Tech Advisor - UK (2020-01)

38 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020

MICROSOFT SURFACE EVENT

First Look: Microsoft

Surface Neo

W

ith Microsoft’s Surface Neo, the company

looks ahead to a future that’s foldable. At its

Surface event, Microsoft unveiled a prototype

Surface Neo that will feature a next-gen Lakefield

CPU, the thinnest LCD ever made, and a new vision

for mobile productivity. It won’t ship until late next

year, but what Microsoft showed gives all the other

companies trying folding devices a lot to think about.

The Surface Neo features two opposing screens

that fold on a geared 360-degree hinge. That hinge

It’s a tablet, a book, and a laptop. GORDON MAH UNG reports

38 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020

MICROSOFT SURFACE EVENT

First Look: Microsoft

Surface Neo

W

ith Microsoft’s Surface Neo, the company

looks ahead to a future that’s foldable. At its

Surface event, Microsoft unveiled a prototype

Surface Neo that will feature a next-gen Lakefield

CPU, the thinnest LCD ever made, and a new vision

for mobile productivity. It won’t ship until late next

year, but what Microsoft showed gives all the other

companies trying folding devices a lot to think about.

TheSurfaceNeofeaturestwoopposingscreens

thatfold on a geared 360-degree hinge. That hinge

It’s a tablet, a book, and a laptop. GORDON MAH UNG reports