For the past 9 months, Microsoft has lost $300 million on Surface



From DailyTech:

Microsoft’s first generation of Surface tablets wasn’t exactly a “winner” in the marketplace. Microsoft launched the Surface RT (which featured an ARM processor and an ARM-based fork of Windows) in October 2012 and Surface Pro (which featured a more traditional x86 processor and Windows 8) in early 2013. However, neither tablet line resonated well with consumers and Microsoft took a $900 million charge on unsold inventory in July 2013.

Microsoft tried again with the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, but a recent report from Computerworld suggests that even though sales are increasing, losses continue to mount for Surface. According to a 10-Q filed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the first quarter of 2014 saw Microsoft generate $494 million in revenue from its Surface tablets. While this was a healthy 50 percent gain from the same period a year ago, it was down roughly 45 percent compared to Q4 2013.

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