Microsoft Surface Go India Launch Soon as Teaser Page Goes Live on Flipkart
Dec. 14, 2018Microsoft has usually been pretty laid-back in bringing its Surface lineup to India, with the last year’s Surface Laptop and Surface Pro 5 launched onlyearlier in August. However, it seems like the Redmond giant is now gearing up to take on thenewer bezel-less, Face ID-sportingiPad Prowith the impending launch of its tinySurface Go tabletin the country.
Theteaser page for an upcoming Microsoft Surface devicehas today gone live on Flipkart and there are plenty of indicators that tell us that it would be the much-awaited Surface Go. It’s not just the “#OnTheGo” hashtag with the “Coming Soon” tag, but also sneak peeks at the device – be it the handy build, tiny screen, huge bezels or kickstand.
While Flipkart has created this landing page for the Surface Go, which you can check out right here, there’s no official word on when Microsoft plans to officially launch the device. Until then, let’s take a quick peek at the specs and features of this Windows 10-powered tablet.
Microsoft Surface Go: Specs
The Surface Go ispowered by the Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y, which is a 2-core, 4-thread Kaby Lake chip. It is paired with either 4GB or 8GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB, using an eMMC interface, which might be low but enough for a productivity device you need on the move.
The device features Microsoft’s signature kickstand with an unlimited position setting and the proprietary Surface Connector port for charging and attaching it to a desktop dock. It runs Windows 10 in S Mode out-of-the-box, but you can upgrade to the Professional one, but there’s no going back once you make the switch.
It also packs in two cameras, yes,an 8MP sensor on the rear and a 5MP sensor on the frontwith Windows Hello facial recognition. There’s no fingerprint sensor on board, and you only get one USB Type-C port, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a card reader here.
There have been no leaks for the price and availability in India and the teaser itself came as a surprise for us. However, there’s no speculating as theSurface Go starts at $399 for its 4GB+64GB variantand you’ll have to shell out $549 for its 8GB+128GB variant.
This means the Surface Go will be priced starting at about the Rs 40,000 mark, which is surely a fair guess when you consider the retail tags of past Surface product launches in India. The $99 keyboard cover, $99 Surface Pen, and the $35 Surface Mobile Mouse are add-ons and will have to be purchased separately.
