24 Facts About Microsoft Surface

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Microsoft Surface is a series of touchscreen-based personal computers, tablets and interactive whiteboards designed and developed by Microsoft, running the Microsoft Windows operating system, apart from the Surface Duo, which runs on Android.

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Surface was the first major initiative by Microsoft to integrate its Windows operating system with its own hardware, and is the first PC designed and distributed solely by Microsoft.

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Sinofsky initially stated that pricing for the first Microsoft Surface would be comparable to other ARM devices and pricing for Microsoft Surface Pro would be comparable to current ultrabooks.

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In November 2012, Ballmer described the distribution approach to Surface as "modest" and on November 29 of that year, Microsoft revealed the pricing for the 64 GB and 128 GB versions of Surface with Windows 8 Pro.

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In June 2016, Microsoft confirmed production of the Surface 3 would stop in December of that year.

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Originally, the design of Microsoft Surface was to feature a full "VaporMg" design, but the production models ditched this and went with a "VaporMg" coating.

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The Microsoft Surface Laptop is available in four colors: platinum, graphite gold, burgundy, and cobalt blue.

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8.

The second generation added a 55 degrees angle position which according to Microsoft Surface makes the device more comfortable to type on the lap.

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Alongside the Surface Neo, Microsoft unveiled the Surface Duo, a dual-screen Android mobile device with a similar design.

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10.

The Microsoft Surface Pen is designed to integrate with inking capabilities on Windows including OneNote.

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11.

In 2013, Microsoft announced that they were going to design other covers for the Surface accessory spine based on the Touch Cover 2's sensors.

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12.

In October 2012, Microsoft aired its first commercial, directed by Jon Chu, for the Surface product line.

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13.

In 2014, Microsoft announced a five-year, $400 million deal with the National Football League, in which Surface became the official tablet computer brand of the NFL.

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Microsoft Surface has since stated that it "coached" commentators on properly referring to the devices on-air.

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15.

Microsoft Surface 3 received generally positive reviews from computer critics.

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Reviewers note that 37 GB of the total storage space in the low-end Microsoft Surface 3 is available to the user, while its close competitor, the low-end iPad Air 2, has only 12.

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When Surface was first announced, critics noted that the device represented a significant departure for Microsoft, as the company had previously relied exclusively on third-party OEMs to produce devices running Windows, and began shifting towards a first-party hardware model with similarities to that of Apple.

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Original equipment manufacturers, whose products have traditionally run Microsoft operating systems, have had positive responses to the release of Surface.

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19.

John Solomon, senior vice president of HP, said that "Microsoft Surface was basically making a leadership statement and showing what's possible in the tablet space".

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20.

Acer founder Stan Shih said that he believed Microsoft Surface only introduced its own hardware in order to establish the market and would then withdraw in favor of its OEMs.

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21.

Sales of the first generation Surface did not meet Microsoft's expectations, which led to price reductions and other sales incentives.

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22.

Poor sales of the ARM-based Surface tablet had been credited to the continuing market dominance of Microsoft's competitors in the tablet market.

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23.

Microsoft Surface division scored $888 million for Q4 2015 despite an overall loss of $2.

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24.

Microsoft Surface has acknowledged a bug in the Windows key that does not always work, but has promised a fix.

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