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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

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Post by bitwize »

phaus wrote: post #62
potatolicious wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who used to work in the automotive manufacturing sector I'll say this: Mercedes/BMWs/luxury cars are not nearly as overpriced as laymen make them out to be. There is a lot going on under the hood (literally!) that sets these cars apart. Which isn't to say that everyone needs a Mercedes, but there's certainly nothing intrinsically smarter about a Kia over a Mercedes.

I'm sure that Mercedes puts a lot into making their cars, but consumer reports seem to indicate that the end product is actually worse than low end Asian vehicles. Most of the people I know that have Toyota, Hyundai, and KIA automobiles drive them for a couple hundred thousand miles. The people I know who drive Mercedes, bmws and audis have constant. problems. I'm not a mechanical expert but my guess is that the extr…

Pre-1995 Mercedes last forever.

Then when they finally do break down, there's like a million moving parts, and the one you have to replace is on back order for five years...

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

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Post by tedunangst »

cheald wrote: post #56
macavity23 wrote: post #17

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…

Apple makes its money on recurring hardware purchases. The iPad owner buys the iPad 2 and the iPad 3 and the iPad 4 and so on and so forth every year. Losing customers to a low-priced Android tablet before they have the chance to get them on board their "mini tablet" upgrade cycle could be disastrous. Apple effectively had first-mover advantage in the 10" tablet market, but Android is solidly ahead in the 7" market w…

maybe. remember when Apple was going to fade out of the computer business because they refused to make a $200 netbook? do you see anybody making $200 netbooks these days? everybody makes airbook clones at airbook prices.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

iLock wrote: post #16
Toshio wrote: post #5

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

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Post by bitwize »

damian2000 wrote: post #25
zalew wrote: post #20

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my wild guess is the $199 will get 4g, while the $99 will be wifi only like the current nexus7. and obviously less storage.

BYO memory card storage perhaps.

Hell, I wish I had that on my Nexy.

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

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Post by jdminhbg »

riffraff wrote: post #24
macavity23 wrote: post #17

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) ?

Say this Google tablet changes the tablet market from being "lots of early adopters" to "everyone remotely tech-savvy." In that case, Apple would be way happier with 40% of 10x the market they currently have 70% of -- it'd be more than 5x their current business.

Additionally, a popular $99 Android tablet means that Android is now the bargain tablet. Other Android tablet makers will have to compete with Google, leaving Apple the high end, just like Apple currently owns the high end of the laptop PC business.

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

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Post by levesque »

eckyptang wrote: post #57
levesque wrote: post #15

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For me, the tablet clearly does not replace a laptop for serious emailing and browsing. However, it's perfect as a window to the internets. I read my RSS feeds on it, check my facebook, browse some hacker news (although I still find clients lacking). That's about all I do with it, but that sums up to a good 1-2 hours per day so I would hardly call it a waste.

I don't have any feeds or Facebook. That was a far better solution if you ask me.

This is silly, you are telling me that my way of living sucks and I should change it.

I enjoy this stuff, reading articles, stories. I don't read news papers or magazines, this is how I get my information and news.

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

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Post by bound008 »

macavity23 wrote: post #17

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…

Also keep in mind the amount of money spent on iTunes and the App Store vs. Google Play. Those $99 consumers may spend less where the margins are more.

What Apple should really do is put iTunes on Android.

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

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Post by glhaynes »

eckyptang wrote: post #57
levesque wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, the tablet clearly does not replace a laptop for serious emailing and browsing. However, it's perfect as a window to the internets. I read my RSS feeds on it, check my facebook, browse some hacker news (although I still find clients lacking). That's about all I do with it, but that sums up to a good 1-2 hours per day so I would hardly call it a waste.

I don't have any feeds or Facebook. That was a far better solution if you ask me.

Literally nobody cares that you don't have the same desires as they do.

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

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Post by bryanlarsen »

tedunangst wrote: post #72
cheald wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple makes its money on recurring hardware purchases. The iPad owner buys the iPad 2 and the iPad 3 and the iPad 4 and so on and so forth every year. Losing customers to a low-priced Android tablet before they have the chance to get them on board their "mini tablet" upgrade cycle could be disastrous. Apple effectively had first-mover advantage in the 10" tablet market, but Android is solidly ahead in the 7" market w…

maybe. remember when Apple was going to fade out of the computer business because they refused to make a $200 netbook? do you see anybody making $200 netbooks these days? everybody makes airbook clones at airbook prices.

No, but there are tons of people making $300 laptops. I think that did more to kill the netbook market than Apple did.
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