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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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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In what way is he "noted"?
Evidence?
"Noted" for his lack of accuracy?... for his boundless imagination?... for his haircut?
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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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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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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.
If enough people keep saying it does it really become true?
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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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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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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.
What do you think of your Nexus 10?