Surface 2 - Microsoft Mobile Phones: Technical Specifications, Features and Reviews

Submitted By Asha Manoj on 1 December 2015

Manufacturer : Microsoft
Model : Surface 2
OS : Microsoft Windows RT
Dimensions : 274.6 x 172.5 x 8.9 mm
Weight : 675.9 g
Available Colors : Dark Titanium

Surface 2 is a Surface-series Windows RT hybrid tablet computer created by Microsoft. It was unveiled on September 23, 2013, and released on October 22, 2013 and is the successor to the original Surface. Surface 2 uses a 1.7 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 4 chipset with 2 GB of RAM; Microsoft claimed that the new chipset and other improvements to its internal hardware made the Surface 2 three to four times faster than the original Surface, and that it had 10 hours of battery life playing videos. The device also includes a full-size USB 3.0 port, 32 or 64 GB of internal storage, and a MicroSD slot. The Surface 2 ships with Windows RT 8.1.

Hardware Specification

Processor : Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15
RAM Size : 2 GB
Internal Storage : 32/64 GB
Expandable Storage : microSD, up to 64 GB

Display Specification

Display Type : TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Display Size : 10.6 inches
Touchscreen : Yes
Display Resolution : 1920 x 1080 pixels
Display Multitouch : Yes
Main Camera : 5 MP
Main Camera Video Recording Resolution : 1080p@30fps
Front Camera : 3.5 MP

Battery Specification

Battery Capacity : Non-removable Li-Ion battery

Connectivity

Connectivity WiFi : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Connectivity Bluetooth : v4.0, A2DP
Connectivity USB : USB v3.0, USB Host support

Location Technology

Sound

Alert Types : Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker : Yes, with stereo speakers
Mobile Earjack : 3.5 mm

Audio and Video

Video Playing Format : MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player
Audio Playing Format : MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player

Sensors

Gyro Sensor : Yes
Accelerometer Sensor : Yes