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Nsanity on 14 March 2013

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According to Bloomberg, who have sources with knowledge of sales at Microsoft, the Surface has only sold 1.5 million units to date. Out of the 1.5 million, 400,000 of those sales are for the more powerful Surface Pro, while the remaining 1.1 million are naturally for the ARM-powered Surface RT.

While the overall number of sales isn't particularly amazing, especially comparing it to the 22.9 million iPads sold in the quarter ending in December 2012, it does show the remarkably quick adoption of the Surface Pro. The Pro was only made available in mid-February, meaning that all 400K sales have occurred in a one-month period, despite persistent stock shortage issues at the Microsoft Store and other retailers.

Meanwhile, the Surface RT was released in late October 2012, equating to roughly 225,000 sales per month since its launch; not to mention how the Surface RT is more widely available, including locations outside North America. It just goes to show that, unsurprisingly, consumers are more interested in a powerful Windows 8 tablet with full legacy application support, rather than a Windows RT machine with limited capabilities.

Source: Bloomberg



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NiKKoM on 14 March 2013

Extremly dissappointing.. I got an RT for work, its a nice device but just too late.. I already spend hunderds of dollars in iOS apps and maybe 150 in android stuff so i wont be switching...



 

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Trunkin on 14 March 2013

That's...bad? How much do tablets like this normally sell? iPad excluded, of course.



thranx on 15 March 2013
NiKKoM said:
Extremly dissappointing.. I got an RT for work, its a nice device but just too late.. I already spend hunderds of dollars in iOS apps and maybe 150 in android stuff so i wont be switching...


I think there is a crack out so you can use "legacy" programs on the Surface RT. Not 100% sure, but I thought someone posted about it.



Soundwave on 15 March 2013

These sales are mediocre to be honest. 400k Surface Pros in a month isn't impressive either considering there was a lot of "tech heads" waiting for that launch, subsequent months will drop.



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Soleron on 15 March 2013

Finally hard numbers about the RT launch sucking.



ironmanDX on 15 March 2013

Only 1.5 million? 400k in a month? It doesn't sound that bad. Especially for their first tablet.... thing.



NiKKoM on 15 March 2013
kowenicki said:
Who cares really?

Windows 8 tablets generic is what really matters. I'd like to see that number by the end of 2013 and 2014.

I suspect that eventually this will be like saying Android is a flop because Google don't sell many phones.

C'mon kowen.. this is the flagship win8 tablet.. you can't deny its not doing well..



 

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Nsanity on 15 March 2013

Are Microsoft stores the only places that are selling this device?



ironmanDX on 15 March 2013
NiKKoM said:
kowenicki said:
Who cares really?

Windows 8 tablets generic is what really matters. I'd like to see that number by the end of 2013 and 2014.

I suspect that eventually this will be like saying Android is a flop because Google don't sell many phones.

C'mon kowen.. this is the flagship win8 tablet.. you can't deny its not doing well..


The flagship is the pro wich has sold 400k in a month. That's alot of $$$.