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Microsoft is all set to announced a series of hardware products at its Lumia event today. The Redmond giant is expected to make the Windows 10 Mobile OS official with the launch of the flagship Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL. Also now with the Apple iPad Pro and Google Pixel C launches done with, it is the turn of the company who in a way pioneered the professional 2-in-1 space with the launch of the Surface Pro 3. Microsoft is expected to launch the successor to last years Pro 3 - the Surface Pro 4. There is a possibility that Microsoft will also launch a 14-inch version of the Surface Pro as well. Apart from this there have been rumours of Microsoft Band 2 doing the rounds of online forums. Also will there be any news of the commercial launch of Microsoft’s Holo Lens? You can watch the event live on Microsoft’s Live stream. Or you can follow our live blog to get all the updates from the Microsoft event.
Microsoft event as it happened: Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL, Surface Pro 4 and more!
Microsoft event as it happened: Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL, Surface Pro 4 and more!
Nimish Sawant
• October 7, 2015, 10:00:04 IST
Microsoft is all set to announced a series of hardware products at its Lumia event today. The Redmond giant is expected to make the Windows 10 Mobile OS official with the launch of the flagship Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL. Also now with the Apple iPad Pro and Google Pixel C launches done with, it is the turn of the company who in a way pioneered the professional 2-in-1 space with the launch of the Surface Pro 3.
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 "Microsoft event as it happened: Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL, Surface Pro 4 and more!")
October 6, 2015, 21:29:04 (IST)
A quick recap of all the products launched today in this Microsoft promotional video
When there are no limits to what your devices can do, there are no limits to what you can do with them.https://t.co/HK0ljmNooZ
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015, 21:23:19 (IST)
So Microsoft launched the new Microsoft Band, Microsoft Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL, Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Microsoft Surface Book! Quite a range of Windows 10 devices. Let us know what are your thoughts in the comments section below.
October 6, 2015, 21:21:11 (IST)
That’s a wrap from the event. Satya Nadella signs off.
October 6, 2015, 21:19:05 (IST)
“Surface is built to perfect productivity. These are the types of new Windows devices and experiences that we believe people will love.” Nadella
October 6, 2015, 21:17:25 (IST)
“Similarly, our Band is both a sensor platform and a cloud service.When it comes to phones we’re building the most productive phone on the planet.” Nadella
October 6, 2015, 21:16:43 (IST)
“We are not just building hardware for hardwares sake. We obsess about every choice that matters.We plan to invent new personal computers, and new personal computing. The introduction of the HoloLens is a great example of that. It is a new paradigm for computing” Nadella
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October 6, 2015, 21:15:25 (IST)
“We built Windows 10 for a new era of computing. What matters most is the ability of our experience.No single device will be a hub of activity forever. The hub is you. This means your content, your data, your settings, your apps need to be mobile with you. This is what motivates us to build Windows 10 as a mobile, personal, trusted service.” Nadella
October 6, 2015, 21:15:19 (IST)
“We built Windows 10 for a new era of computing. What matters most is the ability of our experience.No single device will be a hub of activity forever. The hub is you. This means your content, your data, your settings, your apps need to be mobile with you. This is what motivates us to build Windows 10 as a mobile, personal, trusted service.” Nadella
October 6, 2015, 21:14:06 (IST)
“To move people from needing Windows, to choosing Windows, to loving Windows. Since our launch in July we’ve grown to 110 million active Windows devices. More and more people are coming home to Windows. It’s wonderful to see the enthusiasm around Windows.” Nadella
October 6, 2015, 21:13:12 (IST)
Introducing #SurfaceBook, the ultimate laptop. pic.twitter.com/H3uAkX7MXx
— Microsoft Surface (@surface) October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015, 21:12:11 (IST)
Satya Nadella on stage!
October 6, 2015, 21:10:45 (IST)
Muscle wire lets you elegantly take off the screen off the Surface Book. The hinge is designed by MIcrosoft’s in-house design team
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October 6, 2015, 21:09:05 (IST)
Panos just showing off the real-time GPU rendering on the Surface Book. The Dynamic Fulcrum is the name of the hinge mechanism on the Surface Book.
