The Surface Pro's battery life is substantially worse than Surface RT or Atom-based tablets, it's significantly heavier (2 pounds, compared to 1.5 for RT) and it's noticeably thicker than low ...

When the original Surface Pro 3 battery problems hit the issue appeared to affect people who had a device with a Simplo brand battery. Now, the people in this Microsoft forum thread appear to be ...

Surface Pro 3 batteries are supplied by two companies: LG and Simplo. While LG systems appear to be fine, some Simplo systems are suffering a substantial drop in battery capacity, and accordingly ...

The Surface Pro 3 battery will be able to be charged daily (meaning five days a week) for more than 4.5 years and still maintain 80 percent capacity, the team said during today's Reddit.

But be warned - despite Haswell onboard the Surface Pro 2 doesn't quite get the leggy battery life of, say, Apple's new MacBook Air models that can run for 10 hours on a single charge.

The Surface Pro, with a kickstand, tries to be a laptop -- but it's very hard to actually use on your lap, the screen's angle can't be adjusted, and again the battery life is an issue.

This could effectively double the battery life of the Surface Pro, which reportedly gets around 3 to 5 hours of run time, depending on what you’re doing with the device.

Microsoft has responded to the issue and is "currently investigating the issue." Surface Pro 5th Gen (2017) and Surface Pro 6 users reported battery degradation issues earlier this month.

The Surface Pro 7 is getting a few key updates, including removable SSD storage, a bigger battery and LTE connectivity. At least for now, the new Surface Pro 7+ will only be available to education ...

The Microsoft Surface Pro is available on February 9th for $899 from Best Buy, Microsoft, Staples and select other retailers. Here are a collection of the first Microsoft Surface Pro reviews.