While I wish it was a tad brighter, it’s still a very usable and pleasant screen to look at with vibrant, punchy colours and wide viewing angles. The 10.5-inch PixelSense display of the Surface Go 3 is reasonably good too. That’s high praise for this much more affordable tablet. The magnesium chassis feels nice and premium to the touch, and it does feel like a smaller version of the Surface Pro tablets. Weighing only 544g with an 8.3mm thin chassis, it’s made for those who are always on the go and don’t want to lug around a larger machine.īuild quality is also one of the Surface Go 3’s strong points. Portability is the major highlight of the Surface Go 3, and it really is a light and compact tablet. It’s still packed with a rather small 28Wh battery, which is one of the biggest shortcomings of the tablet – more on that further down this review.

Unfortunately, that’s all that changed with the Surface Go 3. Well, as long as you’re not trying to do too much with this little tablet. Granted, it’s still not a particularly fast chip, but it does provide enough processing power for comfortable everyday use. The biggest change the Surface Go 3 brings is the Intel Core i3-10100Y processor.

Intel Core i3-10100Y (2C/4T, 1.3GHz with boost up to 3.9GHz)

But if you absolutely need a portable Windows tablet, the Surface Go 3 is a fine option so long as you know what to expect. However, despite these improvements, the Surface Go 3 still falls shorts in a number of vital areas, including battery life and general practicality – more specifically, the typing experience. On top of that, it is also quite a bit more affordable now while retaining its excellent build quality. The Microsoft Surface Go 3 may not be an exciting successor to the previous model, but thanks to a faster processor, this portable tablet is now more practical than ever.

Surface pro x vs surface go 3