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16GB Nexus 7 Sold Out On Google Play Store
hypnosec writes "Just days after it was officially made available on Google Play, Google's Nexus 7 16GB version has been sold out and is not available for order. Google's probable answer to Amazon's Kindle has been selling like hot cakes from day one, and was available with two different amounts on-board storage: 8GB and 16GB. Considering that people now-a-days want more space on their portable computing device, the 16GB version was selling more than its 8GB sibling. Another reason for the 16GB to outsell the 8GB variant is that the price difference between the two is just $50."
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With flash memory so cheap, why would anyone release a tablet with less than 32GB? Our CAD stations have more RAM.
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I think the challenge for this device was to bring the price down to $200. Which means reduced storage. It is easy enough now to use cloud drives/music to avoid the necessity of of having the bulk of your library local. This tablet can compete with the Kindle Fire as a result, and it will greatly increase the footprint of Android in the tablet space. When the leading product is literally three times the price or the the aging model is double the price for the same storage, it begins to look pretty good. If you need to have your entire catalog of files locally, then this may not be the device you want/need.
I was on the pre-order list and my 16GB would not charge. They still haven't sent a replacement. I guess I am screwed.
I guess the upside is that they may fix the screen issue... but since Asus has managed to show a lack of competence with some of these issues I am not holding my breath.
My tablet has 16GB, and I have a 16GB microSD.
The Nexus 7, on the other hand, has no microSD slot.
The only thing my local storage is for is installed applications, and a handful off items for when I'm offline.
Perhaps people buying the bigger capacities are offline more than you are. They don't want to spend hundreds of dollars a year on a mobile broadband plan for a tablet when they're already paying hundreds for Internet at home. And even if they do pay up, once someone streams a couple movies over cellular, that's all the Internet access the subscriber gets for the month.
For anyone on the fence about buying one, do not hesitate, it's a fantastic device!
S.t.e.v.e.
It is easy enough now to use cloud drives/music to avoid the necessity of of having the bulk of your library local.
Not while you're out of range of a Wi-Fi AP that you're permitted to use. That happens more often for some people than for others. In fact, for some people, the only place they're sure to have Internet access on a tablet is at home.
I use WiFi only; it's ubuiquitous where I am, and there's no additional charge for it. [...] Certainly if you are in a location where cellular is your only choice, the decision will be different.
To clarify my situation: The public transit system in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has no Wi-Fi; nor do a lot of stores. A convention center in Toledo, Ohio, has Wi-Fi but charges $25 per day to route packets out of the building.
When a new consumer product/book/whatever hits the market, it's common to limit quantities of the first shipment so you can tell the world you "sold out" a few days later. The reason you do this is threefold:
1) Reminds consumers that product X is now available for sale
2) Get consumers to think that if they're interested, they need to buy now (e.g., rather than comparison shop)
3) Get consumers to think that the list price IS the price the product is selling for (e.g., don't look for discounts)
Google intentionally manufactured (not really Google, but still...) few units just so they can say "hey, our Nexus 7 is really hot shit and sold out!!"
If that is a real problem then get the 16GB version and get happy. How long are you planning to be away from wifi with just your tablet that 16GB isn't enough? Movies fit for such a small screen can be encoded to a gigabyte or less so assuming you have 1GB for the OS, 4GB for some apps, 3GB worth of music, you still have room for at least 8 movies. Of course there is already a method floating around for hooking a flash drive to your Nexus 7 so the point is moot for some people already. There are also little hard drives that have their own wi-fi access point built in so you can stop somewhere in th mountains you are obviously hiking in while the latest blockbusters on your tablet and re-up.
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when i get my nexus 7, i am going to use a flash drive for more storage. check this: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/21/ultimate-hack-nexus-7-hooks-up-with-external-usb-storage-flopp/
Not really. Google's products have always been popular in the right circles. The thing is, Google's previous physical products have been phones. The vast, vast, vast, majority of Americans buy their phones subsidized on contract, if the Google Nexus Phone X isn't there in the Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile or Sprint store, most people aren't going to buy it. Even among early adopters who look online they see $600 for a phone and can't justify paying that + contract price (and on contract is really the only way to keep a decent data plan today). They don't see a $600 phone when they buy the phone that costs them $50 on contract, they see a $50 phone. When you show them Google's phone, they see a very expensive piece of technology and understandably aren't buying it like crazy.
