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Microsoft's cheapest Surface tablet won't cost $1K |
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Written by Wayne
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Friday, 27 July 2012 16:43 |
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Reports of $1,000 and $2,000 Surface tablets on a Swedish e-commerce site are much ado about nothing -- the numbers were not based on actual prices from Microsoft. Those of you eyeing a Microsoft Surface tablet won't have to cough up $1,000 or $2,000 for the privilege. The rumor mill was buzzing yesterday after Swedish Website Webhallen listed prices for the four different Surface models ranging from $1,002 up to $2,150. But now it turns on that the site's prices weren't based on anything in the real world. Responding to a query from blogging site Techie Buzz, Webhallen confirmed that it's received no information on pricing from Microsoft. The site instead claimed that it jacked up the prices on the tablet to lure in eager customers. "Our customers are very interested in pre-ordering these products, so we have set a high preliminary pricing for the lineup so that they may be able to pre-order them," Webhallen told Techie Buzz...Learn more at windows8newsinfo forum.
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