The Surface Pro 5 shall feature a generous 16GB of RAM and a 512GB of eMMC internal storage.
While the Surface Pro 4 featured a 2736 x 1824 resolution and a 12.3-inch touchscreen display, the Surface Pro 5 shall have a slightly better display resolution but shall maintain the same screen size.
And as expected, it will come out of the box with Windows 10 onboard that features among others, the Cortana Digital Assistant
Based on speculations, the retail price of the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 shall be $899 for it base model and shall go up based on the configurations and the accessories that the users want to be included.
Amid the rumors of the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S2 coming out soon, it seems that the Korean tech giant’s hybrid tablet is meant more to contend with the iPad Pro 9.7-inch or the rumored iPad Pro 10.5-inch while the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 shall go up against the iPad Pro 12-inch or the 2016 Apple MacBook Pro.
Both the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S2 and the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 are Windows 10-based devices and it seems that the Surface Pro 5 is positioned more for the high-end while the Galaxy TabPro S2 is to take the mid-range hybrid laptop and tablet market.