14 DAY TRIAL // We’re definitely hearing this a lot: it appears that Microsoft’s very own Surface Pro 3 is sold out almost everywhere following surprisingly big demand, so the company used the occasion not only to tell users that more devices are on their way to stores, but also to brag about how fast its new product is selling.
Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 3 on May 20 and the first units shipped to the United States and Canada the next month, while the public debut in 25 new markets took place in August.
And despite all this, the company says that it’s fighting with limited supply in many of the countries where the Surface Pro 3 is available, pointing to China, Germany, and Australia as living proof.
“Due to the response, Surface Pro 3 is in limited supply in some markets. Given the interest that we saw as part of our US launch, retailers ordered what we thought was a healthy amount of Surface Pro 3s for these new markets. It turns out that we didn’t ship enough,” Microsoft said.
“At some retailers in Australia, Surface sold out by lunchtime on launch day. In China, retailers are sold out of the Core i5 and i7 models. And devices are hard to come by in Germany, New Zealand, Korea, and at one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom.”
The Surface Pro 3 is the most advanced Microsoft tablet to date, coming with a 12-inch screen, several CPU configurations ranging in between Intel Core i3 and i7, up to 8 GB of RAM, and a maximum of 512 GB of storage space depending on the version you choose.
Pricing remains the only drawback (although this doesn’t seem to matter that much), as the top of the range model can be yours in the United States for nearly $2,000 (1,500 euros).