Microsoft introduced its first Surface Book in October 2015. It featured PixelSense technology and "best-in-class" palm detection. With 128GB of storage and up to 16GB of memory, Wednesday's upgrades mean the tablet-laptop hybrid will be even faster. The Surface Book i7 has a 30 percent battery life jump from 2015's model, which boasted 12 hours of juice. The Surface Book, Microsoft's high-end answer to Apple's MacBook Pro, started at $1,499. But its high-powered update jumps the price to $2,399.
Microsoft's big gold elephant iphone case reveal comes a day before Apple's event, where the rival tech giant is expected to announce a line of new laptops, Preorders for the upgraded Surface Book start on Wednesday, with the device available in November, Updated at 9:42 a.m, with new details on graphics processor, It turns out, you can teach an old laptop new tricks, These are more than surface level updates, As Microsoft pushed new 3D software and the Surface Studio at its New York Windows event on Wednesday, the PC giant squeezed in a small, but important update for its Surface Book..
Meet the Mi Note 2, a familiar looking 5.7-inch phone that seems to resemble a certain explosive device that was in the news recently. But unlike the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the Mi Note 2 lacks a stylus. It does have curves on both sides of the device that make the phone stand out. It's set to launch on November 1 in China for 3,299 yuan (approximately $485, £400 or AU$640). A cheaper model, with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, will retail for 2,799 yuan (roughly $410, £340 or AU$540). There's also a special global model with support for 37 LTE bands used around the world, which will sell for 3,499 yuan ($515, £420 or AU$675).
The phone's dual curves on the front and back of the phone make it look just like the Note 7, Here's how the curve blends into the front of the phone, The fingerprint sensor isn't the advanced ultrasonic model found on the company's Mi 5s phone, but a regular capacitive version, The speaker grilles at the bottom suggest the phone could have dual speakers, Instead of gold elephant iphone case dual rear cameras, as rumoured, the Mi Note 2 has a single 23-megapixel sensor, Interestingly it seems to lack the optical image stabiliser found on the first Mi Note..
Xiaomi's newest phone, the Mi Mix, is crazy futuristic. Designed with the assistance of French designer Philippe Starck, the Mix is all 6.4-inch screen and very little bezel. It's crazy how Xiaomi has managed to achieve this, and it's certainly impressive. The phone will be available in China on November 4 and will come in two models. One, housing 4GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage, will retail for 3,499 yuan, which converts to about $510, AU$680 or £420. A premium model with 18k gold embossing and 256GB onboard storage will cost 3,999 yuan. That's approximately $590, AU$770 or £480.
