Microsoft Completes Price Cuts, Lowering Entry Price for Surface Pro 3 to $699

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) 12-inch Surface Pro 3 hybrid laptop-cum-tablet is getting cheaper -- $100 cheaper, to be precise.

The third-gen Surface Pro comes in five SKUs, which had previously ranged in price from from $799 USD to $1,949. These tablets come with various flavors of dual-core Intel Corp. (INTC) Haswell processors ranging from a 1.5 GHz (no turbo) Core i3-4020Y to the 1.7 GHz (w/ 3.3 GHz turbo) Core i7-4650U. They pack solid state drives ranging from 64 to 512 GB.

Two weeks ago Microsoft cut the price of the mid-range SKUs by $100.

Now it's completed that cut with $100 off the entry level (Core i3 + 64 GB SSD) and high end (Core i7 + 512 GB SSD) model. And it's also sharing even more love, giving away a free protective sleeve worth $39.99 USD to all Surface Pro 3 buyers.

The price cuts mean you can get a Surface Pro 3 now for as little as $699.00 USD -- effectively 12.5% off the original price. It's important to remember that while the Surface Pro 3 comes with its specialist stylus pen, the type cover which turns it into a laptop stand-in costs an additional $129.99 USD.

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