesium to anodized recycled aluminum for the chassis.
There'south besides a new carbon composite thermal dissipation system.

The all-new Surface Pro eight is the first major overhaul to the Surface Pro line since 2022's Surface Pro 3. Besides thinner bezels, Thunderbolt 4, a larger brandish, and 11th Gen CPU, at that place are many other more small-scale changes that weren't mentioned in the press release or product specs declaration.

The latest Microsoft Mechanics video spends a adept vii minutes breaking down what'due south new, and every bit it turns out, in that location is quite a lot that you may not have known about.

We've summarized the main points below, but it'due south worth watching the video yourself to have it all explained:

Modern, rounded chassis "compliments the fluid UI design of Windows eleven"
The thinner bezels expand the brandish real estate past 11%
The chassis is made from recycled aluminum instead of magnesium
Both "classic" Platinum and Graphite Pro colorways are anodized
Showtime Surface brandish with ambient color sensor to dynamically arrange display colors based on room lighting
Display effulgence peaks at 450 nits and goes down to only two nits
120Hz display makes pen latency "seemingly undetectable"
The IR camera has been improved "substantially" in terms of speed and accuracy
Microsoft's AI platform lets Windows Hi dynamically adapts to changes in your appearance with spectacles or changes in facial hair
The 5MP full Hard disk RGB camera has larger 1.4-micron pixels for better low-low-cal performance
The camera too has tuning optimizations to continue your face in focus and lighting exposure more consistent
Dolby Vision (HDR) and Dolby Atmos (surround sound) heighten the multimedia experience
Surface Pro 8 supports up to 23-watt TDP for the 11th Gen Intel processor, a "outset for the Pro line"
You tin can go LTE in Core i3 and Core i7 models for the first fourth dimension (Commercial markets)
Bombardment has increased to l.4 WHr up from 43.two WHr (Surface Pro 7+ is also 50.4WHr, but Surface Pro 7 is 43.2)
Uses new carbon composite thermal dissipation system: Vapor chamber, three rut pipes, and three graphite spreaders
Improved perimeter venting
46% faster compute and 75% boost to graphics processing compared to Surface Pro 7

That'south a lot of stuff for Surface Pro 8, which goes to show y'all that what makes a PC "great" is more than but the name on the processor.

We'll continue all these changes in mind when we practice our Surface Pro 8 review sometime in Oct to run into how much of a departure it really makes. You can get more of an idea of how Surface Pro 8 compares to Surface Pro seven to concur you over for now or get deeper on those new 11th Gen processors.

SKU	Price
Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage	$ane,099.99
Intel Cadre i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage	$1,199.99
Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 512GB Storage	$1,399.99
Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM, 256GB Storage	$one,399.99
Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB Storage	$ane,599.99
Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB Storage	$1,899.99
Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB Storage	$2,199.99
Intel Core i7, 32GBR AM, 1TB Storage	$2,599.99

Surface Pro eight is expected to begin aircraft on Oct 5 in the following markets:

United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Austria
Germany
Republic of ireland
Switzerland
France
Japan

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Surface Pro 8

Updated design, same 2-in-1 form factor.

The Surface Pro 8 finally adopts the mod blueprint that Microsoft offset introduced with Surface Pro Ten, now with 2 USB-C ports that are Thunderbolt 4 enabled, an upgraded 13-inch display with a high-refresh rate of 120Hz, and support for the Surface Pro X way Type Covers with the Slim Pen charging cradle.

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