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Microsoft Surface Pro 8: See its refined make-over in new concept video

Designer Jermaine Smit, also known as Concept Creator, made a concept video of the upcoming Microsoft Surface Pro 8 Windows tablet. See it here.

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If the rumour mill is to be believed, Microsoft will likely introduce the new Surface Pro hybrid tablet in October 2020. We can expect to see the 8th generation 2-in-1 laptop with a touchscreen.

In the absence of official product images, 3D designer Jermaine Smit, aka Concept Creator, made a concept video of the expected Microsoft Surface Pro 8 Windows tablet in collaboration with LetsGoDigital

Microsoft Surface Pro 8: What we know

Based on the information gleaned from patent documents, we assume that the screen edges have been slightly reduced in order for a larger screen surface to be created without increasing the overall dimensions. 

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The Surface Pro line-up is a much more powerful series than the Surface Go, and will reportedly be cheaper than the Surface Book but more portable than the Surface Laptop range.

Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 7 back in October 2019, and even though a new model is expected in less than 40 days, we still know surprisingly little about the specifications and design of the upcoming Surface Pro 8.

Let’s Go Digital speculates that it will be powered by an Intel chip, although “it cannot be entirely ruled out”. An AMD-powered laptop could also be released, as was the case with the Surface Pro X and the Surface Laptop 3?

Watch: Microsoft Surface Pro 8 concept video

The current Surface Pro 7 has a magnesium housing with a 12.3-inch touchscreen with a 2 736 x 1 824 pixel resolution. The ultra-thin and lightweight Windows 10 tablet weighs less than 800 grams and is only 8.5 mm thick. 

In addition, the professional 2-in-1 device is powered by a powerful Intel Core processor, given customers the choice of a Core i3, i5 or i7. Memory-wise, you could be looking at 128GB to 1TB SSD.

Price and availability of the Surface Pro 8

The Surface Pro 6 and 7 were both introduced in October, followed by a release date the following month. If Microsoft sticks to that pattern, the Pro 8 should be announced in October 2020 during Microsoft’s virtual event.

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Pricing has not yet been confirmed at this stage. That said, Let’s Go Digital, which is based in the Netherlands, assumes that the it will cost “at least €900”. At the time of publishing, that’s about R18 100.

“This was also the price of the Core i3 model at the time of its introduction [in 2019]. The Surface Pro 7 with Core i5 went on sale for €1 050 (R21 100) and the Core i7 variant (16GB RAM / 256GB ROM) was set at €1 650 (R33 200)”.

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The product renders included in this article are copyright-protected and designed by Concept Creator and licensed to LetsGoDigital. TheSouthAfrican.com published these images with permission from Let’s Go Digital

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