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Re: Mobile operators are losing their grip on the tablet market said by carpetshark3:Good. Since I use my tablet as an e-reader, ephemeris, sky atlas, and nature guide, and mostly at home with wifi, I don't need my carrier sticking his nose in with 3 or 4G. I've got a phone.
One of my wifi only tablets got listed on Market as a TMobile device. So I also had to deal with probable carrier rules.
Has it occurred to you smartphones use exactly the same hardware as tablets, but retail for three times the price? Actually tablets have significantly larger (and hence much more expensive) screens and batteries, so they cost more to produce.
Yet a dual-core Android tablet is priced at $200 (Kindle Fire), and Asus is planning to release a Tegra 3 tablet for $250 very soon. An equivalent dual-core phone with the exact same ARM SoC and LPDDR3 RAM costs three times the Kindle Fire.
This is the real reason consumers are buying tablets. Competition drove prices down from $500 (and $600 in some cases) to $200 (even less if you buy a cheap China tablet). The smartphone market on the other hand is entirely collusive, and prices remain sky-high for even low-end smartphones. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | The Kindle Fire is a loss leader for Amazon, so that's not exactly a fair conclusion to draw. |
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that's the worst logic i've ever heard. just because tablets are bigger doesn't mean they cost more to produce. Getting the same power into a smaller package costs more. Did you know it costs significantly more to produce a 22in Tv than it does to produce a 32"....
in a similar fashion, a laptop is much more expensive than a desktop with the same specs. |
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 CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | reply to sonicmerlin
And that 250 dollar tablet is 7in, not 10in. |
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said by prairiesky:that's the worst logic i've ever heard. just because tablets are bigger doesn't mean they cost more to produce. Getting the same power into a smaller package costs more. Did you know it costs significantly more to produce a 22in Tv than it does to produce a 32"....
in a similar fashion, a laptop is much more expensive than a desktop with the same specs.
*facepalm* First of all, 32" TVs cost more than 22" ones. Not sure what store catalog you're ogling. Secondly, laptops use different hardware than desktops, and are engineered for mobility and low-power usage.
Smartphones and tablets OTOH use the exact same hardware. The iPhone 4S uses the exact same A5 chip as the iPad 2, with slight customizations to lower clock speed. Otherwise the benchmarks come out exactly the same.
The cost of a multitouch screen increases exponentially the larger its size. 10" screens are far, *far* more expensive than 4" ones. |
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