Microsoft just announced a bunch of new hardware: the Surface Studio 2, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Pro, and…Surface Headphones. To go along with all this new hardware, Microsoft has announced a new subscription service for Surface: Surface All Access.
With Surface All Access, you can purchase any Surface device over a 24-month contract, starting at $24.99 a month. Once you have the subscription, you get free access to Office, as well as in-store training and top-tier support form the company. You can use the service to buy any Surface device you want and pay for it over a 24-month contract. Here is a breakdown:
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Surface All Acess is much like Microsoft’s Xbox All Access, so this isn’t a huge surprise. Either way, if you haven’t been able to afford Surface devices in the past, this could be a good option to look into. It’s only available in the United States, by the way.
Bats
<p>You know what? With 0% internest. this is actually a good DEAL! It's actually an EXCELLENT deal. For the price alone, people should automatically consider this as an option to own a Surface product. However, with all the problem the Surface line is having, I would like to know what does "World Class Protection and Support" mean? Are we talking next day replacement or loaner? Lost or accidental damage insurace? What? This is a Surface product. It will have problems. When it does, you don't want to be connected to a person in India, who is only going to relay the incident to another tech person somewhere in the USA.</p><p><br></p><p>To be honest, I don't trust Panos Panay. Obviously Surface computers don't sell well. That line where Panos talked about his dad teaching him to make importance in doing quality work to only find out weeks later how the Surface computers are so unreliable, paints him as a con-man to me. </p>
shameermulji
<p>"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> It’s only available in the United States, by the way."</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gee, why am I not surprised.</span></p>
PeterC
<p>sorry to be a party pooper – but seriously. US only. Like Xbox all access and a lot of recent app features.</p><p><br></p><p>Microsoft are retreating in more ways than one people. No ambition.</p>
PeterC
<blockquote><em><a href="#339787">In reply to danmac:</a></em></blockquote><p>Except they have existing uk banking financing relationships for services and product, as well as in other strategic territories. Look I know it’s anumbers game, if they’re confident of units sold in a business quarter they will simply launch the finance program. However Microsoft’s retrenchment is at play here, and the key word is confidence. They’ve taken a battering internally and externally speaking over the last 5 years, and it shows up in so much of Microsoft’s statements, language and ahem…. reasoning.</p><p><br></p><p>I tried to to buy the surface connector to usb-c dongle this week. It’s not for sale In the UK and there’s no planned release date. ??? Just think about that. Is it available anywhere outside the US? Do let me know.</p><p><br></p><p>Retrenchment is affecting this companys psyche in ways they’re not fully appreciating and they’re leaving gaping holes for their competitors to occupy, and not just in the specific areas they decided to pull back from. </p><p><br></p><p>There only 2 reasons for this. 1 is because they’re not making the sales required, or 2 they’re not confident of making the sales required. </p><p><br></p><p>Do the same issues affect Microsoft 365 product service offerings? No in my opinion. </p><p><br></p><p>Microsoft have a crisis of confidence in hardware and its showing, big time. At some point they will have to show some ambition or just retreat to the software/services model only.</p><p><br></p><p>ive had a few surfaces, but the problems with them and the docks have been too numerous to mention. Not the design or the form factors, but the actual hardware. I love the surface, however Microsoft should probably do themselves a favour and sell it to another OEM. Focus on software, leave hardware. It’s clearly going to happen with Xbox gaming as they deliver on the streaming platform in the coming 5 years. </p><p><br></p><p>Look at the surface refresh that just happened. My immediate reaction was how many refurbed models or unused inventory are they sitting on wrapping in new cases trying to sell? I didn’t want to think that – but I did.</p><p><br></p><p>sorry for the lengthy reply – but I seriously think people are missing what’s occurring here. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>