Windows 8 tablet prices appear in European circular
Italian blog WindowsBlogItalia showed off some particular items of a mailed advertisement from retailer Expert. Eleven notebooks, ultrabooks and tablets are on display, ranging from €399 for an ASUS 15-inch notebook to €899 for the Samsung ATIV smart PC/tablet combo and €999 for Samsung's 13-inch ultrabook.
For the tablet offerings in particular, we see the Asus TF600T, a Wi-Fi only tablet which has a 10.1-inch IPS display with 1280x800 resolution. Under the hood is an Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, NFC, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. It will weigh just over a pound (520 grams), and its dimensions are 262 x 171 x 8.3mm (10.3 x 6.73 x 0.32 inches). The price for the 600T starts at €599 ($776, £483). The Wi-Fi and 3G variant of this tablet is also shown with the exact same specifications and a €699 ($906, £563) price tag.
The Samsung ATIV smart PC has the goods with 11.6-inch HD LED display, Wi-Fi, 3G, NFC, 2GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Also on board is Samsungs S-Pen and an Intel Atom 1.5GHz processor. The ATIV smart PC weighs in at 1.6 pounds (747 grams) and is listed for €899 ($1,165, £725).
Those prices are probably not much of a surprise to many, but there was a lot of hope that pricing for some of these new Windows 8 tablets might start at a lower price point. If these prices are any guide to what they may cost in the US, we might see the Samsung ATIV smart PC start in the neighborhood of $999-1,199 and go up from there for the ATIV smart PC Pro which has more horsepower under the hood.
Acer has a couple items listed as well, with their S3 ultrabook packing an Intel i3 1.8GHz processor, USB 3.0, HDMI and Bluetooth 4.0 for a fairly reasonable €699.
Are these prices in line with what you were expecting for Windows 8 tablets and other portable computing devices?
sources: WindowsBlogItalia via Microsoft News
Those prices are probably not much of a surprise to many, but there was a lot of hope that pricing for some of these new Windows 8 tablets might start at a lower price point. If these prices are any guide to what they may cost in the US, we might see the Samsung ATIV smart PC start in the neighborhood of $999-1,199 and go up from there for the ATIV smart PC Pro which has more horsepower under the hood.
Are these prices in line with what you were expecting for Windows 8 tablets and other portable computing devices?
sources: WindowsBlogItalia via Microsoft News
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