Posted by : Cyber Freak
Friday, 9 November 2012
Asus has officially announced the launch of the Nexus 7 in India and it will be hitting store shelves tomorrow, on November 8. The pricing of the device feels a little steep considering the fact that the Nexus 7 tablet is (now)
priced at $199 (Rs. 11,339 approx.) for the 16GB variant and $249 (Rs.
14,188) for the 32GB variant in the US. The Nexus 7 was unveiled at the
Google I/O event back in June.
In July, the 8GB version was available
for Rs. 16,952 via the Indiatimes online shopping website. The 8GB model will not be officially available in India unfortunately, with the refreshed Nexus 7 lineup from Google what will be arriving in India.
mc_g (India) 1 day ago
ReplyDeleteWhether it's Apple or Google, most foreign companies treat Indian customers like Indians are unwanted. Apple generally launches a backdated product in India when a better version of that product is introduced in US and others parts of the world (iPhone 5 was slight exception). Google's Nexus 7 was available in most countries - except in India - from beginning of launch of the product. Now, as Google's updated version of Nexus 7 is out in most countries, we hear Google Nexus 7 "will be" available in India. But, as I write the comment, it's not yet available in India (I checked their store). And how come the price of the tablet Rs. 19,990 in India when it's $199 in US? It just is clear they treat Indians poorly. In this situation, Indians and Indian companies should start creating their own cool stuffs. When US denied to give supercomputer to India, we Indians created our own supercomputer. Then what's a big deal in creating a tablet? We can very much create our own cool stuffs and we should start doing that now. After all, it's the work of Indian engineers (and engineers from other countries too) that allows Google or such companies to build cool products. If you fellow Indian engineers and entrepreneurs have minimum self respect, then stop waiting for Google or others to throw their surplus or backdated product at us at excess price. Let's stop being happy to own a backdated iPhone. Let's create with pride our own cool "Made in India" products.