By Ben Schoon
Publication Date: 2026-09-23 20:31:00
Microsoft is rolling out refreshes to its smaller Surface Laptop and Surface Pro machines powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus starting at a price of $1,149.
The Surface Laptop and Surface Pro both picked up their Snapdragon X2 upgrades back in June, but that left the smaller models waiting on refreshes. As a part of Snapdragon Summit, Microsoft is confirming that those will arrive on October 13.
Surface Pro 12-inch is getting a Snapdragon X2 Plus chip, a 25% brighter display, and a battery that’s “30% more efficient.” There’s an optional 5G model coming too, which Microsoft says was “one of the most requested additions.” All models now include either 16GB or 24GB of RAM, removing the 8GB option on last year’s model, with either 256GB or 512GB of storage.
It’s mostly the same tablet otherwise, just now with a starting price of $1,149. That’s $300 more than the base model sold for, and that’s after a major price hike across the…
