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Hardware Is Dead — At Least Most Expensive Hardware Is

Posted by timothy on from the not-just-the-so-called-pc dept.

First time accepted submitter ze_jua writes "In this article, Jay Goldberg, a financial analyst who travels to Shenzhen several times a year, analyses the potential consequences of the very low cost of hardware he found there on the consumer electronic industry worldwide. He wrote this piece of text after he found a very nice $45 Android 4 tablet. Are we so close to given-away tablets?"

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  1. Absolutely. by Alan+Shutko · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Expensive hardware has been dead for a while. That's why Apple had such disappointing preorders of the new iPhone and has been lagging behind Samsung in tablet sell-through.

    Or, maybe not.

    1. Re:Absolutely. by JoeMerchant · · Score: 5, Insightful

      iPhones hit that "stupid spot" in the American consumer - no money down, affordable monthly payments, visible bling to flash around with your friends, and it has grown into a hip-cool brand too.

      Doesn't matter what it does or doesn't do, with those components you've got a winner.

  2. Nope by dreamchaser · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There will always be lemmings willing to pay for shiny bragging rights.