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Microsoft announces Surface Go 2 with bigger 10.5″ screen, Core m3 and LTE

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2 years ago

May 6, 2020

Karl Sorensen

It’s Surface day everyone and a number of new and refreshed devices have broken cover officially. This article focuses on Surface Go 2. Stay tuned for additional Surface coverage.

Surface Go 2

The headline features are a larger 10.5 inch 1920 x 1280 PixelSense display , without any changes to the chassis. It now features a more powerful Intel Core m3 processor and retains the option for LTE.

Surface Go 2 is compatible with the first-generation Surface Go Type Covers, Microsoft released two new colors (Poppy Red, Ice Blue) to accompany the two existing colors (Black, Platinum).

Microsoft appears to be positioning the Surface Go 2 as a direct competitor to Apple’s iPad and iPad Air as it also has a 10.5″ display, magnetic keyboard connector, stylus support, iPad $329 starting price and iPad Air $499 starting price puts Surface Go 2 right in the middle at $399 for the Pentium, $629 for the Core m3 and $729 for the m3 with LTE.

iPad	iPad Air	Surface Go 2
Wi-Fi $329	Wi-Fi $499	Wi-Fi Pentium $399 WiFi Core m3 $629
LTE $459	LTE $629	LTE Core m3 $729

OS	Windows 10 Home in S mode
Display	10.5-inches (1920 x 1280)
Processor	Intel Pentium GOLD 4425Y 8th Gen Intel Intel Core m3-8100Y
Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 615
Memory	4GB 8GB
Storage	64GB eMMC 128GB SSD
Security	Windows Hello facial recognition
Ports	1 x USB-C 3.5 mm headphone jack 1 x Surface Connect port Surface Type Cover Port MicroSDXC Card Reader
Networking	WiFi: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology Nano SIM Tray 4G LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66) GPS/GLONASS: Standalone and assisted GNSS, accuracy up to 3 meters
Weight	Wii-Fi 1.2 lb, LTE 1.22 lb
Colors	Platinum
Price	Starting at $399 (LTE option is $729)

We were told that the marketing campaign will be centered around remote learning, the broadband gap with the benefit of built-in LTE and Microsoft Teams, it looks like from the video that our source was correct.