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It's going to be really tough to compete on price without slashing specs/quality. That's the part that confuses me here. At $250 or $299 it would have served th
by jsz0 14y ago
It's going to be really tough to compete on price without slashing specs/quality. That's the part that confuses me here. At $250 or $299 it would have served the same purpose with the third party alternatives hitting closer to the $199 price point. If we look at the Android SmartPhone market only Samsung is really having a good time with it right now and that's in a market with carrier subsidies distorting the market and increasing margins. I can't understand why any OEMs would want to stay in this business now. They'd be better off building high margin accessories for Google's 0 margin devices instead of trying to compete against them.
- Zaim3 14y agoThe Android tablet ecosystem was stuck in a chicken/egg problem where nobody would develop for it until there was a market, and they'd be no market until there are tablet apps. A successful Nexus tablet increases the value of the entire ecosystem. Also keep in mind that there -is- a margin for ASUS. Google's reference devices have always been a split where the OEM gets the hardware profit and Google controls the entire experience. The Nexus 7 follows the exact same model all of their previous efforts have.