Nexus 7 to become the fastest selling Android tablet ever

Fudzilla ^ | Thursday, 26 July 2012 10:21 | Fudzilla staff

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Google massively underestimated demand

This won’t come as a surprise to most of you, but according to our sources close to the matter, Google’s Nexus 7 tablets are selling beyond Google’s wildest dreams.

This makes Google, Asus and even Nvidia happy as they are all part of the project and share the profits. Many investors in all three companies will like what they see. There is a big chance that Nexus 7 will outrun the Kindle Fire’s initial success with a big chance or being more than a one-quarter miracle.

We can see many people wanting to buy Nexus 7 in Q4 for Christmas and pre Xmas holiday shopping season, and let’s not forget the back to school spree in August. Nexus 7 could become the fastest selling Android tablet in history due to its appealing price and Google is currently selling more than Asus can produce. Every single unit that Asus is producing goes out via Play store to USA, UK, Canada and Australia Commonwealth market.

We just hope that this success story won’t affect the planned global launch to more non-English speaking markets that was initially planned for Q3.

There is no doubt that Nexus 7 sales will put a lot of pressure on iPad and now it’s more than likely that we will see a sub-10-onch iPad mini competing in this market, but it will probably cost a bit more than $199, simply because Apple can afford to charge more.

Also read:

Nexus 7 boasts good usage figures on ad network

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And we have from Anandtech:

The Google Nexus 7 Review

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Nexus 7? What happened to the Nexus 6? Did the bladerunners retire them all? “..lost forever.....like tears.......in rain......”

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Nexus 7? What happened to the Nexus 6? Did the bladerunners retire them all? “..lost forever.....like tears.......in rain......”

[KarlInOhio]

They've apparently found the market price point for sales. Now can they actually make a profit at that price or are the sales being subsidized by Google?

If I didn't already have a Samsung tablet I would consider buying the Google one.

[Boogieman]

I wonder if they’ve solved the tricky life-expectancy limitation in this new generation of Nexus replicants?

[JAKraig]

First I got a smart phone with a touch screen, the HD2. It was pretty handy, it was Windows 6.5 OS. I liked it for reading but it was just too small.

Then I bought an I-Pad. It seemed perfect, at first. Trying to write on it was a nightmare. I could type but being a fast typist it just was not a good experience so I got a blue tooth keyboard for it, I nearly never used the keyboard. Most of the time you don’t write letters you write notes, fill in calendars etc.

I’m a reader, scriptures, magazines, the web they are great on the Ipad. Then I got a Nook tablet. The perfect reading platform, I mean perfect. A friend said I needed to root it and put a full Android OS on it. I did, it was simple. I never use the Ipad anymore.

Recently while cutting the grass on my tractor with the 6’ finish mower attached I ran into a tree limb, it snaped back and hit me in the shirt pocket where I keep my HD2. It knocked my phone out of my pocket and it fell right under the wheels of the tractor. Goodbye HD2, I practically cried.

I couldn’t do without a phone. A week earlier I was on vacation in Cape Coral Florida and I saw a fellow using either a large phone or a small tablet. I started a conversation with him and he showed me his phone, a Samsung Galaxy Note. It is a large phone. It still easily fits in a shirt pocket with much room to spare but it was larger than my 4.3” HD2, it was 5.3”. Anyway, after looking at that I told my wife that when it was time in a year or two to get a new phone that’s what I would get. Well, a year or two turned into a week.

I have the Galaxy Note, I like it very much. It is actually a great little platform to surf on, even to read a book on, kinda like a small paper back. One of the things it will do that none of the tablets I have owned will do is allow me to hook up USB devices, Thumb drives, Keyboards, Mice, HDMI TV and USB hubs it is cool. It also has a pen to write with on it. You don’t have to use it but it is fast if you do. Speaking of fast, the download speeds are about 4 times faster than my broadband at home.

I don’t mean to be a commercial but I have never had a phone that I thought was so wonderful. I won’t be purchasing the Nexus-7.

I think I won’t need my Nook Tablet or my Ipad anymore.

[Straight Vermonter]

Any FReepers own one? I’m thinking of buying one for Mrs. SV, she just needs a basic web surfing device.

[Revolting cat!]

I’ve got a Lexus but no Nexus!

[Codeflier]

I bought one last week for my wife. It’s very good. Also, comes with $25 Google Play credit for books, movies, music or apps.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I have visual issues so I need big screens , icons, text,..etc.

Been looking at my sons mobile gear,

he has a Droid phone and was showing me market charts over the weekend.... but the text is unreadable for me.

So the 7 " might be a possibility.

He has a Kindle which doesn't work for me either.

24 " screens work for me....with large text.

[American Constitutionalist]

" I have visual issues so I need big screens , icons, text,..etc. "
Does the Nexus 7 have HDMI out port ?

If any of the Tablets have HDMI out then you can hook it up to a larger screen, TV, or PC monitor, but, then again, that won't help you if your riding in a car.
Some Tablets allow you to magnify the screen with just a touch on the screen with 2 fingers.

[American Constitutionalist]

The Nexus 7 does not have a dedicated HDMI out port, sorry folks for those who would have wanted to hook this one up to a larger PC monitor, HDTV, or projector, stuck with the 7 inch screen size.

[mobimania]

I am a little confused reading this forum , I was going to buy a nexus 7 but now i am turning to samsung galaxy tab3,so can somebody help me out in this tablet comparison and tell me which one to buy this will be my first tablet.

[American Constitutionalist]

I am still on a learning curve on what to buy in tablets.
One thing I can advise you in is get as much RAM in your tablet as you can and afford.