Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Surface’s Inevitable Shrinking

Steve Jobs was wrong when he said that a 10-inch display is the perfect size for a consumer tablet. The 7-inch to 8-inch size really is the sweet spot for this type of mobile device. Consumers are clearly voting with their wallets and it’s so obvious that not even Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) can miss this one.

Surface tension
There was also speculation late last year that Microsoft was already about to expand the Surface family, shortly after the launch of Surface Pro, which was just this month. That could include second-generation models to both Surface RT and Surface Pro, but also potentially taking the Surface brand a step farther with a Surface Book laptop. A Surface Mini doesn’t sound like such a stretch.

The article Microsoft Surface’s Inevitable Shrinking originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Evan Niu, CFA.

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