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Microsoft Surface Pro 6 12.3 Inch Tablet - (Silver) (Intel 8th Gen Core i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD


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Product Summary

  • Across town or around the world, the new Surface Pro 6 is your perfectly light, incredibly powerful travel partner now with faster processing and up to 13.5 hours of all-day battery life
  • More powerful than ever. Get productive with next-generation Surface Pro 6, featuring the latest 8th Generation Intel Core processor for faster multitasking
  • Augment your experience and make your new Surface Pro 6 a full laptop with our Signature Type Cover,* Surface Pen,* and Surface Arc Mouse* all in colours you can mix or match
  • Ultra-slim and light, starting at just 771g
  • Bring your ideas to life on the high-resolution PixelSense Display with stunning screen that responds to your touch
  • OS : Windows 10 Home
  • Sensors are Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer and Gyroscope

Product Attributes

  • Width: 7.9 Inches,
  • Height: 0.3 Inches,
  • Weight: 1.7 Pounds,
  • Length: 11.5 Inches,
  • Size: i5, 8 GB, 256 GB SSD

Brand

Microsoft


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Product Review Analysis*

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

42.6% 24.6% 32.8%

Senti score  [67.2%]

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brilliant frustrating expensive beware scam product better excellent amazing horrible fresh expected powerful replace best excellent product recommend great good waste best thing disappointing defective false advertising bleed horrible performance great success

Pros & Cons

excellent product

"excellent product at a reasonable price"
100.0%

great success

"the surface pro 6 is a triumph and deserves to continue the great success of the line"
99.9%

best thing

"lovely little powerful machine best thing i have ever owned"
99.6%

amazing product

"amazing product only knock is the ports only one usb but even then i don't use it that often"
98.5%

beautifully designed

"beautifully designed intelligent features like sync will be disabled once your battery goes down battery power is adapting brilliant display a bit pricey however with the type cover typing is more convenient as on a mac book pro tablet mode is good as well not on par with ipad but close"
96.2%

versatile and excellent

"great bit of kit very versatile and excellent battery performance"
92.0%

excellent for note taking

"main points far cheaper than ipad full laptop functionality excellent for note taking and using as a tablet fantastic battery life sharp and bright screen"
91.7%

great machine

"great machine"
75.0%

higher spec version

"that said i love this laptop and would highly recommend this higher spec version"
75.0%

good points

"the good points: it's a microsoft tablet running full windows"
75.0%

well possibly

"well possibly pointless"
74.8%

lovely and light

"it's lovely and light and the screen quality is amazing"
74.8%

internet browsing

"i use this extensively for a lot of email and internet browsing plus watching videos etc"
74.7%

very quick

"very quick start up and nice fresh display"
74.7%

great for coding

"i am totally in love with this product and find it is great for coding"
74.7%

much improved

"the graphics are crystal and the sound is also much improved"
74.6%

massive step

"but if you're thinking about coming to a convertible fresh especially from the now slightly clunky macbook air then it's a massive step up"
74.6%

extra 100 quid

"so i had to fork out an extra 100 quid to get windows 10 pro"
74.6%

very usable

"the ability to stand the device on a table is so much easier than folding the ipad cover and the keyboard is very usable"
74.6%

very versatile

"great buy very versatile laptop"
74.3%

brilliant display

"beautifully designed intelligent features like sync will be disabled once your battery goes down battery power is adapting brilliant display a bit pricey however with the type cover typing is more convenient as on a mac book pro tablet mode is good as well not on par with ipad but close"
74.1%

faster better

"lighter faster better screen massively better keyboard and a longer practical batter life"
74.0%

very close

"the combination of windows10 and this device is not perfect but it's very close"
73.9%

excellent device

"excellent device much better than any ipad i’ve ever used"
73.7%

good product

"good product as expected"
73.7%

look fantastic

"film and pictures look fantastic and the image is very sharp"
73.6%

absolutely no complaints

"he loves it absolutely no complaints"
73.6%

sweet spot

"in this spec you're looking at the upper middle of the range and for me it's the sweet spot: you have the raw grunt to process photos in lightroom have loads of office projects on the go at one time play media smoothly and get things done"
73.5%

very sharp

"film and pictures look fantastic and the image is very sharp"
73.2%

massively better

"lighter faster better screen massively better keyboard and a longer practical batter life"
72.3%

