Surface outselling the Nexus 10, and Microsoft makes money - Tom's Hardware Guide

The Surface tablet in circulation are more than 10 Google Nexus . Considering the cost of production and reloading means that Microsoft could reap gains from its interesting new products for mobility. The news is reported by Forbes, who for sales of Surface refers to the well-known counts Bloomberg ( about a million and a half of Surface, of which 400,000 Windows Pro ), while for the Nexus 10 gives credence to the calculation freelance analyst Benedict Evans.

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Into Recall that neither Microsoft nor Google have never published official data on the number of units sold by the products in question. To deduce (with a margin of error to be taken into account, Ed) Evans started from the data “xlarge XHDPI”, which identify the screen of the Nexus 10, ruled that China relies on a Play Store in itself. What results is that are active in total 680,000 Nexus 10 .

Into clear right away that it is for the Nexus 10 is for Surface numbers are infinitesimal compared to those of market-leading products. The Nexus is also seen as a product guide that should inspire those of other producers to realize the true best seller Android.

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Nexus 10

Microsoft’s speech is a bit ‘different, because Surface embodies the company’s challenge in the context of mobility . Analysts and investors are monitoring the situation to understand how the market incorporates the emblem of the tablet system with Microsoft. If the estimated margins are correct, we are talking about $ 500 for each Surface Pro sold. The Redmond company would then already grossed $ 200 million.

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If Into Microsoft in 2013 were able to put four or five million of Surface Pro would gain earnings noteworthy. From there to bridge the gap with Android and iOS goes there, but at least it would be a positive indication to work on. Then if you decide to Microsoft lower prices would not be so difficult to center a target altogether modest.