Leaks suggest that Microsoft will fix the price of Surface to Windows RT same as iPad, One $599. While the Surface version with Windows 8 will be about $ 999. We are looking at price margins that seem more realistic after the many rumors that have been heard in this regard.
The leak has been given to the magazine The Next Web from a source close to Microsoft. The $599 that are assigned to the version of Surface with Windows RT operating system and therefore chip ARM processor, presumably an Nvidia Tegra 3, are different from the $200 o $300 what rumors recently pointed out. It is news that, if confirmed in a decision, could get it out of the fight with iPad and its competitors, which was the goal that Microsoft had publicly set for itself. In our opinion, if this price is confirmed, consumers would be disappointed as Microsoft said that the price would be competitive.
The price of the version with Windows 8 y Intel processor of the $ 799 that was indicated from other sources. From Microsoft, it was said that this tablet would have a price similar to the average in ultrabooks, but that price line would have more to do with about $ 699, hence perhaps the rumor of $ 799, than with the $999 filtered now.
Bloomberg also received a leak a couple of days ago that suggested that Surface would come equipped only with WiFi and not with a 3G or LTE connection and in two storage versions: one of 32 GB and the other of 64 GB. The $ 599 price for the Surface RT would refer to the 32GB version.
If all these rumors are confirmed, Surface would have it more difficult to become a ipad-killer and it would become one more tablet. While these limitations could be covered by the functionality of its ultra-thin keyboard cover and performance we don't know about yet, the price could put it out of the market. Hopefully Microsoft does not confirm these prices.
Sources: The Next Web / Bloomberg