microsoft tablet

"the good points: it's a microsoft tablet running full windows"
72.3%

forth surface purchase

"this is my forth surface purchase for an expanding team"
71.9%

much better

"excellent device much better than any ipad i’ve ever used"
71.9%

compact machine

"amazing compact machine "
71.5%

intelligent features

"beautifully designed intelligent features like sync will be disabled once your battery goes down battery power is adapting brilliant display a bit pricey however with the type cover typing is more convenient as on a mac book pro tablet mode is good as well not on par with ipad but close"
71.0%

powerful machine

"lovely little powerful machine best thing i have ever owned"
70.9%

build quality

"overall it was a great feeling device in regards to appearance and build quality"
69.6%

your media available

"for productivity i can highly recommend pairing a surface with office 365 which suddenly makes all of your files every photo you've ever taken and all of your media available everywhere all the time"
69.2%

liked the item

"i liked the item and enjoyed it"
68.7%

quick sketches

"i found my basic use of the surface side to be straightforward and intuitive although i only used the fingertip method it was easy to make notes or quick sketches and was it was obviously capable of much more detailed and complicated drawings"
67.6%

great feeling device

"overall it was a great feeling device in regards to appearance and build quality"
67.0%

emails internet surfing

"pros: sturdy stand long battery life light weight decent screen size recommended for doing presentations emails internet surfing"
66.8%

portable laptop device

"it's arguably the best portable laptop device and the touch screen is great however"
66.2%

worth the spend

"it's worth the spend"
65.6%

care non existent

"customer care non existent"
65.5%

great to handle

"the size and screen made it great to handle and use"
65.2%

microsoft product

"needless to say i will not buy the dock or any other microsoft product for the foreseeable future"
65.0%

expanded the storage

"i got the 128gb 8gb version and expanded the storage with another 256gb micro sd card"
64.9%

been great

"has been great to me!"
64.8%

good as well

"beautifully designed intelligent features like sync will be disabled once your battery goes down battery power is adapting brilliant display a bit pricey however with the type cover typing is more convenient as on a mac book pro tablet mode is good as well not on par with ipad but close"
64.6%

original and wonderful

"i have been lucky to have had both the models prior to this upgrade as well as the original and wonderful surface rt an insane idea that in it's daft way made the surface a practical reality and so it makes sense to look at that"
64.4%

full windows

"the good points: it's a microsoft tablet running full windows"
63.8%

heavy and powerful

"it's in this combination that the surface makes most sense slightly too heavy and powerful to be a tablet but incredibly light and luggable as a massively flexible laptop"
63.3%

love it every

"love it every day"
63.3%

glad i upgraded

"well done ms i'm glad i upgraded"
62.9%

easy to control

"attach and detaching keyboard is easy to control"
62.4%

these things perfectly

"but then again any device can do these things perfectly"
61.6%

clean fast

"works will clean fast"
60.9%

works well

"the keyboard is okay and the touchpad works well but i'll probably get a wireless mouse to use with it too"
60.8%

fantastic battery life

"main points far cheaper than ipad full laptop functionality excellent for note taking and using as a tablet fantastic battery life sharp and bright screen"
60.7%

sharp and bright

"main points far cheaper than ipad full laptop functionality excellent for note taking and using as a tablet fantastic battery life sharp and bright screen"
60.6%

brilliant price

"brilliant price on amazon too"
60.4%

sound is good

"sound is good"
60.2%

screen quality

"it's lovely and light and the screen quality is amazing"
60.0%

delighted with them

"this is my 4th surface computer and i remain absolutely delighted with them and it"
59.8%

your files

"for productivity i can highly recommend pairing a surface with office 365 which suddenly makes all of your files every photo you've ever taken and all of your media available everywhere all the time"
59.8%

lighter and thinner

"it’s so much nicer to have a lighter and thinner model"
59.8%

move forward

"where the pro 4 to the pro 5 was a massive move forward in screen quality battery life and keyboard performance the difference between the 5 and 6 is very hard to find in every day use"
59.7%

recommend this product

"i really strongly recommend this product"
58.5%

runs smoothly

"if you buy my office or already have it the surface pro has plenty of power to make sure everything runs smoothly"
57.8%

most things adaptable

"it's got plenty of memory and is fast to do most things adaptable and versatile"
57.7%

screen is amazing

"it’s very fast and the screen is amazing"
57.7%

spec pro 6 microsoft

"to be fair amazon provides a switch to the higher models but the lowest spec pro 6 microsoft manufactures comes with an i5"
57.5%

light and luggable

"it's in this combination that the surface makes most sense slightly too heavy and powerful to be a tablet but incredibly light and luggable as a massively flexible laptop"
56.9%

