Opting for the Microsoft SQ 3 instead not only offers longer battery life and 5G support, it also unlocks several Windows Studio features enabled by the NPU (neural processing unit). The Surface Pro 9 ships with either 12th Gen Intel Core i5 or i7 chips, and up to 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM.

Camera: 1080p Windows Hello front camera and a 10-megapixel rear camera.Storage: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of removable SSD storage (Surface Pro 9), or 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB of removable SSD storage (Surface Pro 9 with 5G).RAM: 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM (Surface Pro 9), or 8GB or 16GB LPDDR4x RAM (Surface Pro 9 with 5G).Battery: Up to 15.5 hours (Surface Pro 9) or up to 19 hours (Surface Pro 9 with 5G).Ports: 2 USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4.0 and a Microsoft Surface connector (Surface Pro 9), or 2 USB-C 3.2 ports, a nano sim slot, and a Microsoft Surface connector (Surface Pro 9 with 5G).Processor: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1235U, 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1255U (Surface Pro 9), or Microsoft SQ 3 with NPU (Surface Pro 9 with 5G).Screen: 13-inch PixelSense Flow display, 2,880 x 1,920 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate.The Surface Pro 9 comes in two new fun colors - sapphire and forest - to go along with the usual platinum and graphite. This year’s Surface Pro 9 now comes in platinum (silver), graphite (grey), and new sapphire (blue), or forest (green) finishes, though getting a Surface Pen or keyboard is still going to cost you extra. There’s a 13-inch high refresh rate PixelSense Flow display with slimmer bezels, support for the great Surface Pro Keyboard and Surface Pen Slim 2, and the trademark aluminum kickstand.

Last year’s design - Externally, the Surface Pro 9 carries over a lot of the great changes that shipped with the Surface Pro 8. Microsoft is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Surface Pro by launching the Surface Pro 9, a modest upgrade to the design of the landmark 2-in-1 with some important changes inside.īesides coming in a slew of new colors (with keyboard covers to match) the Surface Pro 9’s biggest feature might be the fact that it can ship with either a 12th Gen Intel chip or Microsoft’s SQ 3 processor “powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon,” an Arm chip that promises 5G connectivity and dramatically longer battery life.

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