Detailed Microsoft Surface 3 Tablet Specs
| Basics | |
|---|---|
| Main category | Windows tablet |
| Release year | 2015 |
| Release month | 05 |
| Release day | 05 |
| Release quarter | 2 |
| General Specs | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| SERIES | 3 |
| Display | |
| Display Size | 10.8in. |
| Display Type | IPS LCD (ClearType FullHD Plus) |
| Display features | ClearType Full HD Plus (1920 x 1280 pixels), Capacitive Stylus support |
| Color Mode | 16777216 |
| Multi-touch touch-screen | 10-point |
| Touch-Screen | Capacitive Multi-touch |
| Display Resolution | 1920 x 1280 |
| Display total pixels | 2457600 pixels |
| Display's superficy (in square inches) | 53.85 square inches |
| Display's superficy (in square mm) | 1367.79 square mm |
| Dots per inch | 213.57 dots per inch |
| Camera Specs | |
| Camera | 8-megapixel |
| Camera Features | Auto-focus |
| Additional Camera | 3.5-megapixel |
| Video Features | |
| Max Video Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Physical Features | |
| Headset Jack | 3.5mm stereo |
| Weight (grams) | 622 grams |
| Width (inches) | 10.52 |
| Height (inches) | 7.36 |
| Depth (inches) | 0.34 |
| Width (mm) | 267 |
| Height (mm) | 187 |
| Depth (mm) | 8.7 |
| Processor | |
| Operating System | Windows 8.1 |
| Processor | Intel Atom x7-Z8700 |
| Processor Speed | 1.6GHz |
| Graphic processor | Intel HD |
| CPU Cores | 4 |
| Memory | |
| Memory | 64GB |
| RAM | 2GB |
| Memory Expansion | MicroSD |
| Memory Expansion Limit | 128GB |
| Battery Specs | |
| USB Charging |  |
| Stand-by Time | 3.6 weeks (Equivalent to 25.0 days or 600 hours) |
| Talk time | 10.0 hours (600 minutes) |
| Music Playback Time | 10.0 hours (600.0 minutes) |
| 3G Talk Time | 600 minutes |
| Usage time | 600 minutes |
| Connectivity | |
| Connectors | Full-size USB 3.0, Mini Display Port, Micro USB charging, Headset jack, Cover port |
| Sensors | Ambient light, Proximity, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer |
| Wi-Fi Direct | |
| Bluetooth | |
| Bluetooth Technology | 4.0 |
| A2DP | |
| Environmental | |
| Ambient light detector | |
| Mini-USB Charger | |
| Music / Audio | |
| Music features | Stereo speakers with Dolby audio |
| Other Specs & Features | |
| AV connector | Mini Display Port |
| Can Act As USB Mass Storage | |
| Claimed qualities | Works like a laptop, Great pen experience |
Description:
Microsoft boasts of this tablet as being the first to run on an Intel Atom x7 1.6GHz processor with a 2.4GHz burst speed. At 622 grams and 8.7 inches, the Surface 3 looks far from winning a slimming competition, but these measurements make it the thinnest and lightest Surface so far. It also now features a full-HD (1920 x 1280) display and an optional stylus pen which might be useful for students and teachers who want to use it for writing notes directly in documents, including PDFs, and save them in various file types. However, it seems that the biggest improvement this tablet brings is that it now runs a full-fledged Windows 8.1 platform, not the dreaded RT which we thought was a misstep of an operating system. Basically, this means that with its improved specs, the Surface 3 should now be able to run any x86 PC apps with suitable drivers. Microsoft also promised to provide a free update to Windows 10 for this device once the new OS is rolled out sometime this year, so that is good news.