October 6, 2015, 21:05:26 (IST)
Woah. the screen just came off the Surface Book. So it is a 2-in-1 and not just a laptop
October 6, 2015, 21:03:50 (IST)
Is Panos announcing another product? “Surface Pro 4 was about bringing back the thunder. But this product is about reinventing the category”
October 6, 2015, 21:02:46 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Book – first laptop from Microsoft. Priced at $1499. To sell on October 26th and pre-orders start today
October 6, 2015, 21:01:09 (IST)
Adobe Premiere Pro working smoothly thanks to GPU rendering handled by the Nvidia GPU
October 6, 2015, 21:00:20 (IST)
Panos showcasing gameplay videos of the Surface Book. He also demoed the blazing fast transfer speeds thanks to a probable SSD inside the Surface Book
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October 6, 2015, 20:58:51 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Book is 2x powerful than a MacBook Pro
October 6, 2015, 20:57:19 (IST)
The Microsoft Surface Book comes with 6th gen Intel processors and a Nvidia GPU with high speed GDDR5 memory. Promises a 12-hour battery life.
October 6, 2015, 20:55:33 (IST)
1.6mm of travel. Trackpad made of glass. 5 points of touch. Every Windows 10 feature supported.
October 6, 2015, 20:54:05 (IST)
First laptop ever built by Microsoft. 13.5-inch PixelSense screen. 267dpi. 6 million pixels. Corning Gorilla Glass 4
October 6, 2015, 20:52:46 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Book announced.
October 6, 2015, 20:51:50 (IST)
Is this Microsoft’s take on Apple’s One more thing. “What if you wanted a Surface, but a laptop Surface? What could we do for laptops? What if we could take all that hard work, all that learning and put it into a laptop? That’s what we did. We made the ultimate laptop. We made – Surface Book”
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October 6, 2015, 20:50:48 (IST)
Another Product…..
October 6, 2015, 20:50:31 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 priced at $899. To start selling from 26 October. Pre-order starts from today
October 6, 2015, 20:49:41 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 comes with a Fingerprint reader. The fingerprint reader user experience lets you log in and out of the user profiles
October 6, 2015, 20:48:05 (IST)
“Windows Hello will transform the way your household works”
October 6, 2015, 20:47:19 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Type cover. Integrated backlit keyboard – compatible with Surface Pro 3 as well – 1.3mm travel, 19mm between keysets. Trackpad is now 40% larger. 5 colour options
October 6, 2015, 20:44:39 (IST)
60% more pixels on the screen. 8.4mm thin. “Nothing traded off” says Panos. Four USB 3.0 ports, two 4K DisplayPort, Ethernet port on the Surface Docking Station which can be connected to the Surface Pro 4
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October 6, 2015, 20:44:37 (IST)
60% more pixels on the screen. 8.4mm thin. “Nothing traded off” says Panos. Four USB 3.0 ports, two 4K DisplayPort, Ethernet port on the Dock which can be connected to the Surface Pro 4
October 6, 2015, 20:42:58 (IST)
Surface Pro 4 is 30% faster than Surface Pro 3. Surface Pro 4 is 50% faster than MacBook Air.
1TB storage, 16GB RAM
October 6, 2015, 20:41:46 (IST)
5 colour options for Surface Pen, with interchangeable tips depending upon your use case – writing, sketching, illustrating
October 6, 2015, 20:40:15 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 can sync to your Lumia 950/950XL.
October 6, 2015, 20:38:45 (IST)
Double-clicking the Pen brings up OneNote. Holding down the Pen, Cortana fires up and you can ask your query
October 6, 2015, 20:36:21 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Pen with tail eraser, magnetic to be attached to the edge of the Pro 4. 1024 points of pressure on the tip of the Pen. All year battery life.
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October 6, 2015, 20:35:08 (IST)
PixelSense technology: The cover glass is 400 microns thick with Corning Gorilla Glass 4. 1.1mm backlight in the Pro 4, Microsoft Pen and Touch chipset called the G5 chipset which runs the optical stack
October 6, 2015, 20:33:33 (IST)
12.3-inch display, 5 million pixels, thinner bezels to have the same size as last generations’ 12-inch display. 267 ppi pixel density
October 6, 2015, 20:32:49 (IST)
Panos Panay showcasing 4th generation Microsoft Surface – the Surface Pro 4. Will have 6th generation Intel Core processor. “You will feel every part of the product when you pick it up”
October 6, 2015, 20:31:41 (IST)
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 video demo time. Finger print scanner seen. 8.4mm thin. 12.3-inch display, Thinnest type covver, wider trackpad, 5-point mutitouch, 16GB RAM, 1TB storage!
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