Most people want a great product at a reasonable price. The Android platform, as of late, has stepped its game up in the product department for a much better price. SG3 is just as good, if not better, as the iPhone. When it comes to Nexus 7, you will not beat the value. It's an amazing tablet with an even better price. When it comes to 10" tablets, I'll admit that Apple has everyone beat.
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'iPad Mini' Pricing to Begin at Approximately $329
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Most people want a great product at a reasonable price. The Android platform, as of late, has stepped its game up in the product department for a much better price. SG3 is just as good, if not better, as the iPhone. When it comes to Nexus 7, you will not beat the value. It's an amazing tablet with an even better price. When it comes to 10" tablets, I'll admit that Apple has everyone beat.
Ok so basically you're defining value based on specs. I'm not sure where you get the $529 from. The $329 rumor never stated that the starting configuration would be 8GB.
I hope the starting price point is $299. Even if they have to eat some margins that's better than losing a sale to Amazon or Google.
When (most) people look at $299, they feel like "yea, under $300, cool".
$349 takes it to "Over $300, no way"! There is no analysis of that $30.
There is no analysis of the fact that Google makes $0 on each Nexus Tab.
It's going to be $299 Wi-Fi only at entry. People have to decide if the specs warrant the price themselves.
...and it won't fit in a stocking at Holiday time unless you unbox it.
And since 10 million will sell out in two days, maybe they should raise the price a few hundred to slow down the demand.
Another apple fail ... I call it now apple stock price in Q1 2013 will be down $100/share.
They have loss touch with innovation, failed to recognizes the advances in the market around them, and have priced themselves out of the market.
It's sad really
They have loss touch with innovation, failed to recognizes the advances in the market around them, and have priced themselves out of the market.
It's sad really
I never talked about specifications. I stated that the Nexus is universally thought to be a good tablet, and that comes from both specifications and user experience.
Only Apple knows about the possible configurations, and sizes, of the iPad mini, but we know that there will be four memory choices, and it will either be 8/16/32/64 or 16/32/64/128. I'm more inclined to believe in the former, as I don't think that the iPad mini will be the first iOS device to be available with 128GB.
It better be cheap cos thats a horrible tab. You better get the nexus. Or if you can afford a little more the note 10.1. But you may find the dual core 1ghz processor insufficient for android.
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nexus 10 inch expected from google & samsung. higher res screen than ipad 3. Although rumors are it wont be budget priced at all.
Are you being sarcastic? The speed at which they sell has nothing to do with that poster's point about pricing based on their production limit.
Says all what? I was in a shop, what did you expect me to stand there for an hour and learn it inside out.
Sounds rather like you were trying to insult me there. For what? Not liking an OS on a tablet or only using it for a small amount of time? A little sad don't you think. Also against the forum rules.
How do we know for sure there will be four choices? Everything at this point is rumor and speculation.
I haven't heard this. Thanks for the heads up! I'm actually excited for the Surface. I won't be buying it on release date, but if there are nice reviews for it I can see myself getting it.
Why did people like this comment? According to this comment, $30 = $30,000. If that's how you handle your finances, no wonder you can't afford a tablet. Size does matter, in this case.
So you're not even going to wait until Tuesday to see what the actual prices are?
Well, so email the admins and tell them to close this site, because nothing can thought to be true until Apple says it, and for that there is apple.com.
We have proofs which make us think that there will be four choices when it comes to memory storage. If the iPad mini turns out to be better than expected, that's good, but I've been following Apple releases for years and they never exceeded my pre-keynote expectations.
Bet that will cheeze them off.
...and for $539AU u can get the ipad 3, with 2048x1536 Retina display
Small is good, we like small....
But i don't like the display .. To me, resoution is everything, and i'm not about to sacrifice a smaller size for it.
...and for $539AU u can get the ipad 3, with 2048x1536 Retina display
Small is good, we like small....
But i don't like the display ..
To me, resoution is everything, and i'm not about to sacrifice a smaller size for it.
Yeh since following this site there has never been much from Apple that exceeds what I expected. Maybe the a6 but that's about it. With the money that they have they could be far more aggressive and in turn absolutely own all the markets that they are in
Nexus 7 peeps - don't forget SHIPPING!
People talking about the $199 and $249 price points on the Nexus 7 are forgetting that GOOG adds $14 shipping to Nexus 7 orders ... AAPL ships all their iDevices for free.
True Nexus 7 pricing is $213 (8 gb) and $263 (16 gb) plus tax delivered.
A 16 GB Wifi iPad Mini @ $329 is only a $66 difference for the AAPL premium. Not a bad premium for what is likely to be a far superior device. And if they do manage to include retina, it's a no-brainer killer device for the price difference.
And all you folks talking about the Nexus 7 like it's a god clearly don't have one. ;-) As a developer, I have the Galaxy Tab 7, Kindle Fire, Nexus 7 and iPad. There's simply no comparison if you actually try the devices side by side. People used to their iPads/iPhones/iPod Touches who try a Nexus 7 will be sorely disappointed. IMHO, of course.
People talking about the $199 and $249 price points on the Nexus 7 are forgetting that GOOG adds $14 shipping to Nexus 7 orders ... AAPL ships all their iDevices for free.
True Nexus 7 pricing is $213 (8 gb) and $263 (16 gb) plus tax delivered.
A 16 GB Wifi iPad Mini @ $329 is only a $66 difference for the AAPL premium. Not a bad premium for what is likely to be a far superior device. And if they do manage to include retina, it's a no-brainer killer device for the price difference.
And all you folks talking about the Nexus 7 like it's a god clearly don't have one. ;-) As a developer, I have the Galaxy Tab 7, Kindle Fire, Nexus 7 and iPad. There's simply no comparison if you actually try the devices side by side. People used to their iPads/iPhones/iPod Touches who try a Nexus 7 will be sorely disappointed. IMHO, of course.
Unless you buy from a store, so you cant just add on figures to the Nexus 7 price
As to your other points, I feel the total oposite after moving to the Nexus 7, IMHO, of course
Hmmm... Where are you shopping?
GOOG only makes an 8 GB and 16 GB Nexus 7. There's no 32 GB Nexus 7.
... And don't forget to add $14 shipping from GOOG.
Apple could price these things even higher and people would still be lining up for one so why lower the price? Keeping the product expensive does a couple things. First it makes it a must have "Apple" product and second allows them to make extremely good profit on every one they sell.
I have often wondered why Apple doesn't raise it's prices when a new model comes out. It would not change sales levels at all and would help the company add to it's bottom line.
As long as it has the Apple logo they can't lose. People will go nuts over it.
I have often wondered why Apple doesn't raise it's prices when a new model comes out. It would not change sales levels at all and would help the company add to it's bottom line.
As long as it has the Apple logo they can't lose. People will go nuts over it.