Today, Microsoft introduces their Microsoft Surface Plus program. It’s a new payment plan for Microsoft Surface customers for Surface customers, personal and business. So let’s look at Microsoft Surface PC: New payment line and luring tool.
So the program begins at 9am Pacific time. They present it as a flexible finance program for anybody using Surface. But you can only get it at Microsoft stores, physical and online. In fact, when you buy a Surface desktop and/or laptop, you can get a 2-year-payment plan at 0% interest. Also, every 18 months, you can trade in your old Surface for the newest one. Hopefully, you don’t have to wait in those long line for hours.
This goes for all things Surface. Furthermore, you get a 30-day return guarantee and a year’s worth of free tech support. Obviously, so long as that tech support comes from Microsoft. Yes, this program includes businesses and schools. In fact, they can get the 55-inch Surface Hub for $8.25 a month. The Surface Hub is very popular in business conferences and classrooms. But so are Apple Mac products and Droid facilities. So in addition to this generous offer, they get the Office 365 suite.
The timing is very interesting, and good. It’s back-to-school season (I know many kids, and many teachers, don’t want to hear that). This is the second busiest retail time of the year, next to the Christmas shopping season. Here in our Boston computer service shop neighborhood, moving trucks are here daily. That’s the sign of the upcoming academic year. Microsoft wants a piece of those profits. That’s a smart move on Microsoft’s part. Because Microsoft makes up less than 5% of the smartphone market. And between you and me, their smartphones haven’t been that good. When I give gifts, people even say to me, “Not a Microsoft phone or tablet.” Will Microsoft Surface Plus turn that around?