Microsoft today announced Surface Book 3, successor of last year’s Surface Book 2 upgrade. It comes in 13.5-inch and 15-inch models with new 10th Generation i5 / i7 processors, providing up to 50% more performance than Surface Book 2 and the 15-inch model offers up to 17.5 hours of battery life. There are also options for discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX or Quadro RTX GPUs, up to 32GB of RAM and the fastest SSD.
Microsoft Surface Book 3 Specifications:
- 13.5-inch (3000 x 2000 pixels) / 15-inch (3240 x 2160 pixels) PixelSense Display
- Quad-core 10th gen Intel Core i5-1035G7 with Intel Iris Plus Graphics / Core i7-1065G7 with 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q Design / 6GB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti / NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 with Max-Q Design
- 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB 3733Mhz LPDDR4x RAM, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB PCIe SSD
- HW TPM 2.0 chip for security
- 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video
- 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p HD video
- Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Magnetometer.
- 3.5mm headphone jack, Dual far-field Studio Mics, Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos
- Full-size, backlit keyboard with 1.55mm of full key travel Glass track pad with anti-fingerprint coating and improved multi-finger gestures
- 2 x USB-A (version 3.1 Gen 2), 1 x USB-C (version 3.1 Gen 2 with USB Power Delivery revision 3.0), Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.0, Xbox Wireless built in (15” only)
- Up to 15.5 hours (13.5″) / Up to 17.5 hours (15″) of typical device usage
The Microsoft Surface Book 3 starts at $1599 (Rs. 1,21,440 approx.) and will be available starting May 21 in the US. It will roll out to other markets “in the weeks to follow,”. The Surface Dock 2 is priced at $259.99 (Rs. 19,745 approx.) and will start shipping on May 26th.