New Delhi: Microsoft has unveiled the new Surface Pro at an event in Shanghai.


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The new Surface Pro delivers up to 13.5 hours of battery life, making it more than 2.5 times faster than Surface Pro 3.


Here are the key features of the new Surface Pro, Surface Pen and Surface keyboard


The new Surface Pro is the lightest Surface Pro ever, starting at just 1.7lbs and 8.5mm thin


It has a powerful 7th generation Intel Core processor


It is the first i5 device ever with fan-less architecture


Surface Pro has high-resolution 12.3 inch PixelSense Display with 267ppi and 3:2 aspect ratio


It comes with custom silicon, PixelSense Accelerator


Surface Pro is designed with the new Surface Pen


The new Surface Pen comes with over 4096 pressure points, only 21 milliseconds of latency and new tilt functionality


Microsoft has teamed up with Office to create new inking features customizable pen tips


The pen roams with you across all your Office 365 apps, regardless of device


Microsoft has also announced a new app –Microsoft Whiteboard on Surface, which enables simultaneous collaboration and live multi-device inking across the family of Surface devices


The Surface Pro also comes with a Pro keyboard


A luxurious Alcantara material covers the new type covers


The Alcantara fabric is treated with a high-performance polyurethane coating to resist spills


The new Signature Type Cover is available in three rich tone-on-tone colors –Platinum, Burgundy, and Cobalt Blue


The new Surface Pro will launch on June 15 in 25 markets


The countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Britain and the US


Surface Pro starts at $799.99