The Surface RT was one of the first Windows RT-based tablet created by Microsoft. It was unveiled at a secret press conference in June 2012. The Surface RT was released on October 26, 2012 alongside Windows 8.
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While the external hardware for the Surface RT was well received, the internal specs for the device were underwhelming for the time. The Surface RT featured a 1.3 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. The tablet came in storage variants of either 32GB or 64GB models, but space could be expanded with a microSD card.
Up front the Surface RT features a 10.6-inch ClearType display. The resolution is set at 1366 x 768, which results in 148 pixels per inch. The display on the Surface RT is a 5-point multi-touch touchscreen. Other specs include front and rear 1.2 MP cameras capable of recording video at 720p.
The Surface RT was launched alongside Windows 8 to highlight the strengths of the platform.
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The Surface 2 is the follow-up to the Surface RT and was released one year later. It marks the second-generation of Surface products.
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