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Keeping the Surface Connect port and making the Surface Dock compatible with the Surface Pro 3 in the process instead of replacing it with a symmetrical and reversible USB-C port is a tradeoff I posit Microsoft thinks is worthwhile at this stage.
The Microsoft designers really went for the details in their first venture into Tablet hardware, chief among them two USB ports (USB 2.0 and USB 3.0) on the Windows 8 Professional version of the Surface Tablet.