Microsoft's future consumer-grade Surface series models may also adopt a modular design similar to Surface Hub 2.

If Microsoft's modular upgrade method is to be used for consumer products, it is expected to be used for large models such as SurfaceStudio first, and may not be applied to products such as SurfaceLaptop that emphasize thin and light experience too early.

After the announcement of the new Surface series products, Panorama Nay, the head of the Surface department, said in an interview after the meeting that the Surface series products will continue to expand in the future. It was previously confirmed that it will be applied to the modular design of the SurfaceHub2 series, and it may indeed be applied to the surface series products facing the consumer market in the future.

In fact, it is not surprising that there will be such an idea. After all, when explaining SurfaceHub2 series models during Ignite20 18, Microsoft revealed that it will continue to strengthen modular hardware application design in the future, so the possibility of entering the consumer market from enterprise applications is not low.

As for the idea of applying modular design to PC, in fact, brands such as Fujitsu have introduced notebook products in the early days, and ProjectChristine proposed by Razer is also modular hardware, allowing users to quickly replace processors, graphics cards or storage devices according to their needs. However, due to power supply, software support, market cost and other considerations, this design did not become a formal product to enter the market.

Therefore, in Microsoft's design, modular design still includes the whole processor, not a single hardware component, so the actual "upgrade" is actually to replace the whole module, not a single hardware component. However, if it is to be applied to the Surface series products for the consumer market, it is expected to be first applied to large models such as SurfaceStudio, and may not be applied to products such as SurfaceLaptop that emphasize thin and light experience too early.

As for the idea of launching SurfaceHeadphones, PanosPanay said that the most important thing is to give users a more complete experience of using Surface products. Therefore, in addition to SurfacePro and SurfaceLaptop series, products such as Surface brand mouse and keyboard have also been introduced to provide users with a more consistent experience.

At the same time, Panorama Nay also revealed that more Surface products will be launched in the future, which may include a camera designed with USB-C port.