Windows Surface 3 with Windows 8.1 will be available from may 5 2015 at $499

Its 10.8-inch tablet that runs Windows 8.1. Pre-orders begin today and the tablet will go on sale in the US May 5, and sold in 27 markets by May 7.

Inside all of the Surface 3 tablets will be an Intel Quad-core Atom x7 processor running at 1.6GHz. The tablet is 8.7 mm thick and just 1.37 pounds. It also has an 8MP rear camera and a 3.5MP front facing camera. The battery life is supposed to last up to 10 hours.

Microsoft will sell four models of the Surface 3:

2GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage for $499
4GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage for $599
2GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage and LTE support for $599
4GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage with LTE support for $699.