Microsoft also "Collect" BlackBerry and iPhone Used

After last week announced a trade-in program for the iPad purchase Surface tablet, Microsoft held a similar way to attract users switching to mobile devices besutannya.

This time, the software giant is offering trade-ins for the smart phone and tablet owners who want to exchange their devices with Windows Phone, Surface tablet, or a PC running Windows.

Quoted from ZDNet, the former mobile phone or tablet could be valued at up to 350 U.S. dollars. Brand of device that can be exchanged quite diverse. In addition to Apple's iPhone and iPad, Microsoft also received a device from Samsung, BlackBerry, Asus, to ZTE.

Users can also trade in more than one device if desired. Unfortunately, this program only applies to U.S. citizens at least 18 years old.

Windows-based mobile devices, especially tablet-Surface from Microsoft so far has not shown significant growth in the market. In fact, Microsoft some time ago reported decreased net book value of 900 million U.S. dollars because of the Surface stock piling up in warehouses.

Any way Microsoft is doing to encourage sales Surface. In addition to the trade-in program, Microsoft Surface also cut the price by 30 percent globally and giving discount of U.S. $ 100 for Surface Pro.