Microsoft Surface Pro LEAKS ahead of Surface Shanghai launch event
THE NEXT-GENERATION Surface Pro has leaked online ahead of Microsoft's upcoming Surface Event in Shanghai this week. Here's everything we think we know so far.
Microsoft Surface Pro has leaked online ahead of the Surface Shanghai event
UPDATE
Microsoft has taken the wraps off the latest Surface Pro at its media event in Shanghai.
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The next Microsoft Surface Pro has purportedly leaked online.
Serial tipster Evan Blass – known as @evleaks on Twitter – has dropped a slew of photos purportedly showing the follow-up to the Surface Pro 4.
Microsoft is expected to ditch the number from the branding of this latest Surface device.
Dubbed Surface Pro, the successor to the Surface Pro 4 will ship with a next-generation Surface Pen stylus.
There's also expected to be some new keyboard colours, too.
But aside from these minor tweaks, you might have a hard time telling this latest generation Surface apart from its predecessor.
Panos Panay said he doesn't want to simply bump the processor in Surface Pro 4 and brand it "Pro 5"
Microsoft has not included a USB Type-C port, continuing a trend that we saw start with the Surface Laptop it announced a few weeks ago.
It's clear that the Redmond-based technology company doesn't believe this connector is quite ready for the mainstream just yet.
Microsoft will hold a hardware event to announce the new Surface range in Shanghai on Tuesday May 23rd.
See you in Shanghai. May 23. #MicrosoftEvent #Surface https://t.co/aMgvkkqE52 pic.twitter.com/vzcK9MqIpf
— Panos Panay (@panos_panay) May 5, 2017
Vice President for Surface Panos Panay recently said he would not just launch a Surface Pro 5 for the sake of it.
In an interview with Cnet, Panay explained that his team would only launch a next-generation Surface Pro 5 device when it had achieved some "meaningful change".
"Meaningful change isn't necessarily a hardware change, which is what a lot of people look for,” the Surface boss clarified.
“They're like, 'Where's the latest processor?' That's not what I mean.
"I'm looking for an experiential change that makes a huge difference in product line.”