Sentences with phrase «margin tablet product»

As Apple launches a low - margin tablet product (one which may cannibalize sales of the pricier, fully featured iPad), and looks toward other low margin devices (the company is rumored to be entering the cable set - top box market), Apple's margins may be under pressure for several quarters.

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If Amazon is going to spec it with leading technology components, but charge for less money than competitors (which are using similar parts and selling for higher prices at weak margins), then it follows that they're planning on losing money on the tablet and making the money instead on the products and services the owner will subsequently buy from Amazon.

Highlights: • Revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 grew 16 % over the same quarter last year • International revenue1 in Q1 grew 67 % year over year • Gross margin in the quarter was approximately 44 %, slightly higher than expected due to product mix • RIM launched the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in North America and shipped approximately 500,000 units in the first quarter

Instead, there may in fact be two very different markets: «The post-PC vision, where Apple is dominant, and a ultra-low margin product that's also called a tablet but which is really a totally different product.»

The company is expected to sell over 60 million phones and millions of tablets in 2014 and customers are willing to pay extra for their products which results in profit margins up to 33 %.