New Nexus 7 to be highlight of Google I/O as 'iPad mini 2' faces delay, analyst says

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  • Reply 21 of 32
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member

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    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post


    In what way is he "noted"?


     


    Evidence?



     


    "Noted" for his lack of accuracy?... for his boundless imagination?... for his haircut?

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  • Reply 22 of 32
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,398member

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    Originally Posted by drblank View Post


    Losing $5 to $10 per unit on a brand new product? That's product dumping to gain market share.  What a sleezy business practice.  When will Google stop at their predatory practices?  Glad I don't buy Google products.



     


    And the pathetic thing is, the Nexus 7 barely made a marketshare blip even while they were doing that-imagine if they actually priced it to make a decent profit. They can product dump all they want, consumers are still voting for the better product with their wallets. I actually bought a Nexus 7, because I thought it was an incredibly good price for the product- and ended up returning it a week later because it was just a horrible experience overall, in so many ways. It didn't matter how cheap it was, I just hated using the product as it continually frustrated me. 

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  • Reply 23 of 32
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    Hmm...will the tech press complain about the lack of innovation here like the do with Apple products? And what's the big deal with wireless charging? Doesn't something (charging matt?) have to be plugged in to an outlet? And does it charge as fast as a cable plugged into the outlet? Also, are you able to use the device while its charging?
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  • Reply 24 of 32
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    drblank wrote: »
    Losing $5 to $10 per unit on a brand new product? That's product dumping to gain market share.  What a sleezy business practice.  When will Google stop at their predatory practices?  Glad I don't buy Google products.
    Engadget put up an editorial (either earlier this year or last year) saying this race to the bottom in pricing wasn't sustainable and wasn't good for consumers in the long run. They were forced to modify the editorial because readers (i.e. trolls) complained that the editorial was pro-Apple and just there to justify the iPad mini pricing. I'm waiting for another publication to have the balls to do the same, and not retract or modify it. Asus might be able to do this because Google is willing to subsidize it but how do other hardware OEMs compete?
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  • Reply 25 of 32
    I'll keep my Nexus 10. I couldn't even tell a difference from my iPad 1 to iPad 4, so I'm a teched out:-) and blind old man that ain't chasing this game anymore until something revolutionary.
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  • Reply 26 of 32
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member

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    I'll keep my Nexus 10. I couldn't even tell a difference from my iPad 1 to iPad 4, so I'm a teched out:-) and blind old man that ain't chasing this game anymore until something revolutionary.


     


    The camera's on iPad models after the first one are a bit of a giveaway, as is the LTE on the 3rd one and the Retina on the 4th, then the mini is smaller.

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  • Reply 27 of 32
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member

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    And the pathetic thing is, the Nexus 7 barely made a marketshare blip even while they were doing that-imagine if they actually priced it to make a decent profit. They can product dump all they want, consumers are still voting for the better product with their wallets. I actually bought a Nexus 7, because I thought it was an incredibly good price for the product- and ended up returning it a week later because it was just a horrible experience overall, in so many ways. It didn't matter how cheap it was, I just hated using the product as it continually frustrated me. 



    My company was giving them away as prizes during our Christmas party last year. My daughter won one and she seems to really like it, I think she only really uses it as a eBook reader and music/video player though. She did steal one of my Nokia NFC speakers though, I bought two of them when I got my N9 a while back. She still get's a kick out of listening to a song and only having to touch the NFC enabled speaker to start playing through them. The little time I played with it I did like the ease at which I was able to connect to our Mac Mini Media server, using ES File Manager you can connect to any computer and see all of the shared files and stream any media in any codec.


     


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  • Reply 28 of 32
    So this would also mean Asus are losing on their non Nexus Fonepad.

    If enough people keep saying it does it really become true?
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  • Reply 29 of 32
    vl-tonevl-tone Posts: 337member

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    Originally Posted by aBeliefSystem View Post



    So this would also mean Asus are losing on their non Nexus Fonepad. If enough people keep saying it does it really become true?


    The Asus Fonepad has a 1280x800 screen and a cheap plastic enclosure. Taiwanese labor is also very cheap. And even though they may not lose money you can bet that Asus margins are very low.


     


    We're talking about the next Nexus 7 which will supposedly have a 1920x1200 screen which is more than 2x the number of pixels as the Asus (and the previous Nexus 7).


     


    Can you point to any 7-8" tablet currently on the market at around $200 that have that kind of resolution?

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  • Reply 30 of 32
    herbapouherbapou Posts: 2,228member

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    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post



    1) I'm glad to see an expectation of a 1920x1200 (323 PPI) display at $199. This plus Acer coming out with a 7.85" 4:3 tablet for $169 leans toward Apple being able to produce a Retina iPad mini this year for $329 as increasingly likely.



    2) I'm not sure how LTPS compares to IPS but displays on Asus devices per AnandTech usually fare very well in color quality, brightness, and power management. To me, that's a good sign for Google.



    3) Facing delays are never a good sign, but without any word on this actually existing with a ship date, specs and price it's foolhardy to jump on this as being delayed just as the trolls here like to jump on Apple for rumours of delays.


     


    Yep. and hopefully they will carry 1 old mini model at $199. Would be nice if the retina mini could drop to $299 too. imo they need a lower consumption screen tech to make it worked.

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  • Reply 31 of 32
    herbapouherbapou Posts: 2,228member

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    Originally Posted by VL-Tone View Post


    Can you point to any 7-8" tablet currently on the market at around $200 that have that kind of resolution?



     


    the amazon Kindle Fire HD.

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  • Reply 32 of 32
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member
    I'll keep my Nexus 10. I couldn't even tell a difference from my iPad 1 to iPad 4, so I'm a teched out:-) and blind old man that ain't chasing this game anymore until something revolutionary.

    What do you think of your Nexus 10?
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