Microsoft may have sold as few as 230,000 Surface tablets

2. BattleBrat posted on 28 Jan 2013, 20:08 0 1

I think I'm going to buy a Surface pro, buy Dragon Dictate 12 Premium ($200) and Microsoft Office Home and Office edition ($230 two license, one for my home computer) and you have one school document MACHINE! I'm tired of these "Office lite" apps for Android and IOS (and I have Iwork for iOS and an Ipad 4, it sucks too!) I WANT OFFICE AND I WANT A BADASS SPEECH TO TEXT program (although I LOVE Google's Speech to text service, it is pretty badass) Hmmmmmm, school starts in a few months (for me), I better get a move on....
On a side note, from BH photo video, Asus's Windows RT tablet cost more than its Windows 8 Slate LOL

3. yougotkilled1 posted on 28 Jan 2013, 20:08 0 0

I believe its the price for the windows RT. Sadly, in my point of view, anyone sees 500$ on a tablet other than the iPad will think that's way too expensive for a tablet other than an iPad. If microsoft can lower the surface to 400$, I believe it will sell well and make a name for itself. That's just my point of view though lol...

5. AfterShock posted on 28 Jan 2013, 20:14 0 1

"Microsoft may have sold as many as 230,000 Surface tablets"

Fixed it for you PA.

6. ajac09 posted on 28 Jan 2013, 20:20 1 2

LOL wow

7. joey_sfb posted on 28 Jan 2013, 20:23 0 1

Microsoft made a bad call. They really think the can get away with $800 doller for a tablet. If the year had been 2000, yes maybe.

9. imsickwithsmartphone posted on 28 Jan 2013, 20:44 0 3

The lack of apps....
for sure

10. vvelez5 posted on 28 Jan 2013, 20:55 2 1

I have a surface and love it. It's a real head turner with several people in my classes asking about it and amazed about my touch cover. I also love the office functionality on it. I take all my notes on it and do all my homework on it. It's a great little device. But, the lack of apps so far and the price point and the limited release only in Microsoft stores for the first part of its release didn't help.

12. Ninetysix posted on 28 Jan 2013, 21:27 0 0

iPad killer this is not.

14. jcpwn2004 posted on 28 Jan 2013, 21:38 1 0

" It could be the price point, the lack of apps, the limitations of Windows RT compared to Windows 8"

Or a combination of all of those.

15. MC1123 posted on 28 Jan 2013, 21:41 0 1

coz its too pricey and the memory that is usable is too little! only 16-20GB, hope microsoft will make some difference with its RT and even windows 9 with project windows blue!

and also the updates should be free on RT!

20. techguy22 posted on 28 Jan 2013, 22:19 0 1

and the pro one is gonna sell even less. thought they were gonna take over apple and android

22. jedpatrickdatu posted on 28 Jan 2013, 22:37 0 0

It was the price point that did it. Microsoft got overconfident that overpricing the Surface like the iPad won't get in the way of excellent sales, but since the company is unknown in the tablet space, it backfired. Availability also hurt it real bad; it's not available here in the Philippines. Hopefully Microsoft does better with the pricing and release dates next time.

24. speckledapple posted on 28 Jan 2013, 23:58 0 0

We can talk estimates all we like though I would rather not put stock in analysts (what do they know). Even if it sold 200,000 units or 800,000 is still a strong step in the right direction for the company. They could sell much more if they made it available in more areas but it seems like the thing Microsoft is having the most difficulty with is creating a large enough distribution system because they were completely dependent on their partners.

25. BackHandLegend posted on 29 Jan 2013, 02:01 0 0

Doesn't microsoft get the point? WE CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.