Surface Pro 6

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Is the “same” design as previous generations a minus?

Recalling the launch of the Surface Pro 4, arguably the most complete Surface Pro version at that time with many upgrades from appearance to “internal”. So, why should Microsoft try to do something different when it has found its satisfactory design? Is it possible to just research and change what is inadequate to make the product more complete and suitable for users? So in my personal opinion, it is understandable that Microsoft still retains the design of the Surface Pro 6. It’s fair to say, the current design is still great and makes sense even though it’s a bit frustrating when the company doesn’t even bother to create a new texture or accent, other than having an additional black version.

Compared to Surface Pro 4, the design of Surface Pro 6 has changed a bit, but it takes a sharp eye to see. It’s a bit rough but true, when it is said to be “observant”, the user also understands “nothing else” or changes the details that may not be changed. Because it is a “revealing” article, I will point out the differences, big or small, such as:

Surface Pro 6’s stand joint is made more compact and beautiful. In addition to the ability to open the angle by a few more degrees, it is nothing special because the fact that coupling on the Surface Pro 4 or 5 is still in good use and it is inside the base to see it is also a bit difficult.

Display quality remains unchanged

Screen Size: 12.3 inches

Resolution: 2736 x 1824 (267 PPI)

Aspect Ratio: 3:2

Panels: IPS,

Brightness: 400 NITS

Contrast: ~1400:1

Refresh frequency: 60hz

Color Standard: 100% sRGB, 63% AdobeRGB

Touch: super smooth multi-touch

Camera quality

The camera on the Surface Pro series is relatively good quality. Although the front is only 8MP, the actual quality is better than expected, in the normal mode (no Effect) the color is more than 95% similar to the sample. Custom mode (Pro mode) on Surface Pro is not much but has enough important options. A small point that users may not notice, is the camera on the surface Pro can capture Macro very well, if not more than many cameras on phones today. The wide-angle shooting feature that was not available on the Pro 4 is now integrated into the Pro 6. Face detection unlocking technology also makes it faster and more accurate.

Is USB Type-C necessary?

1x USB 3.0 (Full-size)

1x Mini DisplayPort

1x Surface Connect port

3.5 mm Headphone jack

Surface Type Cover port6

MicroSDXC Card reader

Explaining the fact that Surface Pro 6 / Laptop 2 does not have a standard C-Thunderbolt 3 connector, Panos Panay, vice president of devices and Surface design manager, explains that “things are not ready yet”. Although knowing that USB-type A occupies a large market share, Macbook has changed that stereotype by only having 3 USB-type C ports, but everything is still good, hopefully, in the coming years Microsoft will have a change. With the mindset of actual users of Surface Pro 4, I was also looking forward to USB Type-C. Regarding the issue of “not ready” as Microsoft says, I am not very satisfied, because now the advent of a series of USB Hub products makes everything more convenient and what we need is a USB-type C port to connect.

You may not know, the Surface Connect port has a very strong transfer speed, on par with USB-type C, so we can still use the Surface Connect and Surface Dock ports to switch to port C or switch multiple ports in one. However, it is not easy to use genuine goods, to have a keyboard (Type Cover) we have to spend $140, to have a USB hub, we have to spend $200 more than high-end hubs $50 USB Type-C standards on the market. Although I like Surface Pro, I can’t swallow the accessories that come with it. At the same time, while using the Switch Dock, it cannot be charged.

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Are Type Covers and previous Surface Pens compatible?

Although the price is not cheap but must commend the Type Cover (also a screen protector) used for Surface Pro 4 and above for a typing experience that is worth the “great money”. From the Type Cover 4 version onwards, the keyboard seems to get rid of the “need solving” label but is officially an essential and high-end accessory for users because of the improvement from design to typing quality. The contact surface of the key has been “true” much more than life 3 and below. The travel and sound when typing reminds me of the keyboards on high-end laptops. Because it is an external keyboard, the stability is still limited and contraindicated for bold brothers. If you “upgrade” From Surface Pro 4.5 to 6, there is no need to buy a new Type cover because it still works very well.

Surface Pen – the electronic pen introduced by Microsoft a long time ago on the first Surface Pro line after many years with the improvement of hardware Surface Pen has become better, more and more like a real pen when it can bring Experience the same ink release, drawing notes with low latency. On the new Surface Pen, Microsoft has added an extremely necessary feature for those who do a graphic design that is tilting to create a blur like when you use a pencil or brush and tilt the pen to draw. The pen can release ink and erase with a delay of only 0.1 s so your eyes will “not be able to notice” the interruption or delay between the operation and the ink line.

In addition, the force level of the new Surface Pen is 4096 levels, 4 times higher than the old Surface Pen equipped on Surface Pro 4 and 16 times higher than the Surface Pen version launched with Surface Pro 3, along with that is the trigger force reduced to 12 g. Microsoft claims that the new Surface Pen is twice as sensitive as the Apple Pencil used with the iPad Pro. The new Surface Pen is backward compatible with Surface 3, Surface Pro 3, Pro4, Surface Book, Surface Laptop, and Surface Studio, which should also work on Surface Pro 6.

How does Surface Pro 6 upgrade power?

Surface Pro 4: SAMSUNG MZFLV128HCGR-000MV

Surface Pro 6: BKG30ZPZ128G TOSHIBA

According to research, Surface Pro 4 uses SSD hard drive from Samsung, and Surface Pro 6 is from Toshiba, both are SSD (128GB) PCIe 3.0 standard. Although I could not find any information about the hard drive on Surface Pro 6, through the hard drive performance evaluation software (CrystalDiscMark, AS SSD) can see the difference in speed between the two generations.

Surface Pro 6 launched with an 8th generation intel chip (I5-8250U) – a line of chips that save power but still give very good performance. So I will compare it with some Ultrabook laptops with the same chip line to see what the performance difference is.

As for Surface Pro 4, Photoshop CC 2018 is not too heavy, but because my machine only has 4GB of Ram, there is an overflow of Ram, making the machine lag continuously. With the i5-8250U chip and 8GB of Ram, Photoshop CC 2018 does not make Surface Pro 6 difficult at all.

Battery life

Surface Pro 4 received many complaints, then to Surface Pro 5 and now Surface Pro 6 Microsoft has paid attention to thoroughly overcome and increase the battery life to a relatively higher level, instead of only 6-7 hours like the previous version. This time the machine can be used for 7 to 9 hours continuously for normal operations (no graphics, or rendering). If you use heavier tasks such as designing and editing graphic software, it depends on the level of destruction of each software.

Summary

In short, each product is aimed at a certain user segment, if you need a hybrid Tablet with all the essentials such as performance, compactness, beautiful screen, and a good battery, then Surface Pro 6 is one of the top products worth experiencing, although the price is a bit “expensive”. Or if your needs only stop at the standard level (compact, show photos for guests, watch movies, read newspapers, office), the current Surface Pro 4.5 is still good because the performance is not too different but the price Both will be more affordable.

Advantage:

– The 8th generation chip is stronger than the old line

– Very thin and light, the first choice for travel

– Transform from Tablet to laptop quickly

– Excellent build quality (monolithic)

– The super beautiful screen, standard design

– High-quality camera

– Compatible with old accessories

Limit:

– Slightly higher prices

– Upgradability is almost impossible

– Difficulty in repairing

– The price of accessories is not cheap