Bringing a Stylish, Modern Makeover for Today’s Digital Lifestyle
Smallest member of the Surface family redefines mobility and maximizes productivity
[Hong Kong, August 28, 2018] Starting from today, Hong Kong consumers and commercial customers could enjoy better digital lifestyles with enhanced mobility and productivity through Surface Go, the lightest, thinnest, smallest member of the Surface family. Available at Microsoft Online Store,designated retail partners, including Broadway, Fortress and Suning and commercial resellers the suggested retail price of Surface Go starts from HK$3,188.
Perfect balance of performance and portability for modern employees
Digital lifestyle enables us to work, play, create and share in a more joined up way. Consumers check work emails, update social media status to playing games around the clock. Powered by an Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor 4415Y and with up to nine hours of battery life, Surface Go runs full-feature Windows 10. From using Word and Powerpoint and running casual apps such as Spotify and Netflix, to downloading email or listening to music in the background concurrently, Surface Go brings unmatched productivity to the users and empowers them to achieve a new level of multi-tasking capability.
In addition to enjoying better mobility and productivity, users can also benefit from the enterprise-grade security with Windows. Built on the security features of Windows 10, Surface Go comes equipped with Microsoft-verified security, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Hello and world-class support. All these features defend users and companies from growing online security threats to users, devices, data and apps.
“Technology innovation has changed the way we interact, play, study and conduct business. With mobile office being a trend in recent years, companies need to equip workers with more agile, flexible and highly secured solutions. Surface Go is designed with these needs in mind to deliver the best user expeirence for employees, as well as the employers. Employers can have a peace of mind knowing their company’s data and information will be completely safe no matter where the employees are stationed,” said Larry Chan, Director, Head of Enterprise Commercial at Microsoft Hong Kong.
Unlock students’ greatest learning potential with Surface Go
Another area that technology has completely transformed its way of working is education. Educators can now leverage technology to achieve optimal learning outcome and increase classroom productivity through utilizing tablets, apps and other digital tools.
“Modern students are using technology in all aspects of their personal lives. As educators, we need to evolve and leverage technology to unleash students’ potential. Our job is no longer only educate students over textbooks, but also manage the mobile devices students use to assign learning apps and control how we access and share classroom information. It is important for teachers to have an overview of the classroom activity in the digital world and take action to guide student progress,” said Mr. Kwok Man Chiu, an experienced educator with 17 years of teaching experience.
“In addition to empowering us to be a better teacher, affordability of the device is also a key consideration. Surface Go comes with free, full Windows 10 and this can best prepare students from all walks of life to a bright future,” added Kwok.
Educators and students could benefit from Surface Go’s unmatched mobility and productivity through the full-features of Windows 10. Additionally, Surface Go works seamlessly with Microsoft Education tools like Teams, OneNote Class Notebook, Minecraft: Education Edition and more, providing all the tools a teacher needs to inspire the students and enahnce classroom efficiency.
Versatile Performance, Innovative Design All Within a 10” Form Factor
Powered by Intel Pentium Gold Processor 4415Y in a fanless design, Surface Go is optimized for mainstream productivity, taking users from work or family projects to relaxing with their favorite TV shows, all on a single charge.
Surface Go offers a stunning, custom-built high-resolution PixelSense Display that supports Surface Pen with 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, low pen parallax, low latency and precision for accurate note taking, drawing and computer-aided design. Surface fans will not be unfamiliar with the custom calibrated 3:2 display which mimics a letter pad. In portrait mode, the screen is designed to render the page to the scale of most textbooks, and in landscape mode, it can render pages side by side as if one was reading a paperback book. The 10-inch design makes the Surface Go a much more compact and convenient size for daily consumption and creation – whether by ink or keyboard and mouse.
Users can expand the Surface Go’s versatility when paired with the Surface Go Type Cover and the new Surface Mobile Mouse. The Surface Go Type Cover is available in standard black or the Signature Type Cover with Alcantara® in three rich colors — Burgundy, Cobalt Blue and Platinum. It also features a full-size Precision Trackpad that is made of glass and has five-finger multiple touch support. Users can complete full-laptop capabilities with Surface Mobile Mouse, which features Bluetooth pairing and elegant design.
Consumer version of Surface Go runs on Windows 10 Home in S Mode while the commercial version runs on Windows 10 Pro configurable to S Mode.
Pricing and Availability
Starting from HK$3,188, the Surface Go is officially available today.
| Product | Suggested Retail Price |
| Surface Go Configurations (Windows 10 Home in S Mode) | |
| Intel 4415Y, 64GB eMMC, 4GB RAM | HK$ 3,188 |
| Intel 4415Y, 128GB SSD, 8GB RAM | HK$ 4,288 |
| Accessories | |
| Surface Go Signature Type Cover (Platinum, Burgundy and Cobalt Blue) | HK$ 1,048 |
| Surface Mobile Mouse (Platinum, Burgundy and Cobalt Blue) | HK$ 288 |
| Surface Pen | HK $798 |
For more information about Surface, visit http://www.microsoft.com/surface.
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