From CNET: Just as October 2021 brought us the Surface Pro 8, now October 2022 brings us the Surface Pro 9. As part of Microsoft's new Surface lineup, unveiled Oct. 12 in a livestream, the new Surface Pro 9 joins the updated Surface Laptop 5 and Surface Studio 2 Plus desktop.
For most of its decade-long lifespan, the Surface Pro has maintained a consistent look and feel, with only small tweaks to design, functionality and features. The Surface Pro keep doesn't break that chain, instead adding new CPU options and new colors to what I'd call a mature product.
The biggest overall change is that the Intel-powered Surface Pro and the ARM-powered Surface Pro X are combining into a single product line. The Pro X was a spin-off that looked and felt a lot like the regular Surface Pro, but with a slimmer body and a custom chip called the SQ, which was a collaboration between Microsoft and Qualcomm. Basically it was a slightly custom Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, similar to what you'd find in a phone, and the Pro X was built for mobile broadband use.
The first two Surface Pro X generations used chips called the SQ 1 and SQ 2, respectively. Now, the ARM-based version of the new Surface Pro 9 uses a chip called -- you guessed it -- the SQ 3. While the Surface Pro X line was built around always-on connectivity, it was still operating on 4G networks. The new version, called Surface Pro 9 with 5G, finally adds 5G support.
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