Microsoft Surface 3 unveiled at $499

Microsoft has announced a cheaper version of the Surface 3 pro— the Surface 3, which is priced at $499 ( roughly NRs. 50,000). The Surface 3 includes a free year of Office 365 and 1TB of OneDrive storage. It will launch in a total of 26 markets by May 7.

The Surface 3 runs the full version of Windows rather than the RT version, which isn't capable of running full Windows apps. The Surface 3 is the thinnest Surface yet at 8.6milli meters, and has a 10.8 inches Clear Type Full HD Plus Display with a 3:2 aspect ratio. The Surface 3 is powered by an Intel Atom x7 processor and has either 2GB/64GB or 4GB/128GB of storage, supports microSD cards, an integrated kickstand, the Surface pen, a mini DisplayPort, a USB 3.0 port, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, a 3.5 Mega-pixel front-facing camera and an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera. According to Microsoft, The Surface 3 will give a battery life of 10 hours. The Surface 3 has a snap-on keyboard that can be used to make it work as a laptop.