Was this kind of sale on iPhone and iPad prevalent during last Christmas?
Is this a loss leader to bring people to the stores or heaven forbid, these are not selling as well as forecast-ed?
That is what I am trying to figure out.
I think your right, ive never seen sales like this for apple.
Im am a huge apple fan..i own almost 1 of everything between myself, fiance and daughter, it does kill me to say it, but android is really gonna move ahead this quarter, im sure apple will have insane profits, but people are just getting bored with ios and fed up with the prices (not enough to hurt apples bottom line...yet) but market share. I gave in and bought a nexus 7 the other day becuase i wanted to try something more portable then my ipad and could not justify the price of the mini. Im amazed i never got it sooner (the speed, google now, and tegra apps are nuts) Im not abandoning apple yet, but ios 7 better be a complete rehaul (allow customizations!!) and app restirctions better be loosened the same time (Allow emulators, torrent clients or even a apple made file system explorer that allows external storage or even something like a legit cydia store to host these apps) or apple will be in for a huge wake up call this time next year! Gotta keep people interested and not the same old stuff with new internals :/
Side note... Every carrier here has had samsung galaxy and note 2 for free on contract on and off for months and barely even mention apple when you are in store or on advertisments, same with anywheres that sells tablets, im seeing line ups at android tablets and the apple bars sitting empy (although the apple store is still booming) but it was never like this in previous years...
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I keep seeing the Nexus 7 for around 270$CAD in most places but the Galaxy Tab 2 is on sale at 150$CAD starting tomorrow at Staples.
I just bought a nexus 7 for $259.99 at future shop last week (32gb). If you go to order from google for the cheaper price... They charge like $25ish for shipping and exchange so its the same price to buy in store. As for the galaxy for $150... It suckkkkks i tried it, cheap feeling and the processor is garbage compared to the nexus (slow) and the nexus gets updates immediatley, the galaxy is like 3 updates behind it. Only advantage is the back camera ( not really needed and sd slot ). Just try both and you will understand the difference.