Wow - 32GB Xoom announced at £449 in UK

[Piggie]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/motorola-prices-wifi-only-xoom-at-450-in-the-uk-undercuts-32gb/

Only £10 more than a 16GB iPad.

Hope this is true as it's much lower than expected.

Price War?

 

[BergerFan]

Interesting. Let's hope Apple take the bait, with their UK prices too.
I assume that the prices are pre-tax?

 

[colmaclean]

PC World have pulled the link (according to the Engadget story's updates).

Hopefully it goes even cheaper.

 

[Piggie]

Interesting. Let's hope Apple take the bait, with their UK prices too.
I assume that the prices are pre-tax?

UK Prices like this are always shown as including VAT (UK Sales tax)

Unless of course, someone has screwed up, but as I say, UK prices are always displayed including Tax.

Without question, this is the price it NEEDS to be.

 

[AAPLaday]

Blimey! Since when do we get decent prices over here? Im not a fan of Motorola phones though (build quality etc) so i will wait for a few reviews of this unit before i think about purchasing it

 

[gnasher729]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/motorola-prices-wifi-only-xoom-at-450-in-the-uk-undercuts-32gb/

Only £10 more than a 16GB iPad.

Hope this is true as it's much lower than expected.

Price War?

1. Wait until it is on sale.
2. Check how it compares not to the one year old iPad, but to whatever Apple is selling when this gets released.
3. Who in their right mind would buy an imitation for full price? You can't sell iPad clones unless they are significantly cheaper than the iPad.

 

[Krandor]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/motorola-prices-wifi-only-xoom-at-450-in-the-uk-undercuts-32gb/

Only £10 more than a 16GB iPad.

Hope this is true as it's much lower than expected.

Price War?

I didn't think a wifi only xoom had even been announced?

I wonder if that was really the 3G version with contract.

 

[kdarling]

I didn't think a wifi only xoom had even been announced?

Was announced in Japan by KDDI the other day.

The details say for April release there.

 

[Jcoz]

Pretty sure that offer was pulled (never really available in the first place)...

Update: T-Mobile Germany has also revealed its Xoom pricing, this time for the 3G model: €699.95. Distribution will begin at the end of April and T-Mo will have a three-month exclusive on the tablet in its native land. The pricing positions the Xoom a mere 95 Euro cents above the 32GB-equipped iPad WiFi + 3G, meaning that your choice will truly come down to preference and not economics. See T-Mobile's full press release after the break.

Update 2: The PC World price and pre-order have been pulled. Gulp. Let's hope they comes back unchanged.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/motorola-prices-wifi-only-xoom-at-450-in-the-uk-undercuts-32gb/

 

[AAPLaday]

Price has now gone up to £499

 

[MRU]

This thread made me LOL

 

[Piggie]

Price has now gone up to £499

Yup £499 now for the 32GB Xoom.

I hope Apple price their new 32GB Model at the same price.
Or even less would be nice of course.

 

[vincebio]

hilarious...

yeah like your gonna choose a xoom over an ipad based on its price difference....


your buying a product for the wrong reasons..

 

[Michael CM1]

After the app comparison I saw, who wants a Xoom? It sounds like a portable Web browser if you've only got 100 apps.

 

[Piggie]

hilarious...

yeah like your gonna choose a xoom over an ipad based on its price difference....


your buying a product for the wrong reasons..

I'm not saying I'm going to choose anything.

I am just saying that I hope the 32GB iPad2 is not more expensive than the 32GB Xoom that's all.

 

[Piggie]

Update, for anyone in the UK.

Dixons now has 10% off all computing hardware over £299, meaning the Xoom is now back down to £450 whilst this general sale is on.

Front Page: http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/index.html

Xoom page: http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/motoro...now-available-for-pre-order-09752543-pdt.html