Rumor: Microsoft has its own factory to produce the Surface table !

Microsoft has built a dedicated factory in China to produce a new product line of tablet surface, according to a source close to Microsoft employees are familiar with this problem. The plant is said to be "huge" and will also be used to produce retail devices in addition to the production of prototypes.

Build its own factory can allow Microsoft to cut leakage, thus allowing the software giant to keep secret the surface until the official launch in June this year. However, since Microsoft hardware products, including mice, keyboards and Xbox, manufactured by contractors such as Foxconn, this move seems quite extraordinary - even Apple has control famous tight through the supply chain, using contractors to build their devices.

While this would indicate that Microsoft is really serious with the surface as opposed to just positioning them as a "north star" for other OEMs to follow it also fit nicely with the newsrumor that Microsoft is developing Windows phone devices, as reported by BGR and WPCentral.

Indeed, in his recent letter to shareholders, Ballmer said that “there will be times when we build specific devices for specific purposes”. Our source also mentioned that “Surface is just the beginning of a new product range”, though it didn’t go into any more detail.