Online contest reveals the approximate price of the new tablet

Oct 8, 2012 07:40 GMT  ·  By

Remember the contest we told you about one week ago that gives you the chance to win a Microsoft Surface tablet? Well, it appears that this contest also reveals what seems to be the first major hint concerning the price of the upcoming Surface.

According to the official contest page, the approximate retail value of the grand prize is $350 / €270, but we can’t tell exactly which version this actually is.

Steve Ballmer hinted in early September that the Surface would cost somewhere in between $300 / €230 and $800 / €615, suggesting that the tablet would be priced in a way that would allow it to compete with Apple’s iPad.

The company also confirmed recently that the Surface will be unveiled on October 25 in New York, during the launch event of the brand new Windows 8 operating system.