Google set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet

Post by debacle » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 2:12 PM UTC

eckyptang wrote: post #3

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…

Post by cema » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 2:16 PM UTC

16s wrote: post #40

bilbo0s wrote: post #32

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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.

Newer Kia's are the best value money can buy. They are solid and very reliable automobiles. And, they cost 10 times less than a Mercedes. Smart buyers buy them.

Post by wetyeti » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 2:21 PM UTC

matwood wrote: post #39

wetyeti wrote: post #21

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I'm curious as to what you mean by lack of utility? Could you explain please

iLock just doesn't like tablets. Most geeks are going to want more from any device they own (including a typical computer). The average consumer thinks otherwise though. Consuming and posting little blurbs is the majority of what consumer do, and tablets are great for that use case. The N7 is the first non-Apple tablet that I think really challenges the iPad for that average consumer. The N7 at $99 could change the t…

Post by levesque » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 2:21 PM UTC

bilbo0s wrote: post #32

riffraff wrote: post #24

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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.

Post by potatolicious » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 2:25 PM UTC

16s wrote: post #40

bilbo0s wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Newer Kia's are the best value money can buy. They are solid and very reliable automobiles. And, they cost 10 times less than a Mercedes. Smart buyers buy them.