Microsoft Surface Pro: New 2-in-1 leaks with redesign and smaller 12-inch display
Roland Quandt has obtained a bounty of information relating to Microsoft's next 2-in-1. Not only has the leaker revealed various device specifications, but he has also shared numerous official-looking photos too. To recap, Microsoft announced earlier this week that it would be unveiling new Surface products on May 6 after releasing Intel Lunar Lake-powered versions of the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop alongside a Surface USB4 Dock in January (curr. $199.99 on Amazon).
This time, it appears that Microsoft is planning to update its consumer product stack with at least two new ARM-powered models. As previous rumours suggested, one of these is a smaller Surface Pro, which Quandt has shown will launch with a 12-inch display within a 274 x 190 x 7.8 mm body. Effectively a return to the display size of the Surface Pro 3, the Surface Pro 12" as Microsoft calls it in leaked promotional materials contains various cutbacks over the existing Surface Pro 11.
For example, the Surface Pro 12" misses out on a Surface Connect port. Instead, Microsoft has included a pair of USB 3.2 Type-C ports but no power adapter in the box. On top of that, it looks like Microsoft has moved to soldered flash storage, which will come in 256 GB and 512 GB configurations mated to 16 GB of RAM and a Snapdragon X Plus chipset.
Based on recent benchmark leaks, the latter could well be Qualcomm's X1P-42-100 variant rather than its X1P-64-100 alternative that Microsoft uses in the Surface Pro 11. Meanwhile, the leaked marketing images imply that the 2-in-1's new Surface Keyboard is missing the magnets required to position it at an elevated angle. As a result, it may only be possible to use it on a flat surface like equivalent keyboard accessories designed for competing tablets like the Galaxy Tab S range. Unfortunately, pricing still remains a mystery at this stage.
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