Samsung announced last year that it was going to put more focus on its tablet lineup as smartphone sales begin to slow and also to try and get on the same
level of tablets sold as Apple.
Not exact matches
The Galaxy Tab 4 series
tablets (which are,
of course, also
sold by Samsung without Nook branding) are Samsung's entry -
level slates, and the 7 - inch model is the least expensive
of the bunch.
Samsung is predicting an increased
level of demand for new screen technology has mobile phones and
tablet computers are beginning to
sell more units, in more countries.
It was the first mainstream
tablet running Android to be
sold in respectable numbers with a great entry
level price - point
of $ 199.
Other
tablet makers will have to price their wares at the
levels of the Nook Color, which is the second - best
selling tablet on the market after the iPad.
Storage can max out at 1 TB
of high - speed SSD, so no complaints there, and quite a world apart from the entry
level 8 GB
tablets sold today.
It's not surprising, then, that the company would try to kill two birds with one stone and bundle its long - in - the - tooth entry -
level e-reader and its higher priced
tablet (the company also
sells the smaller 7 - inch Nook HD for $ 199), especially after Amazon recently reduced the price
of its competing Kindle HD 8.9 - inch
tablet to $ 269.
SCOOP: The company that launched the netbook market wants to get in on the
tablet craze by
selling the entry
level model
of their Honeycomb offering for real cheap.
Lower average
selling prices (ASPs), a wide range
of new product offerings, and increased holiday spending all acted as catalysts to push the already climbing
tablet market to record
levels.
However, if ICD can
sell entry -
level versions
of this for under 300 as is suggested on the Engadget article, it makes it a very very interesting home
tablet indeed.
Considering this is assembled from the recycle bin (and not even a recent recycle bin) Apple are
selling these at quite high prices compared to the entry
level iPads
of the Air / Mini 2 / Air 2 era, which were genuinely cutting edge at the time (especially the Air 2 which is still the only
tablet you will ever need).
You're right on the prices, considering this is assembled from the recycle bin (and not even a recent recycle bin) Apple are
selling these at quite high prices compared to the entry
level iPads
of the Air / Mini 2 / Air 2 era, which were genuinely cutting edge at the time (especially the Air 2 which is still the only
tablet you will ever need).