Microsoft’s New Surface Products May Not Have USB-C Ports

Microsoft has an event scheduled for next week where it’s going to unveil new Surface products said to include the Surface Laptop 2 and the Surface Pro 6. It has been widely assumed that these devices would come with USB Type-C ports as one would expect in this day and age but a new report suggests that this may not be the case. Both the Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6 are not expected to feature USB-C ports.

WinFuture reports that both of these products are not going to feature USB Type-C ports. This means that Microsoft is retaining its mini DisplayPort and Surface Connector combination through which users can connect to an external display and charge the devices.

This doesn’t come as a complete surprise, though, as the leaked renders of the Surface Laptop 2 also didn’t show a USB-C port. Even though many would not have been expecting Microsoft to do this given that it’s shipping the Surface Book 2 and Surface Go devices with USB-C ports.

The report also adds that the Surface Laptop 2’s base model will have an Intel Core i5 processor with 8GB of RAM and 128GB SSD. It’s a big step up as the base model of its predecessor had only 4GB of RAM. The Surface Pro 6’s base model is said to feature 4GB of RAM coupled with an Intel Core m3 processor. Microsoft will announce its new Surface products at its event on October 2nd in New York City.

Adnan Farooqui
Categories: Computers
Tags: Microsoft, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Pro 6