That's a natural result of making a keyboard fit a tablet with a 10.5-inch screen, but the letter keys on the 10.9-inch iPad Air's Magic Keyboard are just ever so slightly larger (about 0.05 inches wider on each side), which may be why I don't feel this pain over there. That said, if your hands aren't on the smaller side, you might dislike typing on the Type Cover as much as I did. It's also got three degrees of backlighting, so it can be as slight or bright as you prefer. The Type Cover (which costs between $99 to $129) we tested came in the Ice Blue hue and is covered in the soft Alcantara fabric, which makes a combination that's pleasing to look at and touch. The story remains the same for the Surface Go 3's first-party accessories. Microsoft Surface Go 3 review: Keyboard and stylus The Surface Pro 8 (453 nits) and iPad Air (440 nits) get even brighter, while the 372-nit Chromebook Duet maxes out at a dimmer score. The iPad Air 4 (103%) was a hair below and the Chromebook Duet (106%) is a hair above.Īccording to our light gun, the Surface Go 3 maxes out at an average of 402 nits (nearly the same 408-nit rate as the Go 2). Producing 105% of the sRGB spectrum, the Surface Go 3's panel got a similar score as the Go 2 (107%), and a hair above the 104% from the Surface Pro 8.

Its bezels are pretty slim, similar to those of the iPad Air 4. Nearly the same panel we saw in the Surface Go 2 (as its scores below suggest). The Surface Go 3’s 10.5-inch PixelSense display measures 1920 x 1280 pixels. While I'd recommend most people stick with the Surface Go 2, let's dive into this Microsoft Surface Go 3 review to see why it's not one of the best tablets and best cheap tablets available today. The bigger news is that the new tablet's endurance has flopped this time around, ditching the great battery life of the Surface Go 2 for a time much closer to the original Surface Go.

Microsoft Surface Go 3 at Walmart for $367 (opens in new tab).Its slow performance will test your ability to multitask, and often train you to just focus on one thing at once. But once you try and actually get things done on it, you run into a few walls. The Surface Go 3's best selling points are its strong build quality, as Microsoft keeps it feeling as durable as a regular Surface. Type Cover keyboard: Not included, $99 to $129 extraĬPU: Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y | Intel Core i3-10100Yĭisplay: 10.5-inches (1920 x 1280 pixels)

Surface go 2 win11