Opting for 256GB of storage costs an egregious $300 more than the 128GB model, uping the price of $1,428 with the accessories. Adding the keyboard brings the price to $1,028, and the Surface pen costs another $99 on top of that. The base model of the Surface Pro 6 (Platinum only) costs $999 and comes with a Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. For cellular connectivity, you can add an LTE modem to the Spectre Folio for $159. Increasing storage space to 512GB costs an extra $140, and another $1,040 will get you a 2TB SSD, for a grand total of $2,539. Our LTE-connected review unit cost $1,608 and came loaded with an Intel Core i7-8500Y CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD and an Intel UHD 615 GPU. The Spectre Folio starts at $1,299 for a configuration with a Core i5-8200Y CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. The Surface Pro 6 powered down after 9 hours and 20 minutes, which is an excellent result when you factor in performance. The low-power CPU in the Folio helped it achieve a very good runtime of 10 hours and 18 minutes. If it's any consolation, the 256GB SSD in the Spectre Folio 13 (318 megabytes per second) duplicated a 4.97GB file of mixed-media faster than the Surface Pro 6's (203 MBps) 512GB hard drive.īoth 2-in-1s last a full day on a charge, but the Spectre Folio 13 will give you a bit more reassurance away from an outlet. MORE: Surface Pro 6 Beats New iPad Pro in Bend Test The Surface Pro 6 completed the task in 23 minutes and 22 seconds, less than half the time the Spectre Folio (49:45) needed. Our Handbrake test, which involves converting a 4K clip into 1080p resolution, was also a blowout. The Spectre Folio took three times as long, with a result of 3 minutes and 37 seconds. The Surface Pro 6 matched 65,000 names with their corresponding addresses in 1 minute and 12 seconds in our Excel Macro Test. That crushes the Spectre Folio (Core i7-8500Y, 8GB of RAM), which notched a lowly 7,647. Additionally, the backlit keys are large and well-spaced, and an actuation force of 71 grams kept my fingers moving swiftly.Įquipped with a quad-core i5-8250U CPU and 8GB of RAM, the Surface Pro 6 scored a 13,025 on the Geekbench 4 overall performance test. While its 1.3 millimeters of key travel is below our 1.5mm preference, the snappy feedback I enjoyed when typing more than made up for it. The Spectre Folio's keyboard is more comfortable than I was expecting from a laptop this thin. Unfortunately, both displays are surrounded by thick bezels, which is becoming harder to excuse as edge-to-edge screens become the norm. We didn't have any issues using either touch screen to navigate the web. MORE: 6 Reasons to Buy the Surface Pro 6 (and 2 Reasons to Skip It) While not exactly dim, the Folio 13's (313 nits) display doesn't get as bright as the Surface Pro 6's (408 percent), and it's even less luminous than the average premium laptop (316 nits). However, the Surface Pro 6's display, with a sRGB rating of 136 percent, has even richer colors. The Spectre Folio's vivid panel can reproduce an impressive 119 percent of the sRGB color gamut, which tops the premium laptop category average (116 percent). A headphone/mic jack has the left edge of the tablet to itself. ![]() The right side of the Surface Pro 6 is crowded with connections, including a USB 3.0 port, a mini DisplayPort and a Surface Connect port for linking to monitors. The Surface Pro 6 has a wider variety of ports than the Spectre Folio, but the lack of a USB-C input is hard to overlook. ![]() The HP ultrabook (3.4 pounds) is also heavier than the featherweight Surface tablet (1.7 pounds, 2.4 pounds with keyboard). The Spectre Folio (12.6 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches) has a larger display, and, therefore, takes up more space than the Surface Pro 6 (11.5 x 7.0 x 0.3 inches). MORE: HP Spectre Folio Hands-On: A Stunning Leather 2-in-1 The Surface Pro returns in Platinum (silver) but now there is a sleek Black finish to choose from. The cowhide on the Spectre 13 comes in Cognac with Dark Ash or Bordeaux Burgundy with Luminous Gold. It's important to note that the detachable keyboard on the Surface Pro is soft, making it less comfortable to use on your lap than the rigid bottom of the Spectre Folio.īoth portable machines are available in two unique color variants. You simply grab the bottom rear of the tablet to extend the kickstand to reach your desired viewing angle. The Surface Pro 6 employs a flexible kickstand to convert from a tablet into a laptop. HP cleverly placed magnets in the ridge between the touchpad and keyboard so you can stop short of full tablet mode, and, instead, place the display at a 60-degree angle into presentation mode. The Folio, primarily a laptop, folds into a tablet with a firm push on top of the display (which disconnects the bottom of the display from the deck) and a sliding motion toward the user. One way these devices stand out from the competition is the mechanism they use to convert into a laptop or tablet.
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