Microsoft Announces Second Generation Surface Tablets - the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2

Mircosoft Surface 2 Tablet

Today, Microsoft has unveiled two new surface tablet - the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. We'll looking at the Surface 2 first, labeled as "the most productive tablet ever build" by the company and the second generation Surface tablet is powered by Nvidia Tegra 4 processor.

The new Surface 2 is thinner, lighter and faster than the original Surface tablet. On the software side, it will runs on Windows RT 8.1. Pre-order starting tomorrow, 24th of September and to be available on 22nd of October with a starting price of $449 (32GB).

Mircosoft Surface Pro 2 Tablet

The Surface Pro 2 is a higher end flagship tablet running on Windows 8.1. It will be powered by the latest Haswell processor, Panos Panay, Microsoft's VP of Surface, says that the performance is lighting fast and faster than 95% of the laptops today.

The performance of the Surface Pro 2 boosted 50% graphic performance and a massive 75% improvement of battery life over its original Surface Pro tablet. The Surface Pro 2 will be start shipping on October 22nd and has a starting price of $899.

Sources: TheVerge 1, 2