Microsoft's New SurfacePro with OLED Screen and Comparisons with iPadPro

TapTechNews May 22nd, Microsoft yesterday launched its new Surface series of Windows devices, among which the SurfacePro adopted an OLED screen for the first time, and the starting price in the Chinese mainland is 8688 yuan ($1250).

According to RossYoung, an expert in the display industry, the new Microsoft SurfacePro (11th generation) 2-in-1 notebook is equipped with an LTPSOLED panel provided by Samsung Display.

This 13-inch OLED touchscreen has a resolution of 2880x1920, a full-screen peak brightness of 600 nits, a local peak brightness of 900 nits, and supports a variable refresh rate of 60-120Hz. It also supports playing HDR videos and is compatible with Dolby Vision IQ technology. The screen is covered with Corning Gorilla Glass Generation 5 and has a ten-point multi-touch function.

The new Apple iPadPro also adopted an OLED screen for the first time. Judging from the parameters, the display of the iPadPro is better than that of the SurfacePro. Firstly, the most obvious is that the stacked OLED screen used by the iPadPro brings some advantages, with a local peak brightness of up to 1600 nits and a full-screen peak brightness of 1000 nits. The iPadPro also has a wider refresh rate range (10Hz to 120Hz).

The new Microsoft SurfacePro is equipped with a Snapdragon XPlus or XElite processor (depending on the specific version), supplemented by 16GB or 32GB LPDDR5x memory, and 256GB, 512GB or 1TB storage space. Thanks to its 45 TOPS NPU, the device runs an optimized Windows 11 system compatible with the ARM64 architecture and has the brand logo of CoPilot+PC.

The new Microsoft SurfacePro is equipped with a QHD front camera supporting WindowsHello and a 10MP rear autofocus camera that can shoot 4K videos. In addition, it has two USB4.0 Type-C interfaces, a SurfaceConnect interface, and supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. In terms of battery life, it is equipped with a 51Wh battery and supports 65W fast charging.