Initially, there was space and Surface Pro. The first turning on Windows RT and included an ARM processor. The second, which is in its third iteration, would be a hybrid machine oriented pros Windows 8 x86.
Windows RT and Surface frankly have not received a warm welcome. The range of tablets was thus stalled. But Microsoft has not given up a run-largest consumer tablet less powerful and expensive than Surface Pro. The publisher, however, seriously revised its copy.
So unveiling Surface 3, the company breaks with the ARM architecture and declination RT that she had not planned anyway to migrate to Windows 10. The V3 will be on sale from May 7 (but available for pre-order on April 1 in France), run Windows 8.1 and carry an Intel Atom processor. A version of 4G will be launched in the coming months.
As such, as the other terminals 8.x for Windows, users can migrate to Windows 10 for free when the OS is finalized . Side specifications Surface 3 is a tablet with a 10.8 inch screen (against 10.6 to Surface 2) for a 1920×1280 definition with a 3: 2 ratio. Forgot your 16: 9 of the previous version. Too bad for those who hold a Surface 2 and thought to keep their accessories
Another notable trend. Surface is now compatible with a stylus, so far reserved for Surface Pro. To enjoy it, it will get rid of 50 euros. The keyboard is no more a default accessory of Microsoft tablet. For “replace your computer” as the editor wishes eligible, the consumer will have to pay a hundred dollars more.
The price has instead changed him. With Surface 2, the entry level was at 439 euros, but with only 32GB of storage (and still 2 GB of RAM). Area 3 is available in 64-GB and 128 GB (4 GB of RAM) 599 and 719 euros respectively.
Still, for Agnes Van de Walle, director of the Windows division Devices of Microsoft France, area 3 is “offered at an affordable price.” Knowing that the average price of tablets acquired in France in 2014 was 203 euros, it’s easy to say. But is primarily a question of positioning.
With Surface 3, Microsoft clearly does not shift to the entry and therefore treats its margins in a market characterized since the year last in a serious downturn. Aggressiveness very relative surface 3 price can therefore be justified.
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