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Originally Posted by Crowl
Actually a far more logical way to interpret this price is that this is a device with normal margins that they expect from hardware, unlike a kindle fire or nexus 7 where the devices are being sold at cost for other reasons and due to some out of the ordinary features Samsung think that there will be a market for this device at the chosen price.
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Perhaps the pricing is less extreme in the US, but in the UK the 16GB WiFi Samsung Note 8 costs £339, compared to the 16GB WiFi iPad Mini at £269.
When your product makes one of Apple's products look cheap, there is something wrong.
The Note 8 has definite advantages (primarily the well integrated stylus and SD slot) that mean for some people it would be worth the premium, but it is not going to be a mass-market success at that price. Not when the Nexus 7 16GB WiFi model is £159.
Many people will buy the Nexus, as a quality Android tablet at a great price. Many people will buy the iPad Mini, because they want access to the iOS ecosystem. I don't think many people will buy the Note 8.