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Microsoft Surface 2

Review Microsoft Surface 2 Tablet by Daniel Schmidt
#1443 Nvidia Tegra 4
#1077 NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4
2048 MB
32 GB
eMMC
10.60-inch
1920x1080
643 g
275 x 173 x 8.9
Wh
429 Euro

Specifications

Microsoft Surface 2 (Surface Series)
Processor
Nvidia Tegra 4 4 x 1.71 GHz, Wayne (Cortex A15), 5 Cortex-A15 Kerne
Graphics adapter
NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4, Direct3D 9.1+, OpenGL ES 3.0, 72 Shader, Treiber: 9.17.13.2729
Memory
2048 MB 
Display
10.60 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel, capacitive touchscreen (5 fingers), IPS, glossy: yes
Storage
32 GB eMMC Flash, 32 GB 
, 18 GB free
Connections
1 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, Audio Connections: combined stereo jack, Card Reader: Micro SD up to 64 GB, Sensors: ambient light sensor, accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, HD port
Networking
Marvell Wireless Avastar 88W8797 (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/), Bluetooth 4.0 + Low Energy
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 8.9 x 275 x 173 ( = 0.35 x 10.83 x 6.81 in)
Battery
Lithium-Polymer, Battery runtime (according to manufacturer): 10 h
Operating System
Microsoft Windows RT
Camera
Webcam: 3,2 MP (2.048 x 1.536 Pixel), Hautkamera: 5 MP (2.560 x 1.920 Pixel)
Additional features
Speakers: two stereo speakers, Keyboard: virtual, 24 Watts PSU (12 V, 2 A), Microsoft Office 2013 RT, 12 Months Warranty
Weight
643 g ( = 22.68 oz / 1.42 pounds), Power Supply: 136 g ( = 4.8 oz / 0.3 pounds)
Price
429 Euro

 

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cd/m²		374
cd/m²		387
cd/m²
346
cd/m²		357
cd/m²		374
cd/m²
359
cd/m²		368
cd/m²		388
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 388 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 369.4 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 89 %
Center on Battery: 357 cd/m²
Contrast: 700:1 (Black: 0.51 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 3.86 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5
ΔE Greyscale 2.4 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
Gamma: 2.46
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Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0 / 0.4 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 1.8 / 3.3 / 4.1 Watt
Load midlight 7.2 / 15.8 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Voltcraft VC 940
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.
Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
18h 19min
WiFi Surfing
8h 01min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p
12h 12min
Load (maximum brightness)
3h 15min

Microsoft Surface 2 - 04/30/2014 v4(old)
Redaktion

Chassis
92%
Keyboard
62 / 80 → 78%
Pointing Device
89%
Connectivity
48 / 65 → 74%
Weight
81 / 40-88 → 85%
Battery
92%
Display
84%
Games Performance
60 / 68 → 88%
Application Performance
43 / 76 → 57%
Temperature
93%
Noise
100%
Audio
64 / 91 → 70%
Camera
67 / 85 → 79%
Average
75%
85%
Tablet - Weighted Average

Pros

+Fast SoC
+Good Full HD display
+Excellent build quality
+Micro SDXC slot
+Good speaker location
+Low surface temperatures
+Office 2013 RT
+Cover improves productivity
+One year free Skype to landlines
+Two years 200 GB SkyDrive storage
+Good VoIP qualities
+Good battery runtimes
 

Cons

-Main camera has problems with the focus on macro shots
-Micro HDMI is called HD video out port
-Slightly high black value of the display
-Still comparatively heavy
Google V8 Ver. 7 Google V8 Ver. 7 Score: 3555 Points
Peacekeeper : 791 Points
GLBenchmark 2.5 Egypt HD Offscreen Fixed Time: 41 fps
GLBenchmark 2.5 Egypt HD Fixed Time: 48 fps
Octane V1 Total Score: 3317 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.0 Total: 13489 ms*
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics: 12692 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score: 14812 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Score: 14281 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics: 11623 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics: 9104 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Score: 9564 Points
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Onscreen: 24 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Offscreen: 16 fps
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 Total: 10107 ms*
Octane V2 Total Score: 3368 Points
Google V8 Ver. 6 : 2680 points
Google V8 Ver. 3 : 3266 points
Sunspider 1.0 Total Score: 384.5 ms*
Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score: 390.8 ms*
Browsermark : 3012 points
TouchXPRT 2013 Create Slideshow from Photos: 48.57 s*
TouchXPRT 2013 Export Podcast to MP3: 42.49 s*
TouchXPRT 2013 Convert Videos for Sharing: 31.62 s*
TouchXPRT 2013 Prepare Photos for Sharing: 43.09 s*
TouchXPRT 2013 Beautify Photo Album: 102.3 s*
WebXPRT 2013 Offline Notes: 964 ms*
WebXPRT 2013 Stocks Dashboard: 1018 ms*
WebXPRT 2013 Face Detection: 1768 ms*
WebXPRT 2013 Photo Effects: 960 ms*
WebXPRT 2013 Overall: 365 Points
* Smaller values are better.
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Redaktion, 2014-09-29 (Update: 2014-09-29)