Apple's iPad Pro outsold Microsoft's Surface tablet last quarter

Despite not hitting the market until the middle of the last quarter, Apple sold 2 million units of its iPad Pro, exceeding sales of the Microsoft Surface, which came in at 1.6 million units for the quarter, according to IDC estimates. The research group called the iPad Pro the big winner in a declining tablet market which fell 10 percent year over year.

"Price is not the most important feature."

Losing out to the iPad Pro isn't a knock against Microsoft, who increased Surface sales by 29 percent year over year, but it does give credence to larger hybrid tablets as a potential growth opportunity. The IDC reports that the Surface Pro far and away outsold the smaller and cheaper Surface 3, indicating that bigger tablets with keyboards...

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