Re:Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet
by dm8 on Monday June 18, 2012 @08:14PM
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I understand that. All the cool tech/UI aside, most of the people want to know price and availability. When iPhone was first released, it launched with $299. Price alone created so much buzz like "all this awesome things at just $299, I'm getting one". Now I'm definitely interested in this product but if they price it $1000 I may or may not buy. Why not declare price right away? I'm sure they have nailed down the price. So whats the point in holding onto that.
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Re:Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet
by lazerwalker on Monday June 18, 2012 @08:35PM
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That's factually untrue. The iPhone launched at $499/$599 for 4gb/8gb models, and then a few months later had the 4gb discontinued and the 8gb dropped to $399, arguably due in no small part to people complaining how expensive it was.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone#U.S._rele...]