Q4 Microsoft Surface RT sold only 500,000 units

Market research firm Detwiler Fenton released a report on Tuesday that Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet PCs sold 500,000 to 600,000 units in the fourth quarter, which is lower than the previous expected one million to two million units.

Detwiler said in the report that in the current quarter ending in December, the cumulative sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet PC is likely to be less than 1 million units. However, with the improvement of hardware and sales channels, and the aging of notebook products in the Western market, the demand for Windows 8 tablets should improve in the second half of 2013.

Detwiler analysts believe that the problem with the Surface RT tablet computer is the lack of sales channels, and the market's response to the $599 tablet price has been mixed, but the bigger problem is that Microsoft has not sold through Best Buy and other retailers. "Strictly inhibited sales" performance. Currently, users can only purchase this tablet through Microsoft's official website or Microsoft's retail store, and the supply in retail stores is very low.

Detwiler expects that Microsoft's Surface RT sales in the fourth quarter will be 500,000 to 600,000 units, which is lower than the previous forecast of 1 million to 2 million units.