Microsoft reserved the LTE option for what it calls the Surface Go 3 for Business, which ships in both a $499.99 (Core i3/4GB RAM/64GB SSD) and a $679.99 (Core i3/8GB RAM/128GB SSD) configuration, each with an LTE SIM tray that the consumer version lacks. It’s a somewhat odd omission, though our Go 2 review indicated that its cellular reception was spotty. Indeed, Zac Bowden says “I wouldn’t expect any real design changes to it”.Unlike the prior Surface Go 2, the current version of the Surface Go 3 consumer version doesn’t ship with cellular options.

The Surface Go 2 increased the display from 10in to 10.5in without changing the total footprint of the device, but that’s the only design change we’ve seen. Thinner bezels could allow Microsoft to fit an 11in display here, but it may be reluctant to make a budget device look just as good as the premium Surface Pro. However, the battery depleted much faster during our review testing, so hopefully the 28Wh capacity is increased too. Moving to ARM should help benefit battery life, improving Microsoft’s claims of up to 11 hours on a single charge. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll be from the latest Raptor Lake range, with the Surface Go not always using Intel’s latest silicon. However, Bowden says “there will likely still be Intel SKUs” on high-end models and for business users. In a March 2023 Windows Central video, he suggested it could replace the Intel Pentium chip on entry-level models will be replaced with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c or 7c Gen 2. But will Microsoft make the move to an ARM-based Qualcomm chip instead? In a July 2022 video, Windows Central’s Zac Bowden describes it as “pretty likely”, but “not 100% confirmed yet”, going on to say that it’s something Microsoft is considering internally.

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