iPad rival for a good price: Surface Go is cheap and good

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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Microsoft introduces the Surface Go. The tablet is small, lightweight, and powerful, making the latest iPad competition from Apple. Both play in the same price league but have similar limitations.

With its Surface Pro range, Microsoft offers a powerful and powerful alternative to the Apple iPad Pro. Microsoft tablets are not only solid, but as Apple's professional iPads are also very expensive. After Apple introduced a cheap iPad in the spring, which shares many features with the iPad Pro and works well in the test of n-tv.de, Microsoft now follows and introducing the Surface Go.

" Bloomberg "had predicted in May and correctly reached all the important points. The device is to make the latest iPad competition, which currently has little to fear a competitor with its value for money. With a starting price of about 500 euros according to "ZDNet", the Surface Go actually plays in the same league as the last iPad, but also has similar limitations in the equipment.

Beginner from $ 400

Go takes for 499 euros, gets only 4 gigabytes (GB) of memory and 64 GB of internal memory eMMC, which can be extended by microSD card. About $ 150 more costs a better equipped Go surface with 8 gigabytes of RAM and a 128GB SSD, which is much faster in reading and writing than eMMC slow memory. Later in the year is still a variant capable of LTE with 256 GB of internal memory appear. These two models also have a microSD slot

The Surface Go is equipped in all variants of a 10-inch screen that resolves to 1800 x 1200 pixels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y processor works in its cooler case, which, according to "ZDNet", is significantly faster than the 3-year-old Surface 3, but slower than the Core M3-7Y30 in the Surface-Pro model current.

The pen costs more

More about

With its weight of about 520 grams, it's the lightest surface so far, but a bit heavier than it's worth. 39, a comparable iPad. The operating system is the preinstalled Windows 10 S preinstalled, with which one can only use programs from the Windows Store. An upgrade to a full version of Windows 10 Home is free. On the front, a 5-megapixel camera is responsible for video calls, selfies and connection with Windows Hello, with an 8-megapixel camera at the back. Like the first surface, the Go has a USB-C port. The battery is supposed to last nine hours.

Like other Surface models, the Go also features a foldable bracket with a tilt angle of up to 165 degrees. Important for productive work: Microsoft offers Go for the corresponding keyboard covers and the tablet supports Surface stylus – the digital pen is the equivalent of Microsoft Pen, the new iPad also supports and previously only worked on the Pro model. As with Apple, the Pen is not included with the Microsoft Go and must be purchased separately. The Surface Go will be delivered from August 28, pre-orders will be accepted by Microsoft.

Source: n-tv.de