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Analyst: Microsoft to sell 3 million Surface RT tablets this year

IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell has said this week that Microsoft plans to sell 3 million ARM-based Surface tablets this year, a strong figure considering it is a new product and will not launch until late October.

The company is releasing its first ever tablet built for ARM processors, on October 26th.



Microsoft will not release its Intel/AMD-based Surface until early 2013.

For comparison's sake, Apple sold 17 million iPads last quarter, and Amazon sold 5 million Kindle Fire in the popular holiday quarter of last year.

Although rumored at a $199 price point, most believe it will likely launch at $299, if not higher.

For more information on the Surface, check here: Microsoft unveils Surface

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 25 Aug 2012 18:13

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• 4 comments

• KillerBug

  They better start selling them quick, only a matter of time before Apple sues them for using a rounded rectangle.
  

  
  

  26.8.2012 02:48 #1

• DDR4life

  /\ Agreed.
  

  26.8.2012 18:47 #2

• Ripper

  HP Touchpad, anyone?
  

  
  

  26.8.2012 19:09 #3

• 1nsan3

  i cant wait to get one of these NOT.
  
  Lol i seen a guy in town the other day taking pictures with an Ipad, or some ASTRONOMICAL HUGE TABLET lol. damn that was funny. i would never own any tablet, it just screams FAGGIT! lol
  Or i want everyone to know i have a HUGE tablet.
  are u really gonna sit on a bench in the park and do your business on it, or check out freakbook and see who dropped the larges turd on facebook. mine as well toot around a 32" flatscreen touchscreen lol

  27.8.2012 21:54 #4