Here's our breakdown of how the Surface Pro 2 stacks up against the Surface Pro 3.

Pricing

The current retail price for both the Surface Pro 2 starts at $799 for the 64GB version, and goes up to $1,599 for the 512GB variety. The Surface Pro 3 also starts at $799 for the 64GB version, and goes up to $1,949 at 512GB.

Specs

The Surface Pro 2 has a 10.6" touchscreen with a 1920x1080 resolution, Full HD display, and 10-Point Multi-Touch technology. It comes in either a 4GB or 8GB RAM variety, and has a hard drive capacity ranging from 64GB all the way up to 512GB. The Pro 2 also has a battery life of 7-15 days while idle, and features both front and rear facing 720p HD cameras. It weighs 2 pounds.

The Surface Pro 3 sports a 12" touchscreen with a 2160 x 1440 resolution, Full HD Plus display, and Multi-Touch technology. It comes in either a 4GB or 8GB Ram variety, and has a hard drive capacity ranging from 64GB all the way up to 512GB. The Pro 3 also has a battery life of 9 hours while browsing, and features both front and rear facing 5.0 megapixel cameras. It weighs 1.8 pounds.

Talking Points

Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 experienced some costly bugs in its battery and sleep functionality, scaring off a fair amount of customers and agitating those who did purchase the tablet. An update last December was unable to fix the problem, though a later one did seem to help. These bugs were a big catalyst for the Pro 3 to be rolled out sooner than expected.

The Surface Pro 3 has been lauded by many as an undeniably stellar achievement in raw technological innovation. Some, however, have questioned whether it may be suffering from putting form before functionality. The Pro 3 is quite large and bulky to handle as a tablet, and it's still not really a laptop either. Will its status as a 'tweener' make it unable to find its niche?

The Winner

Ultimately, the Pro 3 gets the edge here. At the lower levels it comes in at the same price as the Pro 2, and without a lot of the bugs that plagued its predecessor. The Pro 3 stands as a substantial updgrade to the Pro 2, and is easily one of the most spiffy pieces of technology available today.