Google set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet
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Re: Google set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet
#2It will be interesting to see what kind of tradeoffs are required to go that low on the price - 2GB RAM, weaker GPU?
Re: Google set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet
#3I know this is purely anecdotal, but everyone I've seen recently who has bought a tablet, bought a laptop within 6 months or switched back to their old laptop and got rid of it.
I'm still not convinced by the tablet hype. The star trek wow factor wears off pretty quick for most people.
A $99 tablet may change that (temporarily as it's almost impulse buy pricing), but I'm not sure something of that price will have anything groundbreaking to add.
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Re: Google set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet
#5I know this is purely anecdotal, but everyone I've seen recently who has bought a tablet, bought a laptop within 6 months or switched back to their old laptop and got rid of it. I'm still not convinced by the tablet hype. The star trek wow factor wears off pretty quick for most people. A $99 tablet may change that (temporarily as it's almost impulse buy pricing), but I'm not sure something of that price will have any…
Remember tablets are still not a mass market phenomenon, despite record sales of iPads. Sub $100 pricing might just be what the doctor ordered. I'm rooting for either Google's new Nexus or Apple's new iPad mini to saturate the low end.
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#6I hope all Android OEMs are fully aware that Google has tricked them all into a race to the bottom. That's pretty much been Google's strategy against all its competitors to date.
Re: Google set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet
#7I hope all Android OEMs are fully aware that Google has tricked them all into a race to the bottom. That's pretty much been Google's strategy against all its competitors to date.
Also known as free market competition at its finest.
Re: Google set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet
#8I hope all Android OEMs are fully aware that Google has tricked them all into a race to the bottom. That's pretty much been Google's strategy against all its competitors to date.
What's your proposed alternative?
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#9I just picked up a Nexus 7 today :| May have been a bad time to buy. Any thoughts on whether I should sell it? It's still completely packaged, haven't opened it yet.
Re: Google set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet
#10It will be interesting to see what kind of tradeoffs are required to go that low on the price - 2GB RAM, weaker GPU?
Probably shitty battery which is the thing that kills viability of a device.