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It will be interesting to see what kind of tradeoffs are required to go that low on the price - 2GB RAM, weaker GPU?
by Toshio 14y ago
It will be interesting to see what kind of tradeoffs are required to go that low on the price - 2GB RAM, weaker GPU?
- eckyptang 14y agoProbably shitty battery which is the thing that kills viability of a device.
- zalew 14y agomy wild guess is the $199 will get 4g, while the $99 will be wifi only like the current nexus7. and obviously less storage.
- damian2000 14y agoBYO memory card storage perhaps.
- damian2000 14y agoYou can get a decent amount of hardware for that price, as long as they aren't going to want to make a profit. Apples vs oranges I know, but look at the (made in UK) Raspberry Pi for $35.
- rmc 14y agoMy guess is that Google will subsidize each one, to grown the Android market/install base. Many video game consoles are/were sold at a loss.
- bryanlarsen 14y agoThe screen is by far the biggest component of the BOM in the Nexus 7. Compromising that is the only way to substantially reduce the price. To hit $99 everything will be on the table, but RAM is cheap, and so are capable ARM SOC's. It won't be Tegra 3, but it will be good enough.