Windows RT version of Microsoft Surface to be priced at under $350?
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The Microsoft Surface Windows RT tablet |
For those who don't know the difference between the two versions of the Surface tablet, the Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro model uses an Intel processor and is similar to having a mobile PC. The Microsoft Surface Windows RT tablet uses an ARM based processor and works like other mobile tablets like the Apple iPad and those running on Android.
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15 Comments
1. eisenbricher posted on 06 Oct 2012, 17:17 9
Sweet! RT won't be so useful in terms of productivity as its pro counterpart, but for entertainment it should be perfectly fine. Yeah, I'll be buying one for sure!
3. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 06 Oct 2012, 17:44 7
i hope microsoft will make a crazy deal on the day it will be available like $99 for surface RT and $199 for Surface Pro!! LOL that would kill iPad!
but anyway... it is a decent price!!! $350 is ok... the galaxy note tab is same with price with iPad but the sony xperia tab is at $399 only! so microsoft will surely gain popularity and market share if this is the price of the RT version and so is the Pro version..
but asus beat them by announcing vivo tab Rt and Pro with LTE on it! wish they have LTE connectivity.. even though its not necessary but just in case! coz as for me wifi version is ok!
4. MattAdorno posted on 06 Oct 2012, 17:46 9
$500 bucks for the Pro and $350 for the RT - that's pretty slick pricing if its true.
5. blattlaus posted on 06 Oct 2012, 19:04 0
I don't know how much the Surface RT will cost, but what I do know is that there is no way Microsoft- who has managed to keep everything associated with the Surface secret they want kept secret- told the "For Dummies" people their Surface pricing strategy.
6. fanboy1974 posted on 06 Oct 2012, 19:33 1
Sorry but the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is a iPhone killer and a tablet killer rolled up into one. Call me when Apple or Microsoft copies Samsung's Note series.
10. RomeoJDR posted on 06 Oct 2012, 22:24 0
I too admire the versatility of the Note 2, but come on. You may be laying off the Apple juice, but smoking way too much of whatever Samsung's putting out there. The Note is certainly a good means to pay for one data plan and have a phone with tablet like utility, however, the only tablet sales likely to be hampered by the Note are there own.
8. TylerGrunter posted on 06 Oct 2012, 21:04 3
I seriously think that would be a sweet spot for pricing, IF it´s true. I will still take it with a lot of salt...
Steve Ballmer said it won´t be the cheap option, and that price is lower than most of hte Android tablets with similar specs.
9. RomeoJDR posted on 06 Oct 2012, 22:13 0
If it comes with the keyboard for that price then thats a pretty good deal that might help Microsoft play some catchup. I still have too much invested in Android for myself, ios for the fam to invest in another mobile os platform such as RT, but the full featured platform the pro version is brings is certainly on my wish list price pending. None of the other manufacturers proposed pro version look anywhere near as good as Micrsofts
11. Joshing4fun posted on 06 Oct 2012, 22:32 0
Ugh, just when I accepted paying $800 for a tablet PC. Now im unsure again. This is why you need to release prices Microsoft. So people can make plans and people need to make plans on a purchase if it's going to be hundreds of dollars. Microsoft can be genius and completely stupid all at the same time.
12. vvelez5 posted on 07 Oct 2012, 20:57 0
This is the first time I actually find a pricing rumor on these surface tablets to be legit.
14. 7thspaceman posted on 08 Oct 2012, 09:42 0
Folks I look at the pricing of current Android and current Windows 7 tablets to gauge what a Windows surface RT tablet will cost. I think a good low price would be 399 for the low price about 499 my best guess price and 599 to match the price of an Ipad
price at "best buy" that has 32gigs and WIFI just like the lowest Microsoft RT surface
has in the side by side specs ratings
15. 7thspaceman posted on 08 Oct 2012, 10:21 0
folks the current best buy price on the web for the Ipad with 32gigs and Wifi only which match's the Microsoft Windows Surface "RT" in specs is 599$ therefore My best guess price for the Microsoft Windows Surface "RT" tablet computer is 499$ without the crafty nifty Keyboard cover. and 599 with the keyboard cover. Microsoft knows that to make any headway in the Tablet world it has to sell it's Windows "RT" at least at the same price spec for spec as the Ipad 3 Apple calls it the New Ipad I call it the Ipad 3.
Now if Microsoft sells the Windows RT at 499 with the Keyboard cover it will sell pretty well world wide. People will buy because of it's cool design and it has Microsoft Office built in..
