
Unless Microsoft plans to improve the Surface Connect’s bandwidth for the Surface Pro 9, there’s no reason to keep it around. Removing the Surface Connect port would free up room for more useful ports on a Surface Pro 9. Thus, axing the Surface Connect port could make room for more useful ports. Why? Because you can already charge the device via its USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 ports, and the Thunderbolt ports also offer higher transfer speeds.


Unless you have a Surface Dock, there’s no need for the Surface Connect port. I realize I just said the Surface Pro 9 needs more ports, but the laptop could do away with the Surface Connect port entirely. However, this is one of the changes I'm least confident Microsoft will make as nice as it would be to have a broader array of ports on the Surface Pro 9, it's probably a long shot.

while you can connect devices like mice or gaming controllers via Bluetooth, having more ports available on the Surface Pro 9 would be appreciated. This is especially true if the new device will, like the current model, let you connect monitors, external hard drives and GPUs. The Surface Pro 8 could really benefit from a few more ports.
