Five Million Units Prepare Microsoft Surface

Microsoft was not kidding when plunging into the tablet market. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, Wednesday (10/17/2012), Microsoft has planned Surface in large volume production.

According to the supplier in question, the figure mentioned is equal in order done Amazon for the Kindle Fire and Google with its Nexus 7. However, unlike the case with tablets 'mini' from Apple.

This report comes from component suppliers in Asia, which said that Microsoft had booked 3-5 million tablets in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Tablet Surface has a thickness of 9.3 mm with a weight of 1.5 pounds, not much different from the iPad. This tool comes with a built-in kickstand and a magnetic cover that doubles as a touch keyboard.

Reportedly, the component supplier for Apple in Asia has received orders to make more than 10 million units of a smaller tablet (iPad Mini) for the same quarter.

For the price, the public was not curious anymore because Microsoft is to reveal it, which start from USD 499 to USD 699. Microsoft Surface will start shipping on 26 October, was later much to the Apple event held on October 23, believed to be the 'date of birth' iPad mini.