I was gunna say what happened to the leaks that said it would be a phone.
Yeah. A folding phone with gigantor 2016-style bezels, also without a bendable OLED screen. At least it’s Android and not Windows.
Also positioning the ARM Surface Pro X as a full-fledged laptop and pricing it accordingly at $999 is a huuuuuge misstep. At $499 it would be a potentially interesting product.
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October 2, 2019, 3:31pm
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TL;DW for those who missed it.
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They must have let him film before the event, as it isn’t even over yet!
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So Microsoft just had its event today unveiling the new Surface devices for 2019. Here is an article to brief you quickly
I never thought I would have so much mix feelings about Microsoft new devices. I was thinking about getting the new Surface laptop 3 as my next laptop but now I’m more confused than ever. But first the two surprises of the event.
The Surface Neo that is a dual display device to be use as a laptop. The concept seems interesting, but will wait for it to come out in 2020 has their will be surely more information and refinement, and about Windows 10X.
Then along the new Surface Pro 7 who is just an incremental upgrade with now usb-c for charging (finally), the Surface Pro X looked at first promising for me. With its reduced bezels, I was considering maybe I will go back to the Surface pro lineup, but then the bad news became to pile up. No headphone jack (which is even more deceiving as the standard Pro 7 got one) and it runs on arm processor, so bye bye compatibility.
And then the Surface Laptop 3 got me lukewarm. I don’t like so much the new colors (wanted to get the cobalt blue of the Surface Laptop 2), but there is now usb-c than can be used for charging (again finally). Hoorah for the presence of Ryzen processors on the new 15" variant, but alacantara is being faded, not being available on the 15" variant and not on all the model of the 13" variant (I know most people will be happy of that removal, but I kinda dig the alacantara look). And I find Microsoft missed an opportunity by not reducing the bezels.
But ya that is my small rant. Any thoughts?
edit:
There is also now Surface Earbuds that I find quite ugly. And they are of no interest to me has I abandoned the idea of good truly wireless earbuds.
And there is also the Surface Duo that is a phone and the small brother to the Surface Neo. It runs Android, but meh, I don’t have really an opinion on it except it looks already dated with bezels. Anyway I’m already a Pixel hardcore s…
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