So if you also plan on using the tablet as a notebook or want to jot things down by hand, you won’t get around digging deeper into your pocket.

Windows 10 Home in S mode (switching to «Windows 10 Home» for free is possible)Īs always with Microsoft, their tablets don’t come with a keyboard or pen.

Ambient light sensor, acceleration sensor, gyroscope, magnetometer, Windows Hello camera (face recognition).

5-megapixel front camera and 8-megapixel rear camera (both can record 1080p videos).

2 W stereo speakers with Dolby Audio, dual studio microphones.

1 x USB 3.1 type C, microSDXC Slot, nano SIM slot, 3.5 mm headphone jack, connections for type cover and power.

10.5' IPS multi-touch display (PixelSense display) with 1920 × 1280 pixels (3:2 aspect ratio, 220 ppi, glossy, supports pen input).

Integrated graphics processor: Intel UHD graphics 615.

Windows Hello works swiftly and reliably to log you in, and thanks to the bundled fast charger a 30-minute charge will boost the battery by around 35% – just about enough for half a day’s work. It offers an always-on, phone-like experience and LTE means you’ll get emails and notifications even when out of Wi-Fi range. If you don’t find any dealbreakers when checking through your app list, then the Surface Pro X could be exactly what you’re looking for. So, it will really depend upon what you want or need to do that will determine if a Surface Pro X is right for you. So you might want to use Microsoft’s latest Edge browser instead of Google Chrome. This means there’s also a penalty in battery life: run exclusively older x86 Windows apps and you’ll see around seven hours of battery life instead of the circa 10-12 hours you’ll get when running apps optimised for ARM. But you will notice that traditional Windows apps aren’t as snappy as running native ARM64 apps because 32-bit x86 apps is done using an emulation mode. You’d be right to expect great performance given what the Pro X costs, but this is another sticking point.

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