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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 smaller new Surface Pro 3 power supply is 36-watts, compared to 48 watts for previous Pro power supplies and 24-watts for Surface RT and Surface 2. USB port. As with previous Pro power supplies, the Surface Pro 3's power brick includes a USB 2.0 port for charging devices like phones or tablets.