A successor to the Surface Pro 3 was expected earlier this year but Taiwanese sources indicate the Surface Pro 4 should see the light in October this year. If we have to believe the Taiwanese Digitimes, it will be worth the wait. Microsoft's 2-in-1 device will be powered by a Skylake CPU manufactured at 14nm and storage will be provided by a NVMe SSD.
The Taiwanese site makes it assumptions based on rumors that Microsoft has placed a mega order for the NVMe version of Samsung's SM951 SSDs. All components should be delivered to system builder Pegatron in September. In October the Surface Pro should become available in stores.
The used case should remain pretty much the same and also the 12" screen with a resolution of 2160 x 1440 pixel will stay, according to sources of Digitimes. In the first quarter Microsoft reportedly sold 200,000 Surface Pro tablets a month, while Microsoft monthly tablet sales increased to 300,000 after the release of the smaller Surface 3.
In the first month after the launch of this new Surface Pro 4 the number of tablets sold could increase to 500,000 to 600,000 devices, according to industry sources.