revolutionized my work

"revolutionized my work day"
56.4%

crystal and the sound

"the graphics are crystal and the sound is also much improved"
56.4%

worth every penny

"i was apprehensive about spending the money but it’s definitely worth every penny"
56.1%

nice fresh display

"very quick start up and nice fresh display"
55.3%

great product

"great product"
55.0%

battery life i

"edit: now well into the second week and can confirm the way better battery life i run unplugged from 0630 to about 1300 when i charge for my commute home 2h 15 and then put back on charge when i go to bed "
54.4%

recommend to others

"would certainly recommend to others"
54.3%

plenty of power

"if you buy my office or already have it the surface pro has plenty of power to make sure everything runs smoothly"
54.1%

apples old ipads

"apples old ipads don't even have this anymore"
53.8%

chrome with tab open

"using chrome with tab open was still slow"
52.5%

comes in handy

"very smooth easy to use the touchscreen comes in handy at times!"
52.2%

makes it better

"i have had ipads laptops and pcs in the past but this one combines all of them and makes it better"
52.2%

full laptop functionality

"main points far cheaper than ipad full laptop functionality excellent for note taking and using as a tablet fantastic battery life sharp and bright screen"
51.7%

screen protector

"the keyboard is good but i find myself using it as a tablet more than a laptop although the keyboard doubles as screen protector so i usually leave it on"
51.6%

plenty of memory

"it's got plenty of memory and is fast to do most things adaptable and versatile"
51.3%

still be aware

"but still be aware"
50.6%

surface excellent

"he is into design and he finds microsoft surface excellent for drawing and designing during his studies"
50.1%
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horrible performance

"horrible performance was slow from the first day i had it"
100.0%

false advertising

"beware false advertising here"
74.9%

scam product

"i learned this the hard way but please do not waste your hard earned money on what i essentially now consider to be a scam product which as it turns out cannot handle what my 5 years old brick like acer laptop was able to take on with ease"
74.8%

warranty expired

"our machine stopped working literally 3 weeks after the warranty expired"
74.8%

hardware issue

"we took the machine to our local it specialist who ran a diagnostic on it and confirmed that it was a hardware issue but because everything is soldered to the motherboard you cannot replace components and the unit was not repairable"
74.8%

no keyboard included

"just so you know despite every advertising picture for the surfaces pro 6 on the microsoft store and amazon showing it with a keyboard what you are buying is just the tablet no keyboard included"
74.8%

occasional freezing

"i had some occasional freezing as well when doing very simple tasks like using the internet or in file explorer i'm hoping this was a result of this being an older surface pro 5 and not a 6"
74.7%

trouble shooting

"i'll keep trying and trouble shooting for a few days"
74.4%

hardware problem

"i also noticed in some instances that when stopping a youtube video and then closing the keyboard over the video started playing again this is definitely a software not a hardware problem but is something you should be aware of"
74.0%

utterly useless

"when i contacted their customer support to check what solutions i may have available to me i was offered on my fifth call to their utterly useless customer service centre to buy the surface dock for the ‘bargain’ price of £135 in addition to the £800 i already spent on the surface pro"
73.7%

gets confused

"my only slight moan is that it doesn't come with a keyboard and the laptop sometimes gets confused and doesn't bring up the soft keyboard the on screen one "
73.2%

second lag spike

"ever so often i will get half a second lag spike"
72.9%

some instances

"i also noticed in some instances that when stopping a youtube video and then closing the keyboard over the video started playing again this is definitely a software not a hardware problem but is something you should be aware of"
71.5%

power cable

"it attaches with magnets which means it's really easy to put on and take off similarly the plug of the power cable"
69.6%

waste time

"don't waste time looking for reviews this one you must have"
67.9%

treated myself

"i've had a sp 4 for 2 years and treated myself on black friday"
67.2%

it's misleading

"this need to be rectified as it's misleading"
66.4%

expensive as balls

"not had many notable problems with it but it is expensive as balls"
65.7%

proprietary charging port

"they have a proprietary charging port which cannot easily be adapted to usb so you have to lug around the charging brick admittedly a very small brick and can't charge from a usb battery"
65.6%

hard earned money

"i learned this the hard way but please do not waste your hard earned money on what i essentially now consider to be a scam product which as it turns out cannot handle what my 5 years old brick like acer laptop was able to take on with ease"
63.9%

ninja trader

"next i tried my trading app ninja trader"
61.0%

warranty period no

"be careful buying a surface pro they seem to manufacture them to last just longer than the warranty period no way will you get my daughter or me for that matter to buy microsoft ever again"
58.6%

