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Originally Posted by afv011
Well, you're just making up numbers like anybody else. You can't deduce from the price difference between the N7 and the Sammy tab that the $50 are for the SD card.
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Originally Posted by SeaKing
Now as far as what things cost in the store, I would recommend the $50 guy to go look in an electronics catalog or Amazon or a Best Buy and see what kind of hardware his $50 can buy and compare that to an SD slot. Donald Trump would say "unbelievable!"
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Originally Posted by afv011
According to this, the screen only costs $38, or $62 when you include the touchscreen. So, obviously $50 for the SD card is BS. For comparison, the camera costs $2.50 so that'd give some support to the people saying that the SD card mount would cost $2. |
You guys are misunderstanding and misreading my post.
I didn't say or mean to imply that the $50 cost difference between those models was because of the cost of the SD slot. In fact I said of course it's not just that.
I'm saying that regardless of the actual hardware costs, comparable devices that have that feature are positioned as a premium, higher priced device. Like the GPS and wood grain trim in a "EXL Deluxe" model car for $2000 more. It doesn't mean those feastures actually cost $2000, it means that's how the vendor chooses to package and price those features.
I'm saying that even if the actual cost of adding an SD card slot is only a couple bucks per device (and I am curious if anyone knows the REAL total cost), vendors have NOT been including that feature in comparable devices at that price. They are including it only in higher priced devices, and since they are not non-profit-charities required to only pass on actual cost, this is to be expected.
I'm saying that just ranting about how adding an SD slot only costs $2 does not in anyway suggest that that if the Nexus 7 had had an SD card, it would have cost $202 dollars. The market prices of the moment suggest a device with those kind of specs and features would be priced like the Galaxy Tab or the Nook Tablet: $250
It would be that price because they see they can get that price, and they are in business to make money.
And if you want to pay that price...devices with SD slots are out there...go buy em!
Of course that's coming down every moment we discuss it, so the Fire 2 and whatever is on tap might well come out at $99.99, who knows.
ApK