Samsung, Motorola, RIM - Make Cheap Tablets, It's The Only Way You Can Compete With The iPad
by Joe White
June 10, 2011
In an article that recently hit the Web, one Wall Street observer has offered a piece of free advise to Samsung, Motorola, RIM and other iPad-competing tablet-makers. The advice, in short, involves reducing prices - because according to the observer (Numura Securities analyst Richard Windsor), iPad-competing tablets "have to be cheap."
The news comes via Cult of Mac, in an article that hit the Web earlier today. According to the website, here are Windsor's comments:
“The Android tablets aren’t as good because of the ecosystem,” Windsor said. “They’ve got to be cheap.” The perfect price seems to be about $300, a figure that until recently has also been out of reach for competitors. But the ultra-cheap tablets by HTC, Motorola or Samsung could spur what the analyst terms as “meaningful volumes.” All of that hinges on tablet screens – the most expensive component, he said.At the beginning of the month, we told you how another analyst claimed Apple-rivals were reducing build plans for iPad-competing tablets, after having received "an early dose of reality." Now, according to Wilson, the only way companies like Samsung, Motorola or RIM can compete with Apple in the tablet market is by offering cheap tablets. Whether this advice will be taken, however, remains to be seen. We'll keep you posted.
