Microsoft's next Surface Pro and Surface Laptop launches are likely to be delayed by about a month from earlier expectations, and prices could also rise sharply, an observation said.

On April 23, IT outlet TechRadar reported that leaker Roland Quandt (롤랜드 콴트) wrote on Bluesky that the schedule for the new Surface products appears to have slipped by about a month and prices could also rise significantly.

The new products are currently in the pre-announcement stage. Still, based on rumours so far, models with Intel processors were expected to launch in the United States in spring, while Snapdragon-based models were expected to launch in summer starting in June. If the schedule slips by about a month, the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop are more likely to come out in June instead of May. That would also align with a scenario in which they are unveiled at the Microsoft Build 2026 event held in early June.

Market attention is focused more on price than the schedule. Quandt used the expression, "So expensive that nobody will be able to buy it," when referring to pricing. Still, there is no confirmed information on product lineup configuration and the launch approach.

Concerns about price increases are also linked to recent actual pricing adjustments in the Surface lineup. Microsoft has already raised prices for its existing Surface lineup, and some products were reported to have increased by as much as $500. Early clues spotted at some European retailers also suggested the new products' prices may not be modest. Still, those may be provisional figures rather than confirmed prices.

In this situation, if the next-generation Surface launches at a high price, some have pointed out that the price burden could stand out before product competitiveness. TechRadar said that if prices rise sharply, Apple's MacBook lineup could look relatively inexpensive.

Memory supply issues and supply chain burdens have been cited as background factors. The explanation is that recent Surface price increases and rumours of launch delays may be linked to these factors. By contrast, Apple has continued to be assessed as showing relatively stable hardware management capabilities even in the same environment.

In the end, there are two main points to watch. They are whether the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop will actually be unveiled in June and whether the price-increase trend will extend to the next-generation products. The launch schedule and prices are emerging as key variables for gauging the competitiveness of the Surface business going forward.