Did Microsoft price the Surface tablet too high?
mavis19 31 weeks ago
What do you think? Is $500 a good price for a 32 GB Surface tablet? Is Microsoft really going to be able to sell 5 million of these things in this quarter?
I agree with @pasmith here - It's too $$ :
http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/303965/microsoft-prices-surface-t...
Topic: Consumerization of IT
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Yes, Surface is overpriced. Soon Microsoft will be following in the unenviable footsteps of HP and RIM, both of which had to slash tablet prices in the face of poor sales. Look how things turned out for them.