Microsoft just has announced its upcoming event in New York on October 2, 2018 at 4 Pm. Now is the season for hardware events, the launching of Apple's new upcoming iPhone XS, iPhone X Plus, iPhone XS Max and also the Apple watch series 4, on September 12, and Google also has scheduled its Pixel3 and Pixel 3XL on October 9, in New York City at 11 AM.
The Microsoft's event will likely to be focused on Surface hardware. This may be a refresh of pro-line surface laptop (or some else device) with latest Intel Processor. It is expected to include more than one Microsoft surface device (though this will not a Surface phone).