14.11.2013 09:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Retailers to slash prices of Apple, Microsoft tablets on Black Friday

Several of the largest retailers in the U.S. will sell older-generation Apple and Microsoft tablets at cut-rate prices during their Black Friday sales drives.According to leaked and published advertisements of the sales, which will begin on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 28, Best Buy, Target and Walmart will all sell brand-name tablets at steep discounts.Electronics chain Best Buy, for example, will sell Apple's iPad 2, a tablet introduced in 2011, for $300, or $99 off Apple's list price. Even though Apple recently launched the 9.7-in. iPad Air, and started selling the upgraded 7.9-in. iPad Mini with a high-resolution display, it kept the iPad 2 in its portfolio, reportedly because schools continue to purchase the model and some businesses have standardized on the tablet for point-of-sales devices.Best Buy will also discount the 16GB iPad Air by $50, selling it for $449, or 10% lss than list.Both Walmart and Target will sells 2012's iPad Mini -- the one that sports 1,024 x 768 sc

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