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Microsoft Retail Stores Offering at Least $200 for iPad Trade-In

I wonder how much all the people who scooped up the blackberry tablets at a deep discount are loving them today?
 
traded my ipad2 for lenovo thinkpad 2 tablet paid just 199

i just trade my ipad 2. FYI i am not fan of any brand or sales/mkting rep.

i went to microsoft store in salen mall NH with my ipad2 32gb white. i got 200 for it initially but i convinced that i will buy a windows phone and windows tablet in the store. so he gave me another 50dollars. also there is a promo. if you sign up for any workshop for first time you get 10% off. so finally i got lumia 1020 for for 199 dollars and got a free 74dollar camera grip free. With a total of 250 plus 10% off i got lenovo thinkpad tablet 2 with 64gb which runs windows 8 pro for 199 dollars.

you would be stupid not to take such a deadly deal xchange offer for thinpad tablet2 for 199. thinkpad 2 is a tablet and a full blown windows 8 pc/laptop plus it runs 10 hours battery. They had Asus tablet with similar spec and it also had office s/w. but i went for thinkpad 2 because it had stylus pen

i am not sure if all stores are so generous. i was pretty amazed by the store's generosity and setup too with xbox kinnect theme going on, and some 3d printing machine on display.

i think ppl here are mis informed at least on this - you can buy any product in exchange for ipad in microsoft store not just microsoft surface.
 
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It would be a better deal on trading in a first gen IPad + $149 or a second gen straight up for a Surface. I would consider it if the deal included the first gen. Next to the nexus, IPad and maybe the Transformer, the Surface is one of the better tablets out there.
 
Renzatic said:
It's not necessarily about being able to do more work than it is being able to work on it more comfortably. Dense PPI displays allow you to pack smaller amounts of information more closely together while still keeping things legible. Looking at a webpage on a Retina iPad in portrait orientation is a good example of this. I can read the text on an unzoomed webpage without struggling at all, despite the fact it's probably less than half the point size of the text displayed on my 24" 1080p monitor.
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*shrugs*

I haven't been uncomfortable typing on my Surface RT... and I wear glasses.
 
Konrad9 said:
If Apple did this you would be applauding them for their amazing business skills.
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In this case, "If Apple did this..." is equivalent of saying "If the USA gave itself up and became an English colony once again..."

Likely to happen any time soon, you think?
 
I would see it being successful if Microsoft applied it to iPads 1st gen. But not for a Surface. Give me a Bay Trail tablet like the Transformer T100 and I'm set.
 
I don't see many people running out to exchange their iPads for the surface as that would be downgrading. For crying out loud people complain that the iPad could be thinner and or much lighter, the surface is a dog-gon mattress, MS obviously are aware of this and it's why you can put that money towards any ms product.
 
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Renzatic said:
I don't want to call anyone out here unnecessarily, but I think MTR is what an actual astorturfer looks like.

Having an opinion is one thing. Having a post that looks like a barely concealed advertisement is another.
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I am not compelled to respond to your accusations but which part of my comment looks like an ad to you? You can call the store and find out about this
- They are giving free 74$ camera grip with Nokia Lumia 1020 (http://www.microsoftstore.com/store...843000?Icid=Homepage_Hero_1_Lumia_1020_091513)
- They are giving 200+ for ipad2 +
- They have in store discount for attending a workshop - I dont have the link but you can call up
- Lennovo thinkpad 2 tablet PC is 499 without discount (http://www.microsoftstore.com/store...ad-Tablet-2-Windows-8-Pro/productID.265664400). and I got it for 199 with all the above discounts - and this tablet runs full windows 8 pro AND run 10 hours on battery

Is that fair enough now?

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RenoG said:
I don't see many people running out to exchange their iPads for the surface as that would be downgrading. For crying out loud people complain that the iPad could be thinner and or much lighter, the surface is a dog-gon mattress, MS obviously are aware of this and it's why you can put that money towards any ms product.
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FYI they are offering you a store gift card in exchange for ipad2+. You can you buy anything in the store (including xbox one).
 
