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Quarterly sales....
by gan17 on Thu 1st Nov 2012 01:31 UTC
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So lets assume it sold 500k units the first month, 600k the second and 700k the third. That's 1.8 million units sold in a quarter. I read somewhere that the iPad shipped around 14 million units worldwide in Q3. Not too bad for the Nexus 7, considering the only prominent advertising it got was Google's front page for a few days.

Still, I doubt it'll sustain 1 million per month for long, now that the 7" iPad and Kindles are out. The average mama and papa still don't know what a Nexus is. Being Play Store only (aside from a few US and UK retailers) is obviously a limiting factor, seeing as it's only available in select countries. In places where it's sold by Asus and not Google (like here in Singapore, though I got mine via my sister in Australia) there's a slight mark-up which makes it a less attractive proposition. This might prove a bigger stumbling block for the upcoming Nexus 4. Already reading that LG will be selling it in Austria for €500+ while it'll be available direct from Google in the German Play Store for only €350+ unlocked, though don't quote me on this just yet.

Great device though. Sadly, tablet optimized apps for Android are still lacking compared to what you get on iOS. I managed to get a decent selection of core apps (all Holo, btw) and a few games, but most of the artsy and "leftfield" stuff is still iPad only, it seems.

Edited 2012-11-01 01:37 UTC

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