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It will be interesting to see what kind of tradeoffs are required to go that low on the price - 2GB RAM, weaker GPU?
I don't think Apple will be unhappy to see this at all . The most recent figures I've seen have the iPad at around 70% market share. There's no chance that will survive after this kind of device appears, but I would guess Apple would be very happy to own, say, the top 40% of the market while the Android OEMs bleed each other dry at tiny margins. Witness Apple's killer execution in the laptop market - and there they'v…
pardon me, I don't understand your reasoning. Why would apple be less happy with 70% of the market than with 40%? Do you mean that you expect the total size of the market to double, and then expect apple to own 40% of it (so they have a total number of customers which is slightly more than what they had initially) ?
Someone else can sell Kia's.
Edit: Not sure how that will work out in the tablet market, but it certainly works with cars and laptops.
I don't think Apple will be unhappy to see this at all . The most recent figures I've seen have the iPad at around 70% market share. There's no chance that will survive after this kind of device appears, but I would guess Apple would be very happy to own, say, the top 40% of the market while the Android OEMs bleed each other dry at tiny margins. Witness Apple's killer execution in the laptop market - and there they'v…
pardon me, I don't understand your reasoning. Why would apple be less happy with 70% of the market than with 40%? Do you mean that you expect the total size of the market to double, and then expect apple to own 40% of it (so they have a total number of customers which is slightly more than what they had initially) ?
I think the point is that Apple would lose a segment of the market that generates very low margins (or zero, if > $99 is a barrier to them).
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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.
look up on ebay. Many tablets under 100 are available with decent specs. Availability of low priced tablets is not what is keeping the market from exploding. It's the utility.
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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.
look up on ebay. Many tablets under 100 are available with decent specs. Availability of low priced tablets is not what is keeping the market from exploding. It's the utility.
There's plenty of utility in a tablet. The problem with the current low cost ones is they suck as devices. The N7 is the first relatively low cost device to change that (plus having JB). A $99 N7 would basically take off.
I 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…
My laptop is the "work device", and I do not open it at home except if I actually need to do work. The tablet (currently Nexus 7) in the other hand is the "browsing device" that I use for reading stuff, social networking, etc. while at home or travelling.
I've been using internet tablets ever since the early Maemo days of 2006, and that has probably given me time to get used to the idea and integrate it in my daily routines.
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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.
look up on ebay. Many tablets under 100 are available with decent specs. Availability of low priced tablets is not what is keeping the market from exploding. It's the utility.
If it's from a well known brands I am SURE they would do a lot better - heck even Binatone (and low rate cordless phone manufacturer) was able to shift a good number of their android 'ebook reader' (I got one for £30 from ebay, OK for reading books on the tube, not for much else).
So once someone like Google, Asus or Samsung sell a well made unit that stands up to the test of daily family use, then these things ae going to fly.
99% of what I do at home with a laptop (or ipod touch) is basic consumption. These will be a welcome replacement for many users.
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Not because a cheaper one is coming, that is always the case, but because pretty soon you will find out that there is not much utility to it... IMO
I'm curious as to what you mean by lack of utility? Could you explain please
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pardon me, I don't understand your reasoning. Why would apple be less happy with 70% of the market than with 40%? Do you mean that you expect the total size of the market to double, and then expect apple to own 40% of it (so they have a total number of customers which is slightly more than what they had initially) ?
I think he means, in layman's terms, Apple wants to sell Mercedes... Someone else can sell Kia's. Edit: Not sure how that will work out in the tablet market, but it certainly works with cars and laptops.