Microsoft Surface 3 release date announced

Microsoft Surface 3 release date has been announced which is May 5 2015. Microsoft surface 3 is smaller in size, thinner and a bit less capable than it,s elder brother Surface 3 pro. From today, Surface 3 is available in every Microsoft store for preview. Microsoft has already started taking pre-orders for Surface 3 and Surface 3 pro.

Microsoft Surface 3 release date announced

Along with powerful hardware, Microsoft has made some software changes as well. Unlike its predecessors, Surface 3 comes with full windows 8.1 which later can be updated to windows 10. Older models of Surface had windows RT which was a limiting factor for the users. Microsoft decided to run Surface 3 on windows 8 which now supports all market apps such as Photoshop and chrome etc.

Microsoft Surface 3 have 10.8 inch display while Surface pro 3 have 12 inch display but both tablets support 1920x1080p resolution. Surface 3 pro is powered with 4th generation Intel core i3, i5 and i7 processor and on the other hand Surface 3 have Intel X7 Atom processor. If you want to get your hands on this powerful tablet, you can grab it only for $499. This is the price of a base model which comes with 2GB RAM and 64GB on-board storage capacity.