Surface Pro LTE (Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB) Newest Version

No issues after 1 month. I like it

Good screen response and sound quality.

My Surface Pro 4 purchased in 2017 less than 3 years ago failed. I left if plugged in day and night for over a year DID NOT KNOW once a month should have drained using on battery down to well under 50%. there is way to run battery report. Since new battery was fine for about 16 months, per the report, then it started dropping and 12 months later it will run on battery only about half hour AND cannot come back. Shows full charge but OKAY enough of that. Solution? but new screen and new battery and tools to remove the screen (will probably break so buy the screen up front) and about two hours later being ever so careful, you may have it back together with new battery. I may still spend about $200 and try that. BUT, I found this Surface Pro LTE which is very much the same as my SP4. the LTE version was made as ONLY 8mg ram, 256gb drive and with a built in LTE chip you can use to connect to one and maybe more telephone providers BUT IT ALSO HAS A SIM CARD SLOT so you can choose one of many different phone providers to get a SIM card from. Since I travel a lot, I know Verizon has best overall anywhere coverage, so I activated another phone line to my account and got a SIM from them. A few minutes after putting it in, I had LTE access. It is virtually instant upon start up. Adding to my account existing account was $20/month. I already have 3 phones plus a WiFi account with unlimited usage. Each device has first 15GB/month high speed LTE before each start to get throttled. So my new Surface Pro LTE is unlimited and if I get to 15GB, I will just start my phone up as a hot spot wifi and use its remaining high speed alotment for my Surface. YOU can find this Surface Pro LTE (Google it) as like new or refurbished or whatever they would call it but BEWARE because while it may have been checked by the seller or seller, the battery life once started up may not be 10 hours. research Command Prompt: Battery Report so you know how to check its history from first date it originally started up and over time usage event...all in one single report...will show its battey usage events and how long the battery lasted each time before it was plugged in. You might ask the supplier whether they can supply the battery report with its Usage, History, BIOS number, Serial number. for me, I would demand to see it before they ship it BUT AT LEAST they guarantee it is included in the box BECAUSE you want to see it before you power it up and get HIT with a huge restocking or NO YOU CANNOT RETURN IT problem. I am happy with this purchase. It was a rare find. It arrived new, never opened box, and I think already a few years old. Yes the battery was dead. Yes, it charged up full in a couple hours, Yes, I have run it on battery only now for about 7 days. Yes, it has been lasting all day for the usage for a period of time many different times a day. Today, first time, I used it most of the morning before closing lid (I have the add-on keyboard) so about 8 hours usage and I had to plug it in. About an hour later, plugged in not using it, I unplugged and started using again. it is 9 PM and time to end my busy day so I will plug it in over night. I will never again leave it plugged in 24/7/365 without going battery only for at least one full day a month. Use it or lose it.

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Edit: 5/13/2018 - I was not able to get the eSim working via Microsoft tech support so I made an appt at the Microsoft store. When I explained to them what had happened, they started to review their internal forums while I was in the store. I had a bit of an edge here as I work in IT and also purchase MS software for my business. Once they took a hard look at this, there have apparently been others with this same exact issue. If fact, the Microsoft offering for Transatel that would connect the eSim, is now currently being updated and not available for on demand purchase at this time. Also, I could not update my device to version 1803 which is the latest version of Windows 10. They actually worked on my device in the store with techs and compared it to a new Surface with the same specs. They applied the 1803 updates before we attempted to setup the eSim. Once we did this, all was good. They still do not know what caused this but have entered all of this info their internal system system so hopefully this helps others. On top of all this, even though I bought this on Amazon and not at the MS Store, they gave me a brand new unit which is now up and running fine. When I visited the store, I did not go in with high expectations but I will give them credit for working with me on this and giving me a new unit without the hassle. The personnel I worked with at the store were top notch. (Thanks Kasia) Hope this helps others. 5/6/2018- I bought this for travel and use of LTE. This device is the same as my Surface Pro which the new LTE unit is replacing but the LTE was what I was really after on this. They typical setup when new was the usual walk-thru so no issues there. The unit comes with two forms of LTE , and internal eSIM and a slot for external SIM Card. I setup the internal eSim that actually connects to a data plan you buy via Microsoft and Gemalto/Transatel for on-demand use. I was not after this plan but wanted to test the process. The payment goes thru Microsoft but the carrier is Transatel. It is not cheap and I would only use this when in a pinch. $13.99 for 1 gig for 15 days. This worked fine once I had tested it for an hour or so...then came the bad news. Overnight windows ran some updates on my surface and then the eSim was not working at any level. It had become locked and even though I re-entered the APN info and tried to setup the esim again.....no luck. I captured all of the diagnosis logs etc and will send them to Microsoft. On the plus side, I went to ATT today and got a sim for the external slot. The setup did not take long while at the store and we did run into a bit of a snag when entering the APN info but it turned out that one of the entries was a TYPO and once fixed, resolved the issue and I am now able to connect to ATT as needed. I was not really after the internal eSim and did not even know it had one when I ordered this but once I get this resolved, it is just a bonus. As for the rest of the surface, all works as expected.

Awesome unit...bit of a learning curve but it is impressive.