just a bit pricey

"great product just a bit pricey"
58.1%

only slight moan

"my only slight moan is that it doesn't come with a keyboard and the laptop sometimes gets confused and doesn't bring up the soft keyboard the on screen one "
57.4%

charger was faulty

"either the charger was faulty or there is an issue on the tablet itself"
56.5%

these swipe

"fixes for these swipe a up a few more times"
56.1%

overcame this problem

"i overcame this problem by zooming into every point i draw on"
55.7%

today and so disappointed

"battery intermittently charging just got the sp6 today and so disappointed"
55.4%

unit was not repairable

"we took the machine to our local it specialist who ran a diagnostic on it and confirmed that it was a hardware issue but because everything is soldered to the motherboard you cannot replace components and the unit was not repairable"
55.2%

back light bleed

"first thing i notice was the back light bleed"
55.1%

will not charge

"it will not charge"
54.7%

would not communicate

"as soon as they checked our amazon order date they just blocked us and would not communicate"
54.7%

insult to injury

"it broke the day i had an online skype interview just to add insult to injury"
54.6%

very disappointing

"very disappointing"
54.5%

basically it's

"basically it's bad"
54.3%

operational errors

"this device is microsofts 6th surface product i expected more there's alot of basic operational errors"
54.0%

my money back

"i returned the device and got my money back but it's a shame as i bought the pro 6 during a good deal and haven't found the pro 6 for a similar price since"
53.4%

slowed down

"obviously with some windows updates the performance has slowed down"
53.3%

n't transfer data

"the charging brick does have a separate usb a connector which allows you to charge a mobile phone or other device at the same time it's not a quick charger and you can't transfer data but it's one less plug that you need"
53.2%

replace components

"we took the machine to our local it specialist who ran a diagnostic on it and confirmed that it was a hardware issue but because everything is soldered to the motherboard you cannot replace components and the unit was not repairable"
52.9%

limited storage capacity

"external hard drive + iphone via a third party usb port so if you were hoping to be able to supplement its limited storage capacity with your external hd to update or transfer files to other devices you will not be able to do so"
52.7%

slimmed down

"the microsoft surface pro seems to me to be everything i could want and more from a pc or a laptop but slimmed down to the size and without the keyboard screen protector weight of a tablet"
52.1%

n't know exact name

"one of the ports don't know exact name is nice to have for presentations and such"
51.4%

not a quick charger

"the charging brick does have a separate usb a connector which allows you to charge a mobile phone or other device at the same time it's not a quick charger and you can't transfer data but it's one less plug that you need"
51.1%

very small

"they have a proprietary charging port which cannot easily be adapted to usb so you have to lug around the charging brick admittedly a very small brick and can't charge from a usb battery"
50.7%

product was defective

"product was defective"
50.6%

which is frustrating

"the keyboard is a must some inputs on screens do not show the windows soft keyboard which is frustrating!"
50.5%
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Top positive statements

Statement Strength**
"The good points: It's a Microsoft tablet running full Windows." 93.1%
"It’s very fast and the screen is amazing." 93.1%
"A fast and powerful laptop masquerading as a tablet the Surface Pro leans more to work than play and is well up for competing with most desktops." 93.1%
"The Surface Pro comes to life very quickly and the battery life is impressive." 93.1%
"I added the pen as an indulgence the word recognition works great with it in tablet mode when you set it to do that." 92.2%
"It's arguably the best portable laptop device and the touch screen is great however." 91.7%
"Honestly the screen is really amazingly great." 90.9%
"Great buy very versatile laptop" 90.6%

Top negative statements

Statement Strength
"Horrible performance was slow from the first day I had it." 93.7%

Positive mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
RAM
"lots of RAM and a decent cpu "
74.7%
Microsoft
"the good points: it's a Microsoft tablet running full windows"
"this is a review for the 'Microsoft surface pro 6 12"
73.4%
Intel
"the Intel uhd 620 integrated graphics are adequate for light 3d gaming for example civilization 5"
"in fact it only uses Intel's integrated hd 620"
66.4%

Negative mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
today
"battery intermittently charging just got the sp6 today and so disappointed"
55.4%

Emotion analysis

Positive tone

Neutral tone

Negative tone

36.2% 42.6% 21.3%
  neutral 42.6%
  happiness 19.1%
  worry 10.6%
  relief 8.5%
  sadness 6.4%
  enthusiasm 4.3%
  fun 2.1%
  fear 2.1%
  love 2.1%
  hate 2.1%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-03-22