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Scenarios

Improved speed for everyday productivity, Office 365,* streaming music and shows, shopping, writing papers, and browsing

Dimensions

Surface Laptop 3 13.5”

12.1” x 8.8” x .57” (308 mm x 223 mm x 14.5 mm)



Surface Laptop 3 15”

13.4” x 9.6” x .57” (339.5 mm x 244 mm x 14.69 mm)

Display

Surface Laptop 3 13.5”

Screen: 13.5” PixelSense™ Display

Resolution: 2256 x 1504 (201 PPI)

Aspect ratio: 3:2

Surface Pen* enabled

Touch: 10 point multi-touch



Surface Laptop 3 15”

Screen: 15” PixelSense™ Display

Resolution: 2496 x 1664 (201 PPI)

Aspect ratio: 3:2

Surface Pen* enabled

Touch: 10 point multi-touch



Memory

Surface Laptop 3 13.5”

8GB or 16GB LPDDR4x RAM



Surface Laptop 3 15”

8GB or 16GB DDR4 RAM

Processor5

Surface Laptop 3 13.5”

Quad-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 Processor

Quad-core 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Processor



Surface Laptop 3 15”

AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Vega 9 Graphics Microsoft Surface® Edition

AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Mobile Processor with Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics Microsoft Surface® Edition

Security

Firmware TPM

Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in

Software

Windows 10 Home4

Microsoft Office 365 30-day trial

Sensors

Ambient light sensor

What’s in the box

Surface Laptop 3

Power Supply

Quick Start Guide

Safety and warranty documents


Weight

Surface Laptop 3 13.5”
Sandstone and Matte Black: 2.84 lb (1,288 g)2
Cobalt Blue and Platinum: 2.79 lb (1,265 g)2


Surface Laptop 3 15”
Platinum and Matte Black: 3.40 lb (1,542 g)2

Storage3

Removable solid-state drive (SSD)6 options: 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB

Battery life1

Surface Laptop 3 13.5”

Up to 11.5 hours of typical device usage



Surface Laptop 3 15”

Up to 11.5 hours of typical device usage

Graphics

Surface Laptop 3 13.5”

Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics



Surface Laptop 3 15”

AMD Radeon™ Vega 9 Graphics Microsoft Surface® Edition

AMD Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics Microsoft Surface® Edition

Connections

1 x USB-C™

1 x USB-A

3.5 mm headphone jack

1 x Surface Connect port

Compatible with Surface Dial off-screen interaction*

Cameras, video, and audio

Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing)

720p HD f2.0 camera (front-facing)

Dual far-field Studio Mics

Omnisonic Speakers with Dolby® Audio™

Wireless

Bluetooth® Wireless 5.0 technology



Surface Laptop 3 13.5”

Wi-Fi 6: 802.11ax compatible



Surface Laptop 3 15”

Wi-Fi 5: 802.11ac compatible



Exterior

Casing: Aluminum


Colors:2


Surface Laptop 3 13.5”

Sandstone with metal palm rest

Matte Black with metal palm rest

Platinum with Alcantara® material palm rest

Cobalt Blue with Alcantara® material palm rest



Surface Laptop 3 15"

Platinum with metal palm rest

Matte Black with metal palm rest

Warranty

1-year limited hardware warranty

Best-in-class support from Microsoft Store

Free returns online and in store—Oct 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2020.

90 days of free technical phone support

12 months in-store support and technical assistance

1 free training session to transfer data and optimize performance

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