The Surface RT tablet was being sold for as low as US$349 for US customers on the Microsoft website on Monday (15 July), down from the introductory price last year of US$499.
The move comes amid a price war for tablets and a flood of new devices on the market.
Amazon has slashed prices of its Kindle HD tablets to as low as US$169 in the US and £139 pounds in Britain, while Barnes & Noble has cut the price of its Nook to as low as US$129, and has announced plans to outsource production of its tablets.
Microsoft introduced its Surface last year at a premium price, promoting the device as a substitute for a personal computer with an attachable keyboard.
But a survey by the research firm IDC estimated the company sold just 900,000 units in the first quarter, in a global market of some 49m.
Microsoft previously cut the price of the Surface as low as US$199 for education buyers.
Source: AFP via I-Net Bridge
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