Google Nexus 7 best-selling Android tablet

Google Nexus 7 best-selling Android tablet ever: UK retailer

 

Updated 11:01 AM Oct 16, 2012

 

Google's Nexus 7. REUTERS

LONDON - Google's first tablet has become the best-selling in its category just three months after its launch, a retailer in the United Kingdom has announced.

Mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse said that, since going on sale on July 27, the Google Nexus 7 tablet has become the highest-selling Android tablet in its history.

Although the news means the device still lags considerably behind any of Apple's three iPad models, it means that devices such as the Asus Transformer Prime and the Samsung Galaxy Tab have already been eclipsed by a device whose main selling point has been its affordable £159 (S$312) price tag.

The news also sets up the prospect of more affordable tablets reaching the market soon and of Amazon's new £159 Kindle Fire HD also establishing itself quickly thanks to its low price.

Mr Graham Stapleton, Chief Commercial Officer at Carphone Warehouse, told the Daily Telegraph: "It's impressive that this product is our biggest selling Android tablet and it will be really interesting to see if other manufacturers will follow suit with smaller tablets over the coming months to spice up the Christmas period."

He said Carphone has seen a huge demand for this smaller-sized, 7-inch tablet running on the Android 4.1, Jelly Bean operating system.

"Looking at the sales of the Google Nexus tablet, it's clear that there is a massive demand among our customer base for smaller tablets," he said.

"We're seeing a real shift in what customers are using their tablets for, with more and more watching content on the go. It's now common to see people using their tablets during the morning commute or catching up on the day's news in a local coffee shop, and smaller devices make it easier to handle."

He added: "We've seen that 59 per cent of total tablet sales in our stores are sold as either connected or tethered, to allow access to the Internet on tablets that don't have in-built 3G connectivity."

The retailer declined to release sales figures. AGENCIES

Source:  www.todayonline.com

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Google Nexus 7 3G could arrive in weeks

LONDON - The tablet was released in July but sources have revealed that the hardware manufacturer is already currently working on a 3G variant to be released imminently.

Asus, which partnered with Google to make the Nexus 7 tablet, is reportedly gearing up production for a launch in approximately six weeks time.

The popular 7-inch tablet was launched to glowing reviews and soon sold out at some American retailers.

It was the first Android tablet to come with Jelly Bean, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, reported the Daily Telegraph.

Aggressively priced from £160 (S$316) it was designed to loosen Apple's grip on the tablet market. It's nearest competitor is the Kindle Fire, which is only available to American buyers.

It has an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, and a 1.2-megapixel camera, and is available with 8 or 16GB of storage.

The lack of 3G support was one of the only criticisms levelled at the tablet by reviewers.

There are not expected to be any other hardware changes to the Nexus 7, with the inclusion of 3G the only addition to the new tablet

The 3G model is likely to be more expensive than the Wi-Fi only model although the exact release date and price are currently unknown.

Apple is expected to launch a smaller, cheaper version of the iPad next month which will compete with the Nexus 7.

With Amazon expected to release a new version of the Kindle Fire this week , the move by Google would ensure that it stays dominant in the market. AGENCIES

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