Retailers already reporting Nexus 7 as sold out

2. Galen20K posted on 13 Jul 2012, 17:23 5

I see what you did there. ; ) lol

5. MichaelHeller posted on 13 Jul 2012, 17:33 5

These are all pre-orders. The only store that is shipping the tablet is the Google Play Store. No one else is authorized to ship or distribute yet.

Given how small the production run is said to be, it's hard to imagine Google would have been able to sell in too many countries. It makes sense that the focus would be on regions like the US, Europe, and Japan with the small initial run. Then when production ramps up, Google will likely start releasing the tablet in other markets.

16. rd_nest posted on 14 Jul 2012, 04:06 0

First, it is selling in ONLY in 4 countries.. UK does not mean whole of Europe.

And it is NOT selling in Japan.

So, you are wrong when you say it is selling in Europe. No it's not. It's only selling in US, Canada, UK and Australia.

Not Europe, not Japan, and no Asia. Get your facts right before you type.

17. kidtronic posted on 15 Jul 2012, 05:24 1

Speaking of facts, the UK is a part of Europe. So if something is selling in the UK, it is selling in Europe. Just not all of Europe. You really should listen to your own advice.

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19. networkdood posted on 15 Jul 2012, 17:39 0

LOL! - 4 char

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7. ardent1 posted on 13 Jul 2012, 19:21 0

You need to understand how a business works in a capitalist system. Pre-orders are almost as good as guaranteed sales so there's no urgency to send them first. A businees needs to strike the iron while it is hot so it will balance filling preorders and sending inventory to resellers for the early adopters.

10. Droid_X_Doug posted on 13 Jul 2012, 20:53 0

"Pre-orders are almost as good as guaranteed sales so there's no urgency to send them first."

Can't book the sale until the unit that was sold is shipped. As you mentioned further in your post, a business needs to strike the iron while it is hot.... Shipping preorders as soon as possible is the quickest way to "...strike the iron while it is hot...."

14. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 13 Jul 2012, 22:13 1

Google sells N7 in stores only to catch public attention, especially of those who don't know about Play Store. People come to street stores, they want to buy N7 and they'll go to Google Play where N7 is still available.

11. Droid_X_Doug posted on 13 Jul 2012, 20:56 0

Isn't it amazing - produce a right-spec'd product, put a great O/S on it, and price it so that the value proposition becomes compelling and the manufacturer can't produce enough to meet demand. Daayuum.

13. protozeloz posted on 13 Jul 2012, 21:38 0

commenter #7 among other few