Microsoft Surface Deemed A Dud, Q4 Sales Could Come In Below 1M Units

[tom bhayya]

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While some [url="http://bgr.com/2012/11/19/microsoft-surface-review-month-one/"]see potential in Microsoft’s Surface tablet[/url], most industry watchers appear to have written off the device at this point. [url="http://bgr.com/2012/11/29/microsoft-surface-sales-2012-rumor/"]Orders were reportedly cut in half following a slow launch[/url], and [url="http://bgr.com/tag/microsoft"]Microsoft’s[/url] ([url="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT"]MSFT[/url]) debut slate has been hammered time and time again by reviewers and analysts. The latest to pile on is Boston-based brokerage firm [color=#366388]Detwiler Fenton[/color], which estimates that when all is said and done, [color=#366388]Microsoft[/color] will have sold fewer than 1 million [url="http://bgr.com/tag/surface"]Surface[/url] tablets in the slate’s debut quarter.[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Georgia, Times,]
In a note to clients picked up by [i]Forbes[/i], the firm states that Surface sales in the December quarter are shaping up to fall into the 500,000 to 600,000-unit range, well below its earlier estimates of between 1 million and 2 million units. According to Detwiler, Microsoft’s tablet strategy appears to be “in disarray.”[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Georgia, Times,]
The firm points to a high price tag, the lack of adequate distribution and mixed reviews as key factors contributing to the Surface’s apparent flop. Had Microsoft priced the slate more competitively and sold the tablet through leading retailers like [url="http://bgr.com/tag/best-buy"]Best Buy[/url] ([url="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BBY"]BBY[/url]), we might be telling a different story according to Detwiler.[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Georgia, Times,]
In a brief positive note, Detwiler said it still sees potential in Intel-based [url="http://bgr.com/tag/windows-8"]Windows 8[/url] notebooks, which are handily outselling the Surface with Windows RT.[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Georgia, Times,]
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[Spartan]

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[graham]

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[Spartan]

[quote name='mickey' timestamp='1354740161' post='1302901489']
899 anta malli pro di. ridiculous.
[/quote]

manufacturing cost effect...adi...


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[prayaanam]

Microsoft and IBM products sucks....too many bugs............

in OS, Visual Studio and other tools....Inka IBM pethi product sucks...

Excel and Outlook...no one can replace them..........they are good at that..

[ChampakDas]

expected dhey sad though ....

[tom bhayya]

[quote name='ChittiNaidu' timestamp='1354740230' post='1302901498']
manufacturing cost effect...adi...


Apple products made in CHina..veedivi assembled in US...anukunta...anduke high prices...
[/quote]
customer ki ee sollu antha anavasaram rey

[Chimidi_Mukku]

antha price ki etla vayya janalu konedi..

[Spartan]

[quote name='Alexander' timestamp='1354740409' post='1302901520']
customer ki ee sollu antha anavasaram rey
[/quote]
konta amndi patriot edaval untar kada.....ma desam lo jobs anni teskopoi china vallaki situnnaru ani..

allaki mind blast aitadi....they shud propagate this.....

[tom bhayya]

[quote name='ChittiNaidu' timestamp='1354740467' post='1302901529']
konta amndi patriot edaval untar kada.....ma desam lo jobs anni teskopoi china vallaki situnnaru ani..

allaki mind blast aitadi....they shud propagate this.....
[/quote]
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[Spartan]

[quote name='Alexander' timestamp='1354740592' post='1302901537']
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[/quote]
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[mastikaraja]

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