Microsoft Surface Pro 4: The Surface Pro 4 has been one of the most awaited devices to come from the Microsoft family.
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As for the camera, the new Lumia 950 features a 20 megapixels Carl Zeiss optics rear facing main camera, equipped with Triple LED natural flash. Microsoft also unveiled a virtual reality head set titled the HoloLens, a phone titled the Lumia 950, a laptop titled the Surface Book and a biometrics wristband titled the Band 2.
As our tablets, gadgets and notebooks become smaller and more advanced day by day, manufacturers are hard pressed to maintain a couple of critical variables.
Both the smartphones come powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset, working in tandem with an octa-core processor. The Surface Pro 4 has a 12.3-inch PixelTouch display with an aspect ratio of 3:2 and the resolution is 2736×1824 at 267ppi (5 million pixels).
The styluses are not two different from each other, both serve the goal of providing a more convenient way to take notes and draw on the glass surface of the tablets. If you want one device for everything in your life, the MacBook Pro is the closer in that fight. Since both tablets have not been released yet, it is hard to directly compare the performance of the accessories, however when it comes to the functionality offered, the Surface Pro 4 wins the battle. The hinge for this device is possibly the most-engineered thing we’ve ever seen, with an incredible snake-like mechanism where it bends and compresses according to exact angle needed. There is also an Ethernet ports for sharing files between devices and sharing screens.
Microsoft has kicked off its official marketing campaign for the Surface Book with the debut of the first commercial. With a powerful i5 or i7 processor (3+ GHz) and 8 to 16Gig of RAM, the Surface Book offers just that. A bit more surprising, though, was the introduction of a new Surface Book [pictured], a high-performance laptop with a detachable screen and a $1,499 starting price that puts it on par with Apple’s comparably sized MacBook Pro.
Within a week of launching Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL smartphones running on Windows 10, Microsoft has thrown out an oblique future for the devices by turning them carrier exclusive.
Additionally, Microsoft will not be offering either of the new flagships to any Canadian carriers, leaving users in Canada with the only option of buying the device directly from the Microsoft store. For example, in the recently reported second calendar quarter of 2015, IDC found Windows Phone market share of the worldwide smartphone market was reported at 2.6%, down from 3.4% two years prior. The base of the Surface Book is still magnesium, with convex silver keys protruding from its solid frame.
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Coming to the Lumia, it has a metal frame but on its back, there is polycarbonate and it also has a ClearBlack display. The Surface Book will be available from October 26, with pre-orders that started today and will start at $1,499.
