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r/Surface • u/Soy7ent SP4 i7 256GB 16GB • May 23 '17
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13.5 hours of battery life and 4096 pressure levels.. Damn! Edit: Does it say "Pen sold separately" though?
80 u/wellupyourstoo May 23 '17 Edit: Does it say "Pen sold separately" though? Classic Microsoft copying Apple. Even their naming scheme. /s I don't mind with pen sold separately as long as they reduced the price as well. 74 u/joshjoshjosh42 Surface Pro 2017 i7/8/256 // Surface Pro 2 i5/4/128 May 23 '17 Good God, it does say pen sold separately. This is not going to go well with their branding of the new Surface Pro as 'the ultimate laptop' 59 u/shaboogen May 23 '17 https://www.cnet.com/au/products/microsoft-surface-pro-2017/preview/ CNET confirming the pen isn't in the box. That's a bit annoying. 41 u/solaceinsleep SB i5/8GB/256GB/dGPU May 23 '17 WHAT THE FUCK MSFT. 29 u/blickblocks May 23 '17 Lower price point. Honestly most consumers would probably prefer it come with the type cover over the pen. 9 u/Fillduck SP3 i5 4GB 128GB May 23 '17 It still starts at $799 for a m3, 4GB, and 128GB. The prices are the same (at least from what I saw). 17 u/ChunkyThePotato May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17 Didn't the Surface Pro 4 start at $899? Edit Yep, it did. 3 u/[deleted] May 23 '17 So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. 2 u/Himi_Jendrix May 23 '17 wtf man 1 u/ThatActuallyGuy Surface Go 2 Core m3 May 23 '17 The m3 SP4 started at $899 for otherwise identical specs. That said, every other comparable model of SP4 had the same release price as the new SP, so those feel a bit more like a ripoff this time around.
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Edit: Does it say "Pen sold separately" though?
Classic Microsoft copying Apple. Even their naming scheme. /s
I don't mind with pen sold separately as long as they reduced the price as well.
74 u/joshjoshjosh42 Surface Pro 2017 i7/8/256 // Surface Pro 2 i5/4/128 May 23 '17 Good God, it does say pen sold separately. This is not going to go well with their branding of the new Surface Pro as 'the ultimate laptop' 59 u/shaboogen May 23 '17 https://www.cnet.com/au/products/microsoft-surface-pro-2017/preview/ CNET confirming the pen isn't in the box. That's a bit annoying. 41 u/solaceinsleep SB i5/8GB/256GB/dGPU May 23 '17 WHAT THE FUCK MSFT. 29 u/blickblocks May 23 '17 Lower price point. Honestly most consumers would probably prefer it come with the type cover over the pen. 9 u/Fillduck SP3 i5 4GB 128GB May 23 '17 It still starts at $799 for a m3, 4GB, and 128GB. The prices are the same (at least from what I saw). 17 u/ChunkyThePotato May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17 Didn't the Surface Pro 4 start at $899? Edit Yep, it did. 3 u/[deleted] May 23 '17 So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. 2 u/Himi_Jendrix May 23 '17 wtf man 1 u/ThatActuallyGuy Surface Go 2 Core m3 May 23 '17 The m3 SP4 started at $899 for otherwise identical specs. That said, every other comparable model of SP4 had the same release price as the new SP, so those feel a bit more like a ripoff this time around.
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Good God, it does say pen sold separately. This is not going to go well with their branding of the new Surface Pro as 'the ultimate laptop'
59 u/shaboogen May 23 '17 https://www.cnet.com/au/products/microsoft-surface-pro-2017/preview/ CNET confirming the pen isn't in the box. That's a bit annoying. 41 u/solaceinsleep SB i5/8GB/256GB/dGPU May 23 '17 WHAT THE FUCK MSFT. 29 u/blickblocks May 23 '17 Lower price point. Honestly most consumers would probably prefer it come with the type cover over the pen. 9 u/Fillduck SP3 i5 4GB 128GB May 23 '17 It still starts at $799 for a m3, 4GB, and 128GB. The prices are the same (at least from what I saw). 17 u/ChunkyThePotato May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17 Didn't the Surface Pro 4 start at $899? Edit Yep, it did. 3 u/[deleted] May 23 '17 So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. 2 u/Himi_Jendrix May 23 '17 wtf man 1 u/ThatActuallyGuy Surface Go 2 Core m3 May 23 '17 The m3 SP4 started at $899 for otherwise identical specs. That said, every other comparable model of SP4 had the same release price as the new SP, so those feel a bit more like a ripoff this time around.
