Sources claim that Redmond decided to give up on the tablet due to fierce competition

Jun 30, 2014 12:35 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft was expected to introduce the Surface Mini in May, but people close to the matter said that CEO Satya Nadella and Stephen Elop, now in charge of the division unit at the company, decided to postpone the project because it brought nothing new as compared to existing models.

Some reports claimed that the Surface Mini might be launched at some point in the future, but now Digitimes says that the tablet was officially killed for good.

Citing “sources from the upstream supply chain,” Microsoft killed the project because of what the source calls “fierce competition in the small-size tablet segment” and “negative responses from its brand vendor clients.”

It appears that the Surface Mini was already in an advanced production stage, and some tests have already been performed, which means that Microsoft agreed to pay all associated costs for module development and production equipment.

The Surface Mini was expected to come with an 8-inch display and an ARM processor, which means that it would have been powered by Windows RT 8.1. Microsoft reportedly planned to sell it as a note-taking device, delivered with an advanced digital pen that would make drawing and writing very fast and simple.

Of course, do not expect Microsoft to say anything on this, but we're still waiting for more information and we’ll update the article when and if we get it.