Microsoft’s next surface equipment to be smaller, cheaper and ready-made

Only before her planned event on May 6, Microsoft seems to be preparing to detect a fresh formation of surface equipment to have a stronger retention in the strengthened PC space. According to the leaked details reported by the German Winfututure outlet, Microsoft is working on a new 12-inch surface and a more compact 13-inch surface laptop, both powered by the Snapdragon X Plus platform.

The speculated 12-in-hecting surface marks a return to a smaller factor of the form, remembering previous models like Surface Pro 3, but with modern arm-based devices. It contains a Pixelsense LCD screen and works on the Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 chip, which contains eight custom-made CPU cores and an integrated NPU hexagon capable of up to 45 ball (trillion operations per second) of the performance of it.

The device is reported to send with 16 GB of RAM LPDDR5X and provide either 256 GB or 512 GB of UFS-based storage which is faster but less expensive than traditional NVME SSDs. The transition to the UFS also means that storage will not be more improved by the user.

Battery life is expected to be strong, with up to 16 hours of local video reproduction. The device includes two USB 3.2 Type-C ports, and will be available in Ocean Blue, Gray Platinum and Violet ends, with console and matching equipment.

The new 13 -inch area laptop serves as a more affordable sister for 13.8 -inch and 15 -inch surface laptop models. She too uses Snapdragon X Plus SOC and matches the Surface Pro 12 -inch storage and storage specifications. Especially it contains a Pixelsense LCD screen, but at a 60Hz refresh pace that suggests that Microsoft is cutting the corners to reduce the cost of the device. The laptop also comes with a glass touchpad, and instead of recognizing the face, a fingerprint reader for Windows Hello.

Port layout includes two USB 3.2 type-C ports, a USB Type-A port and a 3.5 mm headset outlet. Microsoft has left out its owner Surface Connect’s loading port, further suggesting that the new device aims at a more budget -friendly segment. The flowing area of ​​12-in-pro the pro the same treatment can be given. Another important detail is that both devices will not send with a charging brick, instead of the user will have to rely on USB Type-C PD (power delivery) loaders supply at least 27W.

These compact models suggest a strategic change. Microsoft seems to be building momentum towards a more accessible superficial formation, with energy efficiency-in the position of positioning these ARM devices to show the next wave of windows in the expected arm improvements with the other large Windows release.

Official discovery is expected at the May 6th Microsoft event, where prices, availability and details about the rumored surface products can be announced.