07-28-2012, 06:43 AM | #76 |
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07-28-2012, 06:52 AM | #77 | |
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07-28-2012, 09:44 AM | #78 |
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07-28-2012, 10:40 AM | #79 |
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Actually it seems to me that people are willing to spend money on hardware, but place little or no value on content. How often have we seen people, perhaps typing on their $1500 gaming PC, moan about paying $10 for an eBook?
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07-28-2012, 11:26 AM | #80 | |
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07-28-2012, 11:29 AM | #81 |
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So true, that's something I don't get. Another variation of what you said is people by $500 tablets and find it hard to pay for a $1 app.
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07-28-2012, 12:33 PM | #82 |
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One is probably viewed as an "investment" the other as consumption. Saving $2 on an eBook will over a life time probably pay for that $1500 gaming PC.
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07-28-2012, 12:50 PM | #83 |
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I'm amazed by how many people around here apparently have more experience in mass production, marketing and support of custom hardware than Google or Amazon.
How did you come by this $2 figure? Did you count driver development, software integration and testing, user support, failure rates? The current tablets without SD slots cost about $50 less than tablets with them. Of course that's not reflective of actual cost, or even only about the SD slot, but it IS reflective of a (successful) marketing plan, and product differentiation, and I doubt anyone's posting of "only $2" on the Internet will have much sway. No one foolish. Those of us smart enough to understand our own needs, smart enough save money where appropriate, and smart enough to ignore insulting blowhards who think they know better. I apparently am only smart enough for the first two. |
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I remember once having a hard time making a friend of mine understand this during a road trip. I wouldn't pay $x do do some interesting tourist attraction. And he said "How come you'll pay $x for a fancy dinner, but won't for this?" "Because I wanted the dinner, and if I paid $x for stuff like this, I wouldn't have the $x for the dinner." Last edited by ApK; 07-28-2012 at 01:44 PM. |
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The Fire and Nexus are $200, the Galaxy Tab, which seemed to be the next most popular 7"Android tablet with comparable power and an SD slot, and the Nook Tablet, are $250. Certainly there is the newer 8GB Nook, and a slew of cheap under-powered tablets, but they have not captured the market like the Fire, Nexus and SGT have, so don't figure they are comparable. |
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Also of note -- they sold more, but Apples sales still grew. So Samsung is taking customers, not away from Apple, but from other vendors. When iPhone sales decline, then Samsung can say that they are hurting Apple. Until then, all we know is that its a market big and comfortable enough for multiple players - just as it has always been (samsung and apple are the new Nokia, RIM and Motorola) edit - confirmed Quote:
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That reasoning assumes that the number of possible customers does not increase and that I believe is false so your conclusion does not follow.
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market grows and grows
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