According to Microsoft, there’s a huge difference between the Surface Pro 2 that it launched last year and the new Pro 3 introduced 9 months after that’s why the company is planning to sell them in the market as two different competing products. In order to figure out which is the better choice between the two, let’s go ahead and compare them in terms of performance and handling experience for the potential buyer.
Surface Pro 2
The Surface Pro 2 handset doesn’t have problems with its messaging, its on-screen keyboard works without issues with the operating system Windows 8.1 offering the user a smooth handling experience. In terms of accessing the internet, the Pro 2 is equipped with Internet Explorer 11 offering a desktop option and the touch-friendly one. The two have smooth navigation controls, quick loading of pages and fast representation of pages.
When it comes to the on-screen viewing experience, it’s the landscape mode which works best with the responsiveness of the rate of input which is connected to the device. There’s just one downside for this category and it is the lags to be encountered by the user in the portrait mode.
As for the organizer, the Pro 2 also offers its user with different applications like Alarm and Calculator, Health & Fitness and Sound Recorder aside from its basic Calendar and People hubs.
Surface Pro 3
This newer version is tagged by the manufacturer as the ultimate replacement for personal computers and laptops with massive 12-inch screen offering a modern Ultrabook feeling to the user. The keyboard of Surface Pro 3 has gone through a lot of enhancements to offer its user with better and more responsive touchpad.
On the typing experience part, the newer version Surface Pro 3 provides its user with a wedge profile that is kind of the same with a laptop to make it more user-friendly and comfy. The magnetic strip found on top of the device allows for the folding of the upper piece and securely attaching it to the lower bezel.
In terms of performance, the Surface Pro 3 beats all the other traditional laptops as well as tablets with its Haswell Core i5-4300 chipset and a speed of 1.9GHz. The device also uses Intel HD 4400 GPU and RAM of 8GB which makes the Pro 3 a lot more powerful than the Surface Pro 2.
Considering everything written in this article about the performance and handling experience offered by Surface Pro 2 and Pro 3, it’s the latter which provides a more comfortable operating and handling experience to its user. The only downside of this option is that the Pro 3 more expensive than its older version. Other than this, it’s the newer Surface Pro that has undergone enhancements which comes out as the overall winner in the battle between two of Microsoft’s most powerful devices.