
This does make for a bit longer wakeup the next time you need it, but it is a better result than the device being out of battery. Although we do not have a test for this, in my time with the device I found that standby times were excellent, which makes sense since the device is actually turning off after a few hours. This is the same as the Surface Pro 3, and it helps tremendously with standby times. Surface 3 features Connected Standby support, but after a few hours of being asleep it will switch to hibernation. Next we can compare to notebook computers with our light test (again, web browsing) to get a feel for how it performs against those devices. First up, we will compare it against other tablets on our Wi-Fi test, which consists of basic web browsing. To test battery life, we have several tests and for a device like the Surface 3 we will compare it to a couple of device types. That is a fair bit less than the 42 Wh battery that is crammed into the Surface Pro 3, but with a less powerful CPU, and a slightly smaller display, it may be able to compete. In the case of the Surface 3, it has a 28 Wh battery onboard to power it when not plugged into the wall. Tablets are not meant to be plugged in for really any of their normal usage. When you consider something like a tablet, battery life is a crucial part of the complete package.
