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Actual tech specs: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/new-surface-go/8V9DP4LNKNS...

Display 10” PixelSense™ Display with 1800 x 1200 (217 PPI) resolution, 3:2 aspect ratio, 10-point multi-touch, and ink

Storage 64GB eMMC, 128GB, solid-state drive (SSD)

Connections 1 x USB-C, 3.5 mm headphone jack, 1 x Surface Connect port, Surface Type Cover Port, 1 x MicroSDXC Card Reader

The do seem dead set on keeping the "surface connect" port for charging.

As mentioned by others, type cover sold separately.

Of note is also that they mention that the screen is compatible with the surface "dial".

No type cover and a relatively lo res screen makes this a bit of a "meh". Still over 200 PPI isn't terrible.




It’s a 10 inch screen, what kind of resolution do you really need? I’d prefer a lower dpi to save battery life.

I just got a new ThinkPad laptop with a 13 inch screen at 1080p, which is perfect. Enough screen resolution to do my work comfortably but no superfluous dpi to kill battery and cause scaling issues.


For text (and drawings, figures) I'd prefer 600 to 1200 dpi - as in print. But realistically today, I'd like to stay close to at least 300 dpi.

Scaling issues and glitches really ought to be things we can get around soon enough.

Battery/power is likely to remain a trade-off for a while though (although there were some efforts on hybrid eink/lcd screens that could trade refresh for power - for certain use cases).

All that said, and somewhat more pragmatic: 1080p on a 13" really isn't near high enough dpi for the nice immediacy of drawing with a proper pen on something like a surface pro.

It's one of those cases where a difference in magnitude becomes a difference in kind.




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