The problem is that the Surface RT will be a lot more expensive to build than any of those 7-inch tablets. It has a larger screen (10.6 inches) at a higher resolution (specifics unknown, but at least 1366-by-768), which will cost more in itself but also require a larger battery. The Surface RT comes with a minimum 32 GB of storage, compared to 8 GB for the Kindle Fire and its closest competitors. It also has front- and rear-facing cameras, while the Nexus 7 only has a camera up front.
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