Microsoft is only a few hours away from the opening of their event in New York where some long anticipated devices, including the Surface Pro 4, the new Lumia flagship phones and the Microsoft Band 2, are expected to be unveiled.

You can watch the event live via a stream on Microsoft’s website.  It will officially start at 10 am Eastern time and 7 am Pacific time. If you’re in the U.K. you can start watching at 3 am, while if you’re in Beijing it will be 10 pm. In a briefing, Microsoft listed the start time for a bunch of other cities around the world.

New Lumia smartphones?

While we have seen leak upon leak concerning some of the new devices, none of us are exactly sure what Microsoft will unveil in a few hours. Much of the curiosity, and the leaks, have been about the two Lumia flagship phones, the 5.7-inch 950 XL (Cityman) and  5.2-inch 950 (Talkman). We have seen the expected specs, pictures of the phones, and heard about what they are likely going to cost. Both phones are expected to run Snapdragon 810 and 808 processors respectively, have 32GB of storage and include Windows Hello biometric sign-in. All that remains to be seen now is if those leaks were correct.

New Surface Pro 4?

Even more fuss has surrounded the possibility of Microsoft showing us their new Surface tablet, the Surface Pro 4. It remains to be seen if that’s true, and if it is, then the rumors are right about the device being “faster, thinner and lighter” than its predecessors. It’s thought the Surface Pro 4 will be available with a 12 or 14 inch display, and depending on the model will go for anywhere between $500 and $1500.

New emerging tech

Pictures of Microsoft’s new wearable, the Microsoft Band 2, emerged on the net, too. If these are the real deal the new band is far more an attractive thing than the last version. Other than looks, and stair climbing tracking, we haven’t heard much else.

It’s also expected that Microsoft will say something about their VR Kit, which we reported late last month was a “low-cost VR project Google Cardboard”. Given Microsoft’s penchant for surprising us of late with things like the augmented reality headset HoloLens, let’s hope the company has a few tricks up its sleeve yet again.

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