Report: $99 Google Nexus tablet built by Quanta to hit U.S. in fourth quarter
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A $99 Google Nexus tablet would quickly change the landscape in the U.S. for low priced slates. With the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the 8GB Google Nexus 7 both priced at $199, the expected launch of the Apple iPad mini would bring a higher priced alternative to the low-priced 7 inch category while at the same time a $99 model would smash through the current floor. Quanta refused to comment on the rumor while as we mentioned, Asus once again said it was not building a $99 tablet.
Obviously, this is a story you must take with the proverbial grain of salt. In September, we had on-again, off-again, on-again rumors about the $99 Google Nexus tablet. Chinese white-box manufacturers of low priced tablets would be among the hardest hit if indeed this report is legitimate. Meanwhile, with Staples business web site putting it online, it would appear that a 32GB version of the Google Nexus 7 will soon be here, priced below the 16GB variant which could mean that the middle child (16GB model) will soon be out of the picture.
source: Digitimes
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1. bobfreking55 posted on 17 Oct 2012, 02:38 8
Asus Nexus 7
Quanta Nexus 7
Samsung Galaxy Nexus 2
Sony Nexus X
LG Nexus 4
HTC Nexus X5
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Samsung Nexus S
HTC Nexus One
Google Nexus Q
vs
Apple's iPhone
Apple iPad
Apple iPod
THE TECH BATTLE OF THE DECADE
7. ajac09 posted on 17 Oct 2012, 07:22 0
what about the asus trasformer and the galaxy note 2 and galaxy s3
10. gwuhua1984 posted on 17 Oct 2012, 10:31 0
I think he's only talking about Nexus vs iDevices
11. ajac09 posted on 18 Oct 2012, 07:52 0
should have included all the ones that are against the idevices. Gs3 s is a direct competitor
3. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 17 Oct 2012, 03:48 0
single core ....looks like its going to be mostly for magazine reading
4. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 17 Oct 2012, 04:12 0
Paperwhite Ebook reader from Amazon costs 150 bucks something, this $99 Nexus can do everything better except the battery life.
I think this tablet perhaps can't play big games well but will handle everything else w/o problems.
5. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 17 Oct 2012, 06:36 0
lol... only single core? maybe google want to market it on the same market the kindle is ruling!!
but honestly? why single core? at least dual core (mediatek)... lets see how will the latest android run in a single core!
but this will replace e reader then... like the amazon paperwhite!
but im guessing 6" only...
but the device will be a proud product of china!!!
6. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 17 Oct 2012, 06:48 0
Single core S4 will make that mediatek look like crap ,(nexus s showed to all that you don't need quad core processors and 2 gigs of ram to run jellybean on ) it is not for gaming ,it will be the Volkswagen beetle to the Nexus lineup the common man's e book reader
8. deuel_18 posted on 17 Oct 2012, 07:55 0
i wouldve liked this but the problem is it runs SINGLE CORE like other sluggish tablets
9. android1234 posted on 17 Oct 2012, 09:00 0
My china tablet resell business would go out of business unless they lower the price down to around $30 a unit


