Why Microsoft's Surface Pro Could Fail

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 30, 2012 @04:18AM from the zombie-apocalypse-could-do-it dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Microsoft's Surface Pro boasts one feature that could rapidly become an Achilles Heel, especially if Microsoft intends for the device to compete against Apple's iPad and a host of lightweight Google Android touch-screens. In a Nov. 29 Tweet to a customer, the official Surface Twitter feed claimed: 'We expect it [Surface Pro] to have approx. half the battery life of Surface with Windows RT.' That means Surface Pro will have roughly four hours of battery life. That's roughly half the battery life (if not less) of Apple's various iPads, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Research In Motion's PlayBook, Hewlett-Packard's now-cancelled TouchPad, and Motorola's all-but-forgotten Xoom. In other words, pretty much every tablet currently on the market. Nor can the Surface Pro compete with other tablets on price. The 64GB version of the device will retail for $899, with the 128GB version coming in a little higher at $999."

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Flash memory prices by Anonymous Coward · 2012-11-30 04:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Can someone please explain to why flash memory in phones and tablets is so damn expensive? They charge in $100 increments to double storage space. It's ridiculous. At first I thought it was just scumbag Apple gouging its iTards on pricing but now MS is doing it as well. You would think they would charge less for storage to gain some kind of competitive advantage.