I'm asking this question a bit facetiously, but only a bit. I'm not talking about business vs individual, corporate vs student, or leading into a complaint about the price. What I'm wondering, after looking at the Microsoft store online and reading through the available information, is at a deep level whether Microsoft thinks their customer is the individual purchasing the device, or AT&T.
I mean, I know from searching this forum that the device is unlocked, and works fine with T-Mobile, for example. Yet looking at the Microsoft Store, the only carrier mentioned is AT&T. Even in the tech specs, there's not a single reference I can find regarding use with another US carrier or specific frequencies or bands it supports, just "AT&T 4G LTE". (Unless I'm missing something.) If they're trying for an Apple-esque simplicity in the information they provide, it's a bad caricature because it's easy to find all that information for the iPads on Apple's site.
So why is Microsoft presenting the LTE Surface 2 as an AT&T device? How many potential customers are going to pass on it because they'll think it won't work on the carrier they're using, or just get an AT&T data plan because they don't realise there are other options?
I mean, I know from searching this forum that the device is unlocked, and works fine with T-Mobile, for example. Yet looking at the Microsoft Store, the only carrier mentioned is AT&T. Even in the tech specs, there's not a single reference I can find regarding use with another US carrier or specific frequencies or bands it supports, just "AT&T 4G LTE". (Unless I'm missing something.) If they're trying for an Apple-esque simplicity in the information they provide, it's a bad caricature because it's easy to find all that information for the iPads on Apple's site.
So why is Microsoft presenting the LTE Surface 2 as an AT&T device? How many potential customers are going to pass on it because they'll think it won't work on the carrier they're using, or just get an AT&T data plan because they don't realise there are other options?