Microsoft has announced that it will stop making Surface 3 tablets by the end of 2016, after some reports that several retailers have stopped selling the tablet. The Intel Atom-powered tablet was announced back in March last year as the affordable variant of the Surface Pro 3, starting at $499. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface 3 production will stop by December 2016”
This week we saw Meizu’s latest flagship smartphone MX5, new variant of Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with a faster processor, Huawei Honor 7 with fingerprint sensor and many more. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Meizu MX5 and 10,000mAh power bank, new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 variant, Huawei Honor 7 and more”
The Redmond giant on Thursday announced that company’s quarterly revenue ending March 2015 period grew to $21.7 billion, which is overall 6 percent growth from the same quarter last year, but the net $4.99 billion profit this time around is down from last year’s $5.66 billion in the same quarter. Continue reading “Microsoft Q3 FY15 results: Cloud strengthens, Windows stumble”
Microsoft just announced Surface 3, an affordable variant of the the Surface Pro 3 tablet that was announced last year. This is powered by quad-core Intel Atom x7 (Cherry Trail) processor, has a 10.8-inch HD screen with 3:2 aspect ratio and runs on 64-bit Windows 8.1 OS, which is updradable to Windows 10 once available. It is slightly thinner at 8.7mm and lighter at 622g compared to the Surface Pro 3 with a 12-inch screen. Microsoft says that it is the thinnest and lightest Surface the company has ever shipped. It also comes with LTE variant with built-in nano SIM slot. As usual it comes with one-year subscription to Office 365. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface 3 with 10.8-inch HD display, Intel Atom x7 processor announced, starts at $499”
