facebook rss twitter

Google Nexus 7 16GB price-drop signals arrival of 32GB variant

by Alistair Lowe on 29 October 2012, 11:45

Tags: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), ASUSTeK (TPE:2357)

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qabohf

Add to My Vault: x

We had suspected as much, however solid evidence is finally appearing as US retailers begin to drop the price of Google's Nexus 7 16GB down from $249.99 (£199) to $199.99 (£159), the price of the current 8GB variant.

We're talking, of course, of the soon-to-launch Nexus 7 32GB, which, far from becoming a premium variant of the Nexus 7, will take-over the same price-point currently occupied by its 16GB sibling. This makes a lot of sense; there's plenty of choice of tablets further-up the price ladder, all with premium features and styling, the selling-point of the Nexus 7 is its low-price and it's important that Google doesn't break from this trend.

Google Nexus 7 price-drop

With 32GB at £199, the Nexus 7 becomes directly comparable to Amazon's Kindle Fire HD, with only minor quibble points separating the two devices. It'll now be rather interesting to see who comes out on-top in 7in tablet sales this Christmas, something tells us it may not be Apple with its iPad Mini, as the firm appears to have missed the plot when it comes to pricing.



HEXUS Forums :: 27 Comments

Login with Forum Account

Don't have an account? Register today!
Apple missed the plot regarding pricing of 7" tablets? Some of us may say they've missed the plot with the whole of their pricing but it doesn't really seem to have harmed them that much…
the price of the 16gb one in argos is still 199$ and the 32gb is 199$ tesco is still the same
Im interested to find out some pricing for the 32GB 3G model (there is going to be one, right?). I have been tethering to my phone so far but if i can get a decent data plan version for a reasonable price, i might sell and move on.
Biscuit
Im interested to find out some pricing for the 32GB 3G model (there is going to be one, right?). I have been tethering to my phone so far but if i can get a decent data plan version for a reasonable price, i might sell and move on.

The Nexus tablets have been Wifi only, so far, part of the reason for the low pricing of them.
32GB @ £199 and 16GB @ £159 sounds great. Does this mean that there's a chance that the (presumably dropped) 8GB will also get a price cut? If so, then £99 for the 8GB would surely see them fly off of the shelves!

Of course, there's some folks I know who'd still insist that the reason that the iP Mini is £100 more expensive is that “it's £100 better” (at least they didn't say “it's £100 more magical” - because this'd have me reaching for the sick bags).