Meanwhile, the Type Cover’s touchpad remains unchanged, and is just as smooth and responsive to the touch as ever. This is an upgrade for sure, though will certainly be an adjustment for longtime Surface Pro users – at least for a few minutes. In Microsoft’s favor, however, the Type Cover keyboard now has deeper-feeling travel as well as a bouncier feel as our fingers leave the keys. Now, Microsoft has improved the device's studio microphones for stronger accuracy when using Cortana with your voice, but that's such a minor improvement it's hardly worth mentioning. While Apple didn't including it in the iPad Pro, it did with the similarly-priced 13-inch MacBook Pro, for example. With that, you get the versatility of this new connection without the raw throughput of the Thunderbolt 3 technology.Īpple and countless other competitors at similar price points have widely adopted Thunderbolt 3, which makes its absence in the Surface Pro 7 more glaring.

Instead, it feels like Microsoft is far more inspired by its upcoming dual-screen devices, which will likely herald the future of the company’s hardware design – depending on how successful they are.Īs for the most major Surface Pro 7 design change, we get USB-C at long last, but it’s on the USB 3.1 standard and not Thunderbolt 3. Now having issued practically the same tablet for two years, it’s becoming clear that either Microsoft has reached its limits on the original Surface Pro design, which is unlikely, or the company is simply no longer interested in tweaking the Surface Pro any more – except for tinkering with the Pro X. Also, the bezels are awfully thick for a tablet of this price in 2019. But, again, this specification hasn’t changed in years, and could use an update at least in features, such as HDR and enhanced color gamut coverage. It's just as sharp, vibrant and responsive to touch as the previous generation, which was already quite impressive. The tablet's touchscreen still comes in at 12.3 inches on the diagonal with a 2,736 x 1,824 resolution (267 pixels per inch) and 3:2 aspect ratio.

The tablet also still comes in the same matte black and silver aluminum finishes. The device still measures 11.5 x 7.9 x 0.33 inches (292 x 201 x 8.5mm) and weighs 1.7 pounds (770g). Microsoft may have finally included a USB-C port, but absolutely nothing else has changed about the Surface Pro 7 design from last year’s model.

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