Best Buy is offering the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and a Type Cover at a discount of $280.
The online retailer has started a 50-hour sale that lasts from Thursday, Aug. 18 at 10 p.m. CT to Saturday, Aug, 20 at 11:59 p.m CT. The latest sale is offering a number of products, including the Surface Pro 4, at discounted prices.
"When you buy this Surface Pro 4 along with a Type Cover below, you can save $280 total. The Type Cover features well-spaced, backlit keys so you can type comfortably. It doubles as a protective shield for the screen. Choose from five colors. Plus, get free shipping," says Best Buy.
The retailer is offering the base model of the Surface Pro 4 that has 128 GB on-board storage and 4 GB of RAM, and is running on Intel Core m3 processor. As part of the bundle, customers have to pick a Type Cover that comes in five different colors: teal, black, blue, bright blue and red.
The original price of the tablet is $899.99 and the Type Cover, $129.99. When combined they have a total value of $1029.98. Luckily as part of the 50-hour sale, customers will get $280 off, bringing down the cost of the bundle to $749.98. The discount will appear only once the two products are added to the cart.
Best Buy notes that the offer is not available in-store and cannot be combined with the College Student Deals, which offer up to $150 off on select Surface Pro tablets.
The deal should be very attractive to customers looking to buy a new Microsoft tablet as the base model of the Surface Pro 4 is available from the company's own website for $749, excluding the Type Cover.
Microsoft launched and released the Surface Pro 4 in October 2015 as the fourth-gen two-in-one detachable tablet in the company's Surface Pro line.
Best Buy's discount could be taken as an indication that Microsoft is planning to unveil the next-gen Surface Pro 5 soon and wants to get rid of its Surface Pro 4 stock.
However, previous rumors suggest that the Surface Pro 5's launch has been delayed because Intel will launch the Kaby Lake processor — expected to power the next Surface Pro tablets — toward the end of this year. Since Microsoft released the first-gen Surface Pro tablet in February 2013, the company may opt for a February release for the Surface Pro 5 as well.
The Surface Pro 4 remains one of the most powerful detachable tablets currently available in the market, so the latest deal from Best Buy is worth a shot for those who want to purchase a new tablet.
