Sentences with phrase «selling competing devices»

You might be wondering why Amazon would sell an Echo Dot clone and forgo the revenue it makes on selling competing devices.

Not exact matches

For one thing, it's on par with what competing top - end devices such as the iPhone are selling for.

The days of Apple selling products for ridiculously high margins and growing faster than competitors are being challenged and it will have to gain more market share of it is going to successfully compete with mobile devices running Google's Android in the future, Peal said.

Though Apple has sold roughly 500 million iPhones since the device's introduction in 2007, people have long clamored for a larger screen display — particularly given the comparative expanses of competing Android and Windows devices.

When Apple introduced its early personal computer, the device was not good enough to compete against the mainframes and minicomputers of the time, so Apple didn't try to compete head — on: it sold the personal computer as a toy for children.

And when Apple introduced its early personal computer, the device was not good enough to compete against the mainframes and minicomputers of the time, so Apple didn't try to compete head — on: it sold the personal computer as a toy for children and hobbyists.

The low price point would help the device compete in China, where tablets are often sold for less than $ 100.

Amazon seems better positioned than Google to compete with Apple on content; unlike Google, both those companys already sell many millions of books, TV shows, and movies that can be consumed on their respective devices.

The move could affect companies like Amazon.com and others that sell e-book readers that compete with Apple's iPad tablet and offer free mobile apps so customers can read their e-book purchases on other devices.

However, Apple will sell a device that competes with this holiday season's smash hit among the geeky early - adapter crowd: the under $ 500 stripped down notebook computers called netbooks.

Additionally, Barnes & Noble promised to make all efforts to insure that its subsidiaries or affiliates do «not compete, with NewCo in the business of selling or making available Reading Content or similar e-reading content, e-reader software or e-reader devices.»

Finally, Gold said an online store would help Google get «major numbers of tablets sold to compete head - on with iPads... this [online store] could stimulate market interest and get more devices sold from all the Android vendors.»

Amazons goal is to get as many devices in peoples hands to sell content which is what their business consists of, not competing on specs and therefore raise prices.

The Surface 3 is priced to compete with entry - and mid-level Windows tablets and detachable hybrid devices, but with nearly essential accessories sold separately, the real price of the tablet is much higher.

Yet, Google will sell it at a mere $ 400, which is significantly lower than competing devices.

The company will compete most directly with Barnes & Noble Inc., which already runs an e-book store and sells e-books over several devices, including its own Nook.

It's not terribly cheap (that model is # 299 in the UK) but then it's competing with the high end of the compact tablet market; the equivalent Apple device is the iPad mini retina 32Gb / 4G, which sells for # 499.

Researchers didn't attempt to explain the shift, but the increasing bias suggested that the $ 199 price was again the determining factor and that devices trying to compete more directly in the iPad's price and category sold in low numbers.

-- to get access to the Amazon ecosystem and content — to sell their devices through the Amazon store — to eliminate all the Android unknowns and potential downsides — to compete on a level OS playing field — to eliminate any fees paid to MS to use Android

In this recent Statement of Objections, the Commission alleges that Google has breached EU antitrust rules by: requiring manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and Google's Chrome browser and requiring them to set Google Search as default search service on their devices, as a condition to license certain Google proprietary apps; preventing manufacturers from selling smart mobile devices running on competing operating systems based on the Android open source code; giving financial incentives to manufacturers and mobile network operators on condition that they exclusively pre-install Google Search on their devices.

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., said Amazon's retail website doesn't sell competing products like the Google Home smart speaker or Google's Chromecast streaming device.

Analysts believe Microsoft did the right thing because the market for smaller tablets is already saturated with low - cost devices that Microsoft, which will not sacrifice its brand to sell a product will a lower price point, will not be able to compete with.

If you're looking for the best value possible on a $ 200 - $ 300 smartphone, you will find mid-range devices competing against last generation flagships that are still sold new but at new reduced prices.

Preventing manufacturers from selling smart mobile devices running on competing operating systems based on Android open source code; and

«Selling refurbished iPhones is one way for Apple to compete without having to produce a device that compromises on features or components.»

The device is certainly going to be marketed cheap in the retail market as well as seen with its smartphones that are being sold at a bargain with specs competing with other companies flagship devices.

«But Fitbit is not the only wearable product Apple sells, and it's unclear whether Apple will continue to sell other competing devices, including the Nike + FuelBand.

On the other side, major competing players in the smartphone and tablet arena, including Samsung, HTC and Sony, started selling their flagship devices during the quarter which resulted fall in demand of Apple devices and therefore, affected their sales.

Apple is facing an uphill struggle in its attempts to wean Chinese smartphone users off cheaper rival devices in a saturated mobile market, according to a new Bloomberg report.With Apple gearing up to sell its most ambitious but most expensive iPhone yet, local competitors like Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi are already poised to compete by launching their own less expensive feature - packed devices around Apple's September 12 «iPhone 8» launch date.Unofficial «iPhone 8» poster spotted in Chinese store (via Slashleaks) While it sticks to a global template that's served it well, local vendors have become adept at technology design while tailoring phones to local tastes, such as with dual SIM capability.

However, with the device's price point, it appears as though B&O is trying to compete with Apple's AirPods, which sells for $ 159.

In an effort to better compete with the smartphone startup, which sells most of its phones online, Lenovo has announced that it will set up a new smart device company in China, which will have a different brand name and will focus on selling devices online.

One of Engadget's sources also claims that Google wants Amazon to start selling some of its products like the Chromecast and Google Home, but Amazon is reluctant to do so since those would directly compete with its Fire TV devices and Echo smart speakers.