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| [* black] Step right up and get yer battery specs! We spent long enough wrestling with the [guide|127277|last uberglued Microsoft battery|stepid=246879|new_window=true] to know better than to mess with this one. We opt to leave it be. | |
| - | [* icon_note] This quad-cell 38.2 Wh battery is unsurprisingly smaller than the [guide|113786|45 Wh battery in the Surface Pro 6|stepid=217552|new_window=true], and just slightly bigger than the [https://youtu.be/lokOil3pkdY?t=98|12.9" iPad Pro's 36. |
| - | [* black] What's left? Modular USB ports, flanked by the kickstand hinge mechanism and the case buttons. And at the far end |
| - | [* black] You may be surprised to read the word ''modular'' so much in a Surface teardown. |
| - | [* black] If only they |
| + | [* icon_note] This quad-cell, 38.2 Wh battery is unsurprisingly smaller than the [guide|113786|45 Wh battery in the Surface Pro 6|stepid=217552|new_window=true], and just slightly bigger than the [https://youtu.be/lokOil3pkdY?t=98|12.9" iPad Pro's 36.5 Wh twin-cell|new_window=true]. |
| + | [* black] What's left? Modular USB ports, flanked by the kickstand hinge mechanism and the case buttons. And at the far end lies the Surface Connect port—also modular. |
| + | [* black] You may be surprised to read the word ''modular'' so much in a Surface Pro teardown. So are we! We've done some deep breathing and pinched ourselves multiple times, but this does ''appear'' to be reality. |
| + | [* black] If only they could inno-vent some way to secure that battery in a more repair-friendly way. Maybe next time? |