Microsoft has just started a flash sale in the United Kingdom for the Surface Pro 3 tablet, in an attempt supposed to help clear out inventories and get ready for the new model coming in October.
The discount is only available for the top-of-the-range configurations coming with Intel i7 processors and 8GB of RAM and are the biggest Microsoft has offered until now.
The new price of the Surface Pro 3 models is as follows:
256GB / 8GB RAM (£194.85/$296 discount) - original price £1,299/$1,980, now £1,104.15/$1,680 |
512GB / 8GB RAM (£232.35/$353 discount) - original price £1,549/$2,360, now £1,316.65/$2,000 |
The successor
October 6 is the day when Microsoft will officially announce the Surface Pro 4, successor to the Surface Pro 3 and the company's new high-end tablet.
Details are missing for the time being, but sources close to the matter previously indicated that Redmond could go for two different sizes this time: a regular 12-inch 2-in-1 device that would be very similar to the Surface Pro 3 and a bigger 14-inch model that would compete against the high-end laptops on the market.
Both would come with powerful hardware, such as Intel's new Skylake processor lineup, 8GB of RAM, a touch-capable screen, and a digital pen for writing and drawing. Obviously, Windows 10 will power the new models.
In terms of pricing, expect the Surface Pro 4 series to be very expensive, with the bigger and top-of-the-range model to cost more than $2,000 (the high-end Surface Pro 3 configuration launched with a price of $1,950, so its successor is very likely to get past this threshold).