RenoG said:
I don't see many people running out to exchange their iPads for the surface as that would be downgrading. For crying out loud people complain that the iPad could be thinner and or much lighter, the surface is a dog-gon mattress, MS obviously are aware of this and it's why you can put that money towards any ms product.
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You are absolutely right, and that has to do with MS piss poor strategy in terms of hardware. An atom windows tablet, however, runs rings around an ipad, but for some strange reason MS chose to ignore it completely and instead make a hardware niche flawed product in the surface pro, and a software severely flawed product in RT.

Obviously I am the odd man out here, but I traded in my ipad for an atom windows tablet and I am never looking back, I have zero desire or need to ever touch my ipad again.

This holiday season we have Baytrail coming out, which is a huge upgrade for the Atom tablets. But once again MS is wasting a huge opportunity by not having a Baytrail tablet, which IMO trounces the ipad.
 
spinedoc77 said:
You are absolutely right, and that has to do with MS piss poor strategy in terms of hardware. An atom windows tablet, however, runs rings around an ipad, but for some strange reason MS chose to ignore it completely and instead make a hardware niche flawed product in the surface pro, and a software severely flawed product in RT.

Obviously I am the odd man out here, but I traded in my ipad for an atom windows tablet and I am never looking back, I have zero desire or need to ever touch my ipad again.

This holiday season we have Baytrail coming out, which is a huge upgrade for the Atom tablets. But once again MS is wasting a huge opportunity by not having a Baytrail tablet, which IMO trounces the ipad.
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which windows tablet did you buy? I recently bought Lenovo Thinkpad2 and agree with you, not going back to Ipad again. I owned 4 generations of Iphones and 3 generations of Ipads. They were pretty good, but honestly I got bored - although they were beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed them. I was looking for a change and bought Thinkpad2 for 199 (with discounts and trade-ins) and yes the change is good.
 
MTR77 said:
which windows tablet did you buy? I recently bought Lenovo Thinkpad2 and agree with you, not going back to Ipad again. I owned 4 generations of Iphones and 3 generations of Ipads. They were pretty good, but honestly I got bored - although they were beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed them. I was looking for a change and bought Thinkpad2 for 199 (with discounts and trade-ins) and yes the change is good.
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Yep, Lenovo thinkpad tablet 2 here, it's an AMAZING little computer, and that's with the old dual core Atom, I just can't imagine how insanely nice it will be with baytrail which is a complete revamp of the atom cpu and comes with real graphics.
 
that is great.

I will sell it for 200$ but I need it cash.

Let me think I need somebody who will give me 199 for 200 gift card. So I can buy iPad 5
 
spinedoc77 said:
Yep, Lenovo thinkpad tablet 2 here, it's an AMAZING little computer, and that's with the old dual core Atom, I just can't imagine how insanely nice it will be with baytrail which is a complete revamp of the atom cpu and comes with real graphics.
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I keep hearing this and it has my attention as well, however I have no need for anything more than what the iPad does for me. Between the iPad and my MacBook Pro I can't justify anything else outside of simply blowing money irresponsibly.
 
RenoG said:
I keep hearing this and it has my attention as well, however I have no need for anything more than what the iPad does for me. Between the iPad and my MacBook Pro I can't justify anything else outside of simply blowing money irresponsibly.
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I totally understand. For me i got rid of my MacBook air and iPad, as they were redundant next to a windows tablet, but others may need a full power laptop. I'm hoping power won't be an issue anymore with the new chips coming out. Plus some baytrail tablets have already been outed and they will be in the $349 range, a far cry from the expense of a laptop and an iPad, which for my needs would be a much larger waste of money.
 
spinedoc77 said:
I totally understand. For me i got rid of my MacBook air and iPad, as they were redundant next to a windows tablet, but others may need a full power laptop. I'm hoping power won't be an issue anymore with the new chips coming out. Plus some baytrail tablets have already been outed and they will be in the $349 range, a far cry from the expense of a laptop and an iPad, which for my needs would be a much larger waste of money.
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Even though I'm a total apple man I will surely check out those ms machines should my apples go down.
 
Now offering $350 in giftcards. For that price you could get an old ipad off ebay/craigslist and make some money (atleast in giftcards).
 
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