FUD? Read what I wrote three times and concentrate. Portrait mode is where the short side is the base. All pictures have shown the kickstand out with the long side of the Surface as the base. There is no practical way of standing the Surface on the short side, with the kickstand out, that would achieve anything other than a 90 degree angle of the screen to the table top. Darn uncomfortable viewing. Why people cast out the FUD statement before concentrating on what is written, is simply their own use of FUD!
You’re correct I missed you saying portrait mode. Who uses there tablet in portrait mode? Especially in a typing situation? I never ever use my tablets in portrait mode except when I play words with friends or scramble, other than that it doesn’t provide much use. If you are going to use it, say as a student, or a doctor, then yeah you would use portrait mode for note taking...which is why they offer a stylus(MS One Note is second to none out there), other than that like all tablets they are primarily designed to be used in landscape.