Microsoft has unveiled the latest iteration of its Surface Pro line, with the hybrid's creator, Panos Panay, showing off the new Surface Pro 4 at a press event in New York on Tuesday.
The Surface Pro 4 has received a number of notable upgrades from its predecessor, running a full version of Microsoft's Windows 10 and featuring internals that will not look out of place in the Ultrabook category, according to The Verge.
Featuring a 12.3-inch display with a 2,736x1,824-pixel resolution that supports 5 million pixels, a new and improved pen that magnetically attaches itself to the device, processors from Intel's Skylake family, a whopping 16 GB of RAM, and up to 1 TB in storage, the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 is gearing up to blow its rivals, the Apple iPad Pro and the Google Pixel C tablet, out of the water, reported Yahoo! Finance.
What may make Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 an even better deal with its customers is the fact that accessories-wise, it is fully backward compatible. Though the device is thinner, lighter, and far more powerful than the Surface Pro 3, the new iteration carries the same physical footprint as the previous flagship. This means that accessories for the Surface Pro 3 are fully compatible with the Surface Pro 4.
Notably, the Surface pro's creator refuses to compare the device with any tablet that has been announced thus far, stating that the Surface Pro 4 is not even in the same class. Claiming to be 50 percent faster than the highly-successful Macbook Air, it aims to be the very device that Microsoft initially wanted it to be - the ultimate gadget that provides the portability of a tablet computer with the power of high-end laptops.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 is available for preorder now, starting at $899. The device will be fully available for consumers on Oct. 26.
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