Surface Book 2 and Surface Laptop launch in India, and they're just as costly as you'd expect

At an outcome in New Delhi, Microsoft has launched its latest Surface devices in the land. Unveiled at the end of concluding year, the Surface Book 2 offers hardware upgrades from its predecessor, including NVIDIA'south GeForce GTX 1060 and eighth-gen Intel Core i7 chipsets. The Surface Laptop, meanwhile,

While it's corking that the Surface devices take finally made their mode to India, potential customers looking to pick upwardly either notebook won't exist as enthused when they look at the prices. The base variant of the thirteen.5-inch Surface Volume ii — with a 256GB SSD and 8GB of RAM — retails for the equivalent of $two,010, or $700 more than what the aforementioned model costs in the U.Due south.

The fully decked-out model with a fifteen-inch screen, Cadre i7, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM, and GTX 1060 costs ₹295,999 ($4,310), roughly $1,300 more than the U.South. — yous tin pick up another Surface Volume 2 in the U.South. for the price you'll shell out for the high-end model in India.

Things aren't any different for the Surface Laptop either, as the difference from the U.S. shop is around $500 to $one,000. Hither'southward the full breakup of what the Surface Book 2 and Surface Laptop cost in India.

Surface Book 2 pricing in Bharat

thirteen.5-inch/Core i5/256GB SSD/8GB RAM/Intel HD Graphics 620 - ₹137,999 ($2,010)
thirteen.five-inch/Cadre i7/256GB SSD/8GB RAM/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 - ₹185,999 ($2,710)
13.5-inch/Core i7/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 - ₹222,999 ($iii,245)
13.v-inch/Cadre i7/1TB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 - ₹257,999 ($iii,755)
15-inch/Core i7/256GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 - ₹222,999 ($three,245)
fifteen-inch/Core i7/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 - ₹258,999 ($iii,770)
xv-inch/Core i7/1TB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 - ₹295,999 ($four,310)

Surface Laptop pricing in India

Core i5/128GB SSD/8GB RAM/Intel HD Graphics 620 - ₹86,999 ($1,265)
Core i5/256GB SSD/8GB RAM/Intel HD Graphics 620 - ₹114,999 ($1,675)
Core i7/256GB SSD/8GB RAM/Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 - ₹144,999 ($2,110)
Core i7/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 - ₹196,999 ($2,870)
Core i7/1TB SSD/16GB RAM/Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 - ₹233,999 ($3,405)

Both devices volition go up for sale on Amazon and Flipkart as well equally chain stores like Croma, Reliance, and Vijay Sales.

I tin't help just wonder if Microsoft India has a long-term strategy for Surface devices, because aside from a few enthusiast users, no one volition be willing to shell out $2,000 for a base variant of the Surface Book 2. If anything, you're better off ownership the laptop directly from the U.Due south. and paying the $300 customs duty.

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