The 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 5 is claimed to offer up to 18 hours of battery life and the 15-inch model is claimed to run for up to 17 hours. The laptops can be configured with either one of 8GB/16GB/32GB of LPDDR5x RAM along with 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB SSD options. The chipsets are built on the Intel Evo platforms.

The Surface Laptop 5 (15-inch) will be powered by a 12th-generation Intel Core i7-1255U processor. Under the hood, the Surface Laptop 5 (13.5-inch) will have two processor options: a 12th-generation Intel Core i5-1235U and 12th-generation Intel Core i7-1255U. The rest of the features remain the same as the 13.5-inch model except that all variants get the Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The 15-inch model gets a PixelSense display that has a 2496x1664 pixel resolution. The options with metal finish get Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The display gets Dolby Vision IQ support, 10-point multi-touch support and Gorilla Glass 3 protection on the variant with an Alcantara keyboard finish. The 13.5-inch variant features the PixelSense display with 2256x1504 pixels resolution, 201ppi pixel density and a 3:2 aspect ratio. In the case of the 15-inch model, all colour variants get metal palm rest. While the Platinum colour option comes with an Alcantara material palm rest, others get a metal palm rest. Alongside this, the company has also announced the new Surface Laptop 5, Surface Studio 2+ and a few accessories like Speaker Dock Surface Laptop 5 specifications Both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch models get an aluminium casing.

At the event, the company announced several new Surface devices and accessories including the all-new Surface Pro 9. Microsoft has just concluded its fall Surface event. Microsoft Surface Pro 9 with 5G connectivity, Thunderbolt 4 launched: Key details

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