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jonneymendoza · 23 Jun 2015 at 09:07

Does the pro version charge quickly?

SiD the Turtle · 23 Jun 2015 at 09:19

jonneymendoza said:
Does the pro version charge quickly?

SiD the Turtle said:
So I put my SP3 on battery and ran Intel Burn Test with the display on 100% brightness until the battery ran down to 50%. Then I stuck in on battery:

Edit: and I just realised I still had Intel BurnTest running in the background, so that was charging while running at 100% CPU.

jonneymendoza · 23 Jun 2015 at 09:22

So I guess no? Takes 3 hours to charge 50 percent of I'm not mistaken?

kevpuk · 23 Jun 2015 at 09:42

jonneymendoza said:
So I guess no? Takes 3 hours to charge 50 percent of I'm not mistaken?

Doesn't the screenshot show a little under 2hrs to get from 50% to 98%, whilst running the burn test still :confused:

SiD the Turtle · 23 Jun 2015 at 10:39

kevpuk said:
Doesn't the screenshot show a little under 2hrs to get from 50% to 98%, whilst running the burn test still

Indeed. I'm about to hit 50% battery so will do another test. CPU will be pretty idle as I'm just using MS Office at the moment.

Glaucus · 23 Jun 2015 at 13:19

matthab said:
Which is my issue, the ipad maybe fully charged in under 3hrs. I had a surface RT and that charged quickly.

No excuse for giving it such a s*** charger on such a premium device. Have no issue if all it requires is a higher rated charger. But if it cant make use of it then there is little point.

No you can't, it will only ever pull what it can handle 13w.

It's like buying a 48w charger for the rt/2 it works but doesn't charge any faster than the supplied 24w charger.

Not that you can buy a higher watt USB charge, if I'm not mistaken 13w is equivalent to 2.5amp which is the max for USB.
Well until' the new version hits, but that's not backwards compatable.

Glaucus · 23 Jun 2015 at 13:23

jonneymendoza said:
So I guess no? Takes 3 hours to charge 50 percent of I'm not mistaken?

As above just under two hours while still being used, so yes it does charge quickly, there is only one surface that does not charge quickly and that's the surface 3. All the Pros and both RTs charge quickly.

McPhee · 29 Jun 2015 at 15:56

I think people are getting their wires crossed here.

The Surface 3 uses a 13A micro USB charger. It's the same charger used in all Atom powered tablets.

The Surface Pro 3 uses a 36W magnetic charger.

The Surface 3's charger is slow. It's a common problem with all of these Atom powered tablets. There are tasks that will discharge the battery, even when the tablet is plugged in. Same thing happened on my Asus T100. It's best left to charge overnight. It's an Intel problem. Intel need to get it sorted TBH.

Si. · 30 Jun 2015 at 00:37

I was hoping to pick up a Pro 4 soon, but it's unlikely they will be releasing them on 29th July as people expected since they've just released a new version of the Pro 3.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9404/microsoft-introduces-a-128gb-version-of-the-core-i7-surface-pro-3

Shame..

ebilcake · 1 Jul 2015 at 13:34

Spotted a 128GB Surface Pro 3 in John Lewis for £600, reduced.

Tempting but I would never use it so I dragged myself away, I really need to stop going in that shop.

SiD the Turtle · 1 Jul 2015 at 13:45

Tempting! Not sure what I'd do with a second one but still!

Where in the country is this?

ebilcake · 1 Jul 2015 at 14:08

SiD the Turtle said:
Tempting! Not sure what I'd do with a second one but still!

Where in the country is this?

Cardiff.

Trig · 1 Jul 2015 at 14:37

Theres a 128Gb i7 Surface Pro 3 around so perhaps that price is an indication of the newer model...

SiD the Turtle · 1 Jul 2015 at 15:40

ebilcake said:
Cardiff.

Ta, bit far for me being in London

McPhee · 7 Jul 2015 at 12:49

I just took delivery of a first gen Surface Pro. I was after a Pro 3, but I just couldn't justify the extra given this was being offered for just £150 (including Type cover).

First impressions are good. Keyboard has a bit too much flex in it and the kickstand only has one angle, but I knew that before I bought it. The screen is a massive upgrade from my Asus T100. The battery life remains the big question mark, but time will tell.

D3K · 7 Jul 2015 at 13:12

Any news on the pro 4?

Trig · 7 Jul 2015 at 13:23

Depends where you read, TechRadar published a clickbait (wont even call it an article it was that bad) where they said it would be More-M then in the next paragraph said it would be i5/i7, no body knows but rather that keeping quiet or saying we dont know they just put as many rumours in a single clickbait as they can and publish it, should be something to stop them as they are just gaining advertising revenue from people for publishing crap...

Si. · 7 Jul 2015 at 14:08

still hoping its out on 29th but not looking likely

paradigm · 7 Jul 2015 at 14:55

Anyone ever sent a device in to Microsoft's warranty centre?

I'm just going through the process to send my SP3 in due to intermittent touchscreen faults.

D3K · 7 Jul 2015 at 14:58

Not since I worked for their call centre 15 years ago, at which point it all went to Holland. They were pretty good back then, and would send you the replacement out before you sent them the faulty one. I doubt they'd do that for a surface though.

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