Prototype images believed to be of the unreleased Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 and the Surface Pro 8 have popped up on the internet alongside rumours of a January 2021 launch date.

Photos of the notebooks, which appear to be renderings shared with the Federal Communications Commission, were posted online to Twitter.

The Surface Laptop 4 is pictured in black and there is only a top-view of the device, while the black-coloured Surface Pro 8 is seen from an angle.

At first glance, the general design for both notebooks appears to be similar to their previous generation models.

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The tweet also indicates the model numbers for the devices (1950 and 1960 respectively) and reveals there will be a LTE version of the Surface Pro 8.

According to Windows Central, the Surface Laptop 4 and Surface Pro 8 will be shipped with 11th-gen Intel processors with Intel Xe graphics.

Microsoft analysts also believe the notebooks will be launched in January 2021 instead of the usual October release.