Microsoft reveals the price of Surface RT,starting from $499 or $599 with Touch Cover keyboard

In conjunction with the launch of the campaign , Microsoft has unveiled the selling prices for the U.S. of its  Surface tablet. At the time it was made ​​public only the price of the ARM version of Windows 8 and the U.S. users can pre-order the tablet in short time through Microsoft official site.

As you can see the prices start at $499 for the 32 GB version without the keyboard\cover to get to $599 and $699 for the 32 and 64 GB versions are included with the keyboard\cover.This can be purchased separately and are available in different colors (white, red, black, blue, purple, and others) from $ 119.99.

So, the prices are particularly aggressive,in course directly to undermine the new Ipad, sold in the United States at the same figure of $ 499 Wi-Fi only version and 16GB of storage, without considering the difference in size of the display: much more resolute on the device Apple but nearly an inch wider on the Surface RT.

The first tablet Microsoft's history will be on sale from October 26 in the U.S. , at this time there is no confirmation for the launch date for the European market.

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