Hardware Is Dead — At Least Most Expensive Hardware Is

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?"

Comments

Re:Nope

[DigiShaman]

Yes, and the lemmings are the more vocal but rare among the crowd of iPhone users. I was actually lucky enough to pre-order a new iPhone 5. I knew they were going to be a hot item which is why I waited till 3am to plug my order. This BTW would be my first iPhone in a long string of Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Droid phones. I just want a smart phone that fucking works. It would seem that Apple got it right based on playing around with other iPhones out in the field.

This week, my Droid 2 is going away. I really hate that phone! Wish I kept my Black Berry Curve instead while I had the chance.

Re:Nope

[BasilBrush]

"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."

There's always another idiot that thinks good devices are about feature checklists rather than user experience.