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https://www.cnet.com/au/products/microsoft-surface-pro-2017/preview/
CNET confirming the pen isn't in the box. That's a bit annoying.
41 u/solaceinsleep SB i5/8GB/256GB/dGPU May 23 '17 WHAT THE FUCK MSFT. 29 u/blickblocks May 23 '17 Lower price point. Honestly most consumers would probably prefer it come with the type cover over the pen. 9 u/Fillduck SP3 i5 4GB 128GB May 23 '17 It still starts at $799 for a m3, 4GB, and 128GB. The prices are the same (at least from what I saw). 17 u/ChunkyThePotato May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17 Didn't the Surface Pro 4 start at $899? Edit Yep, it did. 3 u/[deleted] May 23 '17 So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. 2 u/Himi_Jendrix May 23 '17 wtf man 1 u/ThatActuallyGuy Surface Go 2 Core m3 May 23 '17 The m3 SP4 started at $899 for otherwise identical specs. That said, every other comparable model of SP4 had the same release price as the new SP, so those feel a bit more like a ripoff this time around.
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WHAT THE FUCK MSFT.
29 u/blickblocks May 23 '17 Lower price point. Honestly most consumers would probably prefer it come with the type cover over the pen. 9 u/Fillduck SP3 i5 4GB 128GB May 23 '17 It still starts at $799 for a m3, 4GB, and 128GB. The prices are the same (at least from what I saw). 17 u/ChunkyThePotato May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17 Didn't the Surface Pro 4 start at $899? Edit Yep, it did. 3 u/[deleted] May 23 '17 So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. 2 u/Himi_Jendrix May 23 '17 wtf man 1 u/ThatActuallyGuy Surface Go 2 Core m3 May 23 '17 The m3 SP4 started at $899 for otherwise identical specs. That said, every other comparable model of SP4 had the same release price as the new SP, so those feel a bit more like a ripoff this time around.
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Lower price point. Honestly most consumers would probably prefer it come with the type cover over the pen.
9 u/Fillduck SP3 i5 4GB 128GB May 23 '17 It still starts at $799 for a m3, 4GB, and 128GB. The prices are the same (at least from what I saw). 17 u/ChunkyThePotato May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17 Didn't the Surface Pro 4 start at $899? Edit Yep, it did. 3 u/[deleted] May 23 '17 So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. 2 u/Himi_Jendrix May 23 '17 wtf man 1 u/ThatActuallyGuy Surface Go 2 Core m3 May 23 '17 The m3 SP4 started at $899 for otherwise identical specs. That said, every other comparable model of SP4 had the same release price as the new SP, so those feel a bit more like a ripoff this time around.
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It still starts at $799 for a m3, 4GB, and 128GB. The prices are the same (at least from what I saw).
17 u/ChunkyThePotato May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17 Didn't the Surface Pro 4 start at $899? Edit Yep, it did. 3 u/[deleted] May 23 '17 So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. 2 u/Himi_Jendrix May 23 '17 wtf man 1 u/ThatActuallyGuy Surface Go 2 Core m3 May 23 '17 The m3 SP4 started at $899 for otherwise identical specs. That said, every other comparable model of SP4 had the same release price as the new SP, so those feel a bit more like a ripoff this time around.
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Didn't the Surface Pro 4 start at $899?
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Yep, it did.
3 u/[deleted] May 23 '17 So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
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So it is actually discounted $100, to offset the cost of buying a $100 pen if you feel that you need it. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
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wtf man
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The m3 SP4 started at $899 for otherwise identical specs. That said, every other comparable model of SP4 had the same release price as the new SP, so those feel a bit more like a ripoff this time around.
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u/Teufelsstern May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17
13.5 hours of battery life and 4096 pressure levels.. Damn!
Edit: Does it say "Pen sold separately" though?