Peter Klein

During the presentation of the financial results for the second quarter of this fiscal year, Peter Klein, CFO of Microsoft, left some comments regarding a Surface and Microsoft's plans for its family of tablets. Some have wanted to see in his words the confirmation of new models with new price ranges. But what did the Microsoft executive actually say?

The key revolves around his response to a question about the goals Redmond intends to achieve with Surface Klein recalled what It was the initial objective of the tablet: to demonstrate the benefits of integrating Windows 8 with suitable hardware.That explains why they have initially carried out a limited distribution of Surface RT through their official stores. But now, after that first initial stage, they are ready to expand.

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Starting by taking Surface RT to more countries, those 14 that were published a few days ago, including Spain, and continuing to improve distribution through third-party stores, along with an increase in capacity of production. But also, Klein added, and I quote: we&39;re going to expand the product line. Seven words and we already have several media outlets speculating about new Surface models, cheaper or of different sizes. Which is possible, but I wouldn&39;t expect it anytime soon."

In the same reply, Peter Klein ended by saying that ">Surface RT is the only thing on the market while we wait for the Pro version, scheduled for February 9 in the United States and Canada.It would be surprising if Redmond were to stand out with new models before even seeing how the x86 version of the tablet is doing in the medium term.

Microsoft has already made it clear that they are now a service company as well as a device company, so no one should be surprised that we start to see new hardware from Microsoftevery relative little time. But transforming into a device manufacturer company, beyond peripherals or accessories and leaving Xbox aside, is not a thing from one year to the next. The very slowness in the distribution of Surface RT and certain problems to satisfy the demand recognized by Klein himself are a good example of this. In addition, we cannot ignore the added difficulty of dealing with its hardware manufacturing partners, with whom it has suddenly begun to compete.

Summarizing my point of view: Will there be new Surface models in the future? Yes, in all probability we will see new models, whether they are larger, cheaper or even other types of devices other than tablets.It will be soon? I don't think so, nobody expects Microsoft to launch a variety of its own hardware with Windows 8 in the short term. Surface RT and Surface Pro are the only reality at this time , anything else is pure speculation. That being said, and knowing my luck, tomorrow we will have ten new models, so you can thank me in the comments.

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