Report: Microsoft slashing price of Surface RT tablets by $150USD

The Verge is reporting that Microsoft will be slashing the price of all of its Windows 8-based Surface RT tablets by $150.

According to the report, the price cuts will be as follows:

* Surface RT 32GB - $349.99

* Surface RT 64GB - $449.99

* Surface RT 32GB with Touch Cover - $449.99

* Surface RT 64GB with Touch Cover - $549

This follows another report that the tablets had underperformed, selling 1.5 million units since launch in October 2012.

There is no word of the Surface Pro getting a price cut.