On the Italian evening yesterday, Wednesday 22 September, Microsoft presented 5 new products of the Surface line: a laptop, 3 tablets and a foldable smartphone. In detail:
- a reinterpretation of the laptop concept with the new Surface Laptop Studio, the most powerful of the range, designed for developers, professionals, creators and gamers;
- three novelties among the so-called 2-in-1s, with Surface Pro 8 (with 11th generation Intel processor and Thunderbolt ports), Surface Go 3 and Surface Pro X;
- the new smartphone Surface Duo 2, available for business customers.
Surface Go 3, in the consumer version, is available in Platinum color on the Microsoft Store (with a 5% discount for students, parents, teachers) and in stores at the price of 449 euros; Surface Duo 2 will be available to business customers from November 15th, while Surface Laptop Studio, Pro 8 and Pro X with Windows 11 pre-installed will be available from January 2022.
iPad 9 and iPad mini 6: the preview test
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The new devices should allow Microsoft to further promote the use of the new Windows 11 operating system (also, like the new Surface, available from 5 October) and the Office apps, which represent a much more important part of its business: only 4% of the company’s revenues in the second quarter were generated by hardware. After the announcements, Microsoft’s stock gained over 1% on Wall Street.
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