Tablets are different. Your average American isn't comparing the Google price to a substadized price, instead they are seeing you can buy a $200 tablet from Google, a $200 tablet from Amazon, a $400 high end Android tablet or a $500 low-end tablet from Apple.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
Not if they wanted pure android.
Which is why I am getting one. I have a nook running CM7 and a nicer device in the form factor running real android is exactly what I have been waiting for.
The important part is, of course, I already received mine.
The clue to your answer is in that statement.
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
You don't have a computer with a disk drive?
Handbrake is free and makes this very easy.
Do yourself a favor and remove the messaging app, camera, voice search and other stuff the NC can't use.
It will make the device way more stable and fast. This frees up a significant amount of its ram.
look man, fuck that. I used to roll with a 160gb ipod classic. I'd like a device that can really provide the same functionality. It's not like our summer cottages have redbox rentals near them. there's 3g though so spotify works.
the big space is good because then you don't have to decide in advance what you want to watch.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Or PCmag is trying to knock the product so that people will buy a surface when they come out.
PCmag are the biggest MS shills ever.
The geeks at Android Authroity and XDA Forums have a DIY fix, but we'd advise ordinary consumers to just return their tablets.
You are calling tightening a screw a DIY fix? Are normal consumers to dumb for that?
The rest of these are one off problems. You build a device and sell it for $200 or $500 some units will be defective. They are just capitalizing on the popularity of the product to get page hits.
You can get this Archos Android tablet with 250GB of storage. Is that enough?
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
It will not, CM has a list of what is safe to remove.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones
I just used titanium backup, but you could use any app that allows you to delete apks from system.
It will break compatibility only with apps that need cameras and microphones, which the NC lacks anyway.
They have a brain and knew that excluding MicroSD is smart.
It is slow and users will complain about their device being slow when they access it.
USB sticks are also slow, but it is very clear they are not part of the device to be left connected at all times.
You only need to hook up the usb stick to copy media back and forth nothing else.
In related news:
Samsung Galaxy S III: 10 Million Sold
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/smart_phones/240004166
Why I abandoned the iPhone
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/why-i-abandoned-the-iphone-20120718-228xy.html
I don't quite understand why they even produced an 8GB .
The reason is so they can have a "list price" of $199, the same as the Kindle Fire. People will often make a purchase decision by comparing prices on basic models, and then add upgrades without as much consideration. So Google wins the sale with the low list price, and then makes the profit on the additional memory.
I just fired up a 720P mkv (not sure the specific codecs in use) of the watchmen in VLC on the Nexus 7 and dropped nary a frame. This movie did drop frames on my Xoom but is perfectly smooth on the 7. I don't have any 1080P stuff to test.
The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
The real difference between the Nexus 7 and those other tablets is that the Nexus 7 is fast (quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3). Between that and the fact that, as a Google-branded device, it will actually get OS upgrades (unlike those other tablets), it's not only a better value now but it's also future-proof enough to justify paying for the extra 8GB.
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What Google should do is not play the Apple game. Offer a 32 gig device and ... there is no second step. Advertise that even if you don't use the storage, it's being made available because MEMORY IS CHEAP, the additional cost of memory is buried down in the noise, and Google doesn't feel the need to play that game.
I don't expect them to do that, but it would be interesting to see what happened if they did.
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I don't mind pooling for things for both of us....living necessities, home...etc.
But, I insist that I get to put aside money in my own account just for ME and my toy purchases. She can have the same, but I like to save my money, and buy myself 1-2 very, very, very nice toys a year. She can do as she pleases with her money, etc.
Of course, I do make more money than she does....so, I get to have a bit more of my money for my toys...but I'm also generous too.
I do expect my women I'm with...to have their own jobs and careers....and its my opinion when doing things like living together (I'm not having kids, so, no need to ever marry)...you split costs, etc...and pool for things enjoyed by each...but I gotta have my mad money that no one can tell me what to do with....and of course I would expect no less from any current mate I'm with.
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