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    Surface sells out … of its tiny amount of stock?

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    This topic contains 3 replies, has 4 voices, and was last updated by  douglasrose 1 week, 5 days ago.

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    • 23/10/2012 at 4:56 pm #138404

      Renai LeMay
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      I couldn’t help but laugh when I read this article from Gizmodo. I shouldn’t expect much from Gizmodo, I know …

      Microsoft Sells Out Of 32GB Surface Tablets In Australia
      http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/10/microsoft-sells-out-of-32gb-surface-tablets-in-australia/

      “It only went up for pre-order five days ago, and already Microsoft is flush out of stock. It’s a pretty strong indication of demand considering that the tablets are only being sold online and not in stores, too.”

      Isn’t there just the tiniest possibility that Microsoft only had a tiny amount of Surface stock to start with, and that there’s consequently no real surprise that this amount has sold out?

      We’re talking here about a tablet which Microsoft has not yet allowed anyone to review, which has not yet gone on sale anywhere except Microsoft’s web site, which goes on sale in a market which is already saturated with iPad owners who have consistently declined to buy tablets from any other manufacturer … and yet Gizmodo claims that the early pre-order sale sell-out shows hot demand.

      Cthulhu give me strength.

      23/10/2012 at 6:50 pm #138415

      quink
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      Smells just like this:

      http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/istunt-apple-iphone-5-sellout-questioned-20120917-261gk.html

      > which goes on sale in a market which is already saturated with iPad owners who have consistently declined to buy tablets from any other manufacturer

      Happy Google Nexus 7 owner here. It’s better than the iPads, and Androids will be the PCs of the tablet market. Actually, I think they already are. The iPad mini, at whatever price point above $250, isn’t going to compete against that. It might have luck with those happy to be locked into the Apple ecosystem though.

      23/10/2012 at 10:02 pm #138416

      Tinman_au
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      +1 Nexus owner here to, couldn’t be happier with it :o)

      MS tablets still in the “wait and see” category for me and that’s what I’ll be recommending to my clients.

      13/05/2013 at 10:53 pm #143665

      douglasrose
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      Google nexus has a different identity than rest of tablets and ipads and it would remain maintained no matter what.

      go here

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