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Variants
LTE
WiFi
Connectivity
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x 3.5mm Headphone + 1x Surface Connect
USB-C 3.2 GEN2
USB 3.1 Gen 1 + Pogo Pin
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 + NFC
WiFi 6
Construction
Battery | Capacity
51.5 Wh
4449 mAh (typical) dual battery
5050 mAh, removable
Camera | Front
5.0MP front-facing camera + Windows Hello face authentication camera
12MP, f/2.0, 24 mm,1.0µm
5.0MP
Camera | Rear
10.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera
13MP AF
Camera | Rear | Telephoto
12MP, f/2.4 aperture, 51 mm, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS and 2X optical zoom
Camera | Rear | Ultra-Wide
16MP, f/2.2 aperture, 13 mm, 1.0µm, 110o diagonal field of view with distortion correction
Camera | Rear | Wide
12MP, f/1.7 aperture, 27 mm, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF and OIS
Colors
Graphite, Platinum
Glacier, Obsidian
Material
Signature unibody magnesium design with hidden perimeter venting
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Microphone
Dual far-field Studio Mics
Speakers
2W stereo speakers
Stereo speakers
Dimensions
Size | Depth
208 mm / 8.2 inch
5.5 mm (unfolded) / 11.0 mm (folded)
9.9 mm
Size | Height
9.3 mm / 0.37 inch
145.2 mm
213.8 mm
Size | Width
287 mm / 11.3 inch
184.5 mm (unfolded) / 92.1 mm (folded)
126.8 mm
Weight
891 g / 1.96 lbs
284 g
Display
Aspect Ratio
3:2
16:10
Brightness
800 nits
Display Diagonal
13 inch
8.3 inch (unfolded) / 5.8 inch (folded)
8 inch
Display Type
PixelSense IPS
OLED, PixelSense Fuhsion displays (AMOLED)
PLS TFT LCD
Gamut
100% sRGB, 100% DCI-P3
Pixel Density
267 ppi
401 ppi
Refresh Rate
120 Hz
90 Hz
Resolution
2880 x 1920
2688 x 1892
WUXGA, 1920 x 1200
Function
Bluetooth Profiles
aptX, aptX HD
Chipset
Samsung Exynos 9810
Digitizer
S Pen (IP68 Certified)
GPS
GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS
GPS + Glonass + Beidou +Galileo
Graphics
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
HDR
Yes
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Android 11
Android Q
Processor
11th-gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 or i7-1185G7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform
Octa-core 2.7GHz + 1.7GHz
SIM
Nano SIM
1x nanoSIM + 1x eSIM 5G
4G LTE
Security
TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security, Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
Fingerprint
Knox Suite + Biometric Authentication (Face Recognition, Fingerprint Scanner)
Sensor
Accelerometer + Gyroscope + Magnetometer + Ambient light sensor
Dual Accelerometer, Dual Gyroscope, Dual Magnetometer, Dual Ambient Light Sensor, Dual Proximity Sensor, Hall Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor
Accelerometer, Fingerprint Sensor, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, RGB Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor
Touch Screen
10-point multitouch
Video Codecs
HEVC and H.264
Video Recording
4K 60 fps / FHD 60 fps / slow-mo 240 fps
Weather Resistance
IP68 Water and Dust Resistance
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 16 hours of typical device usage
Up to 15.5 h or video playback, 28 h of talk time
Durability
1.5m Anti-shock with inbox protective cover, MIL-STD-810H
Memory | Capacity
8, 16, or 32 GB
8 GB
4 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR4x
LPDDR5
Power Supply
23 W
Storage
512 GB or 1 TB SSD / 128 or 256 GB removable SSD
128, 256, 512 GB
64 or 128 GB + microSD
Production
Accessory
Digitizer: Surface Pen / Surface Slim Pen 2
Availability
2021-10-21
Debut
2021-09
2021-09
2019-09-28
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