Report: Microsoft Won’t Be Announcing Surface Mini Today, Only Bigger Surface Pro

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There is a new report from Computerworld claiming that Microsoft won’t be unveiling the much anticipated Surface Mini device at the press event scheduled later today in the US.

Since last month, we have seen various reports from Bloomberg to Neowin claiming that Microsoft will reveal a ARM based Surface Mini device that will include Stylus support.

Microsoft is also expected to reveal a bigger Surface Pro device that will start with Intel Core i3 CPU/64GB for $799 to Intel Core i7/512GB for $1899.

Today, Computerworld reports that Microsoft won’t be revealing a Surface Mini device.

Instead, Microsoft will reveal a Surface Pro device with large screen targeting the enterprise and pro customers.

The anticipated Surface, which many had assumed would be a device with a 7- or 8-in. screen — dubbed by wags as the “Surface Mini” — will, in fact, not be unveiled Tuesday at Microsoft’s New York event. Instead, Microsoft will, the sources agreed, increase the size of the Surface Pro’s screen, not dive into the smaller...

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New York - Microsoft is holding a Surface-themed event that was expected for a time to include the unveiling of a new, smaller Surface device -- the Surface Mini as it was dubbed by the media. Not so, it now appears. Reports have cropped up that a smaller device isn't happening, and that instead, Microsoft will release a larger screened Surface device. Color me excited. I've since ...

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In spite of numerous leaks indicating an ARM-based Surface was going to be launched at Microsoft's "small gathering" in New York City, no such device materialized. What happened?

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Microsoft’s Surface event got over few hours back.

While everyone of us were expecting Microsoft to reveal a 7-8 inch Windows RT tablet based on Qualcomm processor, Microsoft revealed Surface Pro 3 device based on Intel Core CPUs.

So, What happened to much rumored Surface Mini. Microsoft decided to delay it for now due to couple of reasons. Bloomberg reports that Microsoft was not confident that the product offered enough differentiation from the competitors to release_in the market. Microsoft doesn’t want to do the same mistake it did with Surface RT. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and Executive Vice President Stephen Elop decided that the product in development wasn't different enough from rivals and probably wouldn't be a hit, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans weren't public.

Engineers had been working on the device and had planned to unveil it as early as today at an event in New York, two of the people said. Instead, the company removed any references ...

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At today's Surface event in New York, Microsoft unveiled the brand new Surface Pro 3, which combines an Intel Haswell processor with a 12-inch 3:2 display in a thin and surprisingly light body. However many people were also expecting Microsoft to launch a smaller 8-inch Surface mini, which has been...



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Earlier today when_Microsoft’s Surface event was wrapping, and_Greg Chiemingo took to the stage to head off a stampede of writers trying_to get their hands on the latest device, tweets were still kicking around wondering what had happened: Where the heck was the much-rumored smaller Surface? Bloomberg published a piece later in the day indicating that Microsoft had worked on the ...

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