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I have a SP4 and I really, really like it. But this doesn't seem to differ that much from it. Does it? :)

What's new compared to SP4?

50% more battery life than the 4, fanless options for the m3 and i5 versions, on screen support for the surface dial, and a new hinge that lays a little flatter seem like the big changes. It's largely an incremental improvement.

More battery is a big one - I love my sp4, but I think (even with the improvements with the pro) they should have added a few 100 grams for more battery.

Fanless i5 would be nice - my sp4 i5 isn't loud, but quiet would be better.

Was hoping the new sp would be waterproof though (it's the only remaining "obvious" improvement I see. We'll that and enough gpu power to drive vr - but I suppose we're still a few years from that in a small, light, quiet battery-powered device).

And LTE.

It would be pretty damn surprising if you got any more than an incremental improvement this late in the game.

Oh yeah LTE is neat but I don't really have a use for it so I always forget to look.

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