Commentary: A new J. D. Power study finds Surface buyers are happier than their iPad counterparts. They’re younger and prefer Microsoft’s design.
A winner?
Have you noticed a certain giddiness in some of your friends lately?
I’m thinking about the ones who use a Microsoft Surface.
I only ask because J. D Power has just emitted its US Tablet Satisfaction Study and it declared that Surface owners experience deeper sensations of satisfaction than iPad buyers.
Apple fanpersons might turn pale when they learn the main reasons for this greater Surface joy are, according to the Power people, « its top rankings in the features and styling & design factors. »
And the darkness descends. Apple being beaten in styling and design? Does Jony Ive know? Will someone dare tell him?
J. D Power says the Surface scored 855 out of a possible 1,000. This beat Apple by 6 points.
The study relied on the feelings of 2,238 US tablet owners who have owned their tablets for less than a year.
