{"id":30332,"date":"2012-08-22T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/2012\/08\/22\/3-million-surface-tablets-expected-to-be-produced\/"},"modified":"2012-08-22T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T11:03:00","slug":"3-million-surface-tablets-expected-to-be-produced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/3-million-surface-tablets-expected-to-be-produced\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Million Surface Tablets Expected to Be Produced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1259848_calculator_1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-748\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1259848_calculator_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>Though the numbers have fluctuated significantly in the last few months since Surface\u2019s announcement, Microsoft has finally announced the number of tablets they expect to product off the bat: a whopping 3 million units.<\/p>\n<p>The estimates seem to exceed Microsoft\u2019s online store capabilities, however. &#8220;If they build a few million units there&#8217;s no way they can sell it through Microsoft store only,&#8221; said IDC analyst Bob O\u2019Donnell. &#8220;So I think that they&#8217;ll sell it through traditional retail also. You can&#8217;t build that many products without having a much wider distribution strategy. They just haven&#8217;t shared that [strategy] yet,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The $200 price point of the Surface tablet was also discussed. Instead of selling the device outright for $199, Microsoft plans to include a subscription program. If you subscribe to a service and sign a contract, the tablet can be yours for less. Otherwise, the price tag will likely be in the $500 range. &#8220;There could be two ways to get Surface. Buy it outright for, let&#8217;s say, $599. Or $199 for a two-year subscription and you can get X,Y, and Z &#8212; which, oh, by the way, works out to more than $599,&#8221; says O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell says he believes that he $199 price point is unrealistic. The new tablet is basically a computer, and the pricing of $199 on a computer would be unsuccessful. &#8220;MS Office subscription? Any Windows RT product comes with Office. 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