Product Information

The Surface tablet line set out its basic design rules with the very first generation of products and has largely stuck to its guns since. What we've seen, instead of wholesale reimagining, is a steady march of improvements to the display and chassis, helping the product feel just a bit more premium with every generation.

The earliest Surface Pro models were 13mm thick, while last year's Surface Pro 3 shaved that down to 9.1mm. This year, we're down to 8.4mm, despite increasing the size of the screen. Both the Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4 are 1.7 pounds (771 grams) by themselves, or 2.5 pounds (1.13 kg) with their keyboard cover and stylus pens attached.

One of the biggest improvements to last year's Surface Pro carries over here: the highly adjustable kickstand, which can be adjusted to nearly any angle between 22 and 150 degrees. The kickstand, which runs the entire width of the system, is stiff enough that it will stay where you put it, and hardly moves at all, even when using your fingers or the pen on the touchscreen.

Missing from the black bezel surrounding the screen this time around is the capacitive Windows logo touch button. In previous Surface models, this moved around from the long edge to the short edge of the system, but always served the same purpose: to take you back to the Windows 8 tile interface. As we're now operating in the Windows 10 world, having a physical home button isn't necessary, although the Windows 10 "tablet mode" is still very similar to what Window 8 looked like.

Tech specs

Software Windows 10 Pro
Office 365 30-day trial
Exterior Casing: Magnesium
Color: Silver
Physical buttons: Volume, Power
Dimensions 11.50 x 7.93 x 0.33 in (292.10 x 201.42 x 8.45 mm)
Weight m3: 1.69 lbs (766 g)
i5: 1.73 lbs (786 g)
i7: 1.73 lbs (786 g)
Storage3 Solid state drive (SSD) options: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB
Display Screen: 12.3Ó PixelSense Display
Resolution: 2736 x 1824 (267 PPI)
Aspect ratio: 3:2
Touch: 10-point multi-touch
Battery life2 Up to 9 hours of video playback
Processor 6th Gen Intel Core m3, i5, or i7
Graphics m3: Intel HD graphics 515
i5: Intel HD graphics 520
i7: Intel Iris graphics
Security TPM chip for enterprise security
Memory 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB RAM
Wireless 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
Ports Full-size USB 3.0
microSD card reader
Headset jack
Mini DisplayPort
Cover port
Surface Connect
Cameras, video, and audio Windows Hello face-authentication camera (front-facing)
5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video
8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p HD video
Stereo microphones
Stereo speakers with Dolby Audio Premium
Sensors Ambient light sensor
Accelerometer
Gyroscope
Magnetometer
SKU S-MSP4-D
Bulk Item No
Brand Microsoft
Shipping Weight 0.5000kg
Shipping Width 0.360m
Shipping Height 0.050m
Shipping Length 0.240m