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[Nexus 7 General] xstayxposix:
It's definitely the price point. Flagship android device for that price, I'll take it.

Once I find a job that is. :D

Congrats to Google though, it's about time an Android tablet starts flying off the shelves.
[Nexus 7 General] CrazyPeter:
High end feel and performance for a low-end price.

Jellybean IS buttery smooth, and the Nexus7 feels REALLY fast to use, the screen is georgous, the tablet has a great feel. And it's currently got a bargain price.

I say currently, Clearly by Google pricing it at break-even pricing, other Android tablet vendors don't really stand a chance of competing. So I expect that now Google have shown what can be done with Android tablets, they won't be in too much of a rush to replenish stocks and sell them at the same price. They will have pressure from other Android tablet sellers to give them a break.

In short, expect limited supply and/or price rises for future shipments. You can be sure the $25 play credit will evaporate soon too.
[Nexus 7 General] ixon2001:
Also with the N7 flying off the shelves it also put pressure on Apple to bring a 7" tablet to the market & the likes of Samsung & others to up their game to offers better specs 7" tablets for around the same price £200.
[Nexus 7 General] AshleyTayles:
I gotta agree, it's an amazing tablet, but how the hell does Joe Public know about it?! There's not even a real commercial for it, just a bunch of boring programmers talking about what they have done with it. The only places I've seen it advertised are online ads, but I'm guessing I'm only seeing them everywhere because I've been searching for information about the tablet non-stop.

Either way, I'm glad it's had this popularity. I feel other manufacturers haven't got Tablets "right" yet, and I'm a HUGE fan of Samsung, I try and buy their new tech whenever possible (I have a Samsung: washing machine, TV, monitor, galaxy s2 and laptop) but I couldn't bring myself to purchase their tablet, despite me wanting a tablet for quite some while).

Google needs to take a chunk out of Apple. With Google being almost the opposite of Apple (open source, etc) then I'm glad to see this. Now when my douchbag friends whip out their iPad, I whip out something even better.
[Nexus 7 General] c0m47053:
Don't want to be negative, but has anyone seen actual sales figures?

I know they are selling out, but how many were available?

Speaking to physical retailers here in the UK, it looks like each store only received a handful (my local PC World got 5).

I would love to see massive success for this tablet, but at this point it doesn't seem clear whether this is high sales levels or just stock shortages.
[Nexus 7 General] Joezhang:
Right - how do we determine high demand if we don't have any idea of how many were available?
[Nexus 7 General] uberNoobZA:
Retailers get them in batches, depending on how many they think they can sell so some will have more than others. I seriously doubt a shop like pcworld would only get 5 per store.

The reason they sold so well is because people (not sheep) bought them based on the reputation of the companies selling them and because they were sold at a fair price for what you are getting. The reason some companies spend a fortune on advertising when releasing a facelift of an outdated product, is because they need to convince their sheep that they need to waste another $400.
[Nexus 7 General] ikeny:
It has to be price. A base model iPod touch costs the same, and you get a quality tablet with superb hardware here.
[Nexus 7 General] zen123:
Definitely top notch hardware for budget price.
[Nexus 7 General] ray3andrei:
Jelly bean is smoother than iOS and wp7 believe it or not

Sent from my Jelly Beaned GNexus
[Nexus 7 General] Justdoit2u:
It is selling so well because of one simple thing,

Mass Market Price Point!

Every electronics firm that doesn't rely on image to sell units aims for this holy grail! This is why Sony and Microsoft re-engineer there devices to reduce costs and RR P's because high quality and keen price king!

The fact that the Nexus 7 offers a quality service at an attractive price point is why it is doing so well!
[Nexus 7 General] chrisjcks:
Yep, its great. :)

Apple used to have the argument of 'we know iOS is boring, can't be customised and is limited in features compared to android, but at least iOS is fast and smooth'

However, JB now makes android fast and smooth, more so than iOS. (Shocked!?)

So, I wonder what excuse is used now :)
[Nexus 7 General] CrazyPeter:
Isn't it obvious? Last year, Apple told the world about Android fragmentation, and the braindead sheep then repeated this across the internet as if it were fact.

Now Apple has even worse fragmentation problems, that's not talked about anymore, they have now told the world to talk about Android update timescales... And the sheep are telling anyone that wants to listen, how nobody has ICS and so forth...
[Nexus 7 General] krelvinaz:
have you picked up a Xoom and then an N7? One feels like the added lead to it... and it is not the N7...

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] mrnovanova:
Tegra 3

Quad core cpu with a 5th core was the selling point for me. I just had to see it for myself. and it's a beast.
[Nexus 7 General] NeoMagus:
They do now. Just saw commercial for it this morning during the Today show. A guy using it with his kid and "the playground is open"

** Found it on youtube. Engadget also has a story on it.
[Nexus 7 General] big samm:
Jelly bean quad core tegra 3 and the price.... Those 3 things will make almost anyone buy this little tablet.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] okantomi:
Hey, not exactly a fair comparison in so many ways...I love them both, and use them differently.

:)
[Nexus 7 General] c0m47053:
It's true, large stores may have had more, but the situation was a bit worse than I originally stated (for brevity).

I pre-ordered one, and when I went in, they had no idea what a Nexus 7 was (This was 13/07). They found it on the system and put a pre-order in, but didn't really know whether they would be getting any.

When I went in to get it (18/07), they still didn't know what it was, or that they had some until they looked it up.

The whole thing really doesn't seem like a big product launch, at least here in the UK.

Like I said, I am totally in love with my N7, and really hope that they sell. I am just not convinced that the volume is there in supply right now.
[Nexus 7 General] Clienterror:
Mmmm separate but equal eh? Didn't work out so well in the 50's but let's give it another shot. Jk lol
[Nexus 7 General] earlyberd:
The price point is the sole driving factor with the popularity of this tablet. All of the premium Android devices typically retail at $500 or more at release. The Galaxy Nexus was $700-$800 unlocked and only available in the UK as HSPA+. It's still $650 for the LTE version off contract, which is enough to buy three Nexus 7's.

This is the first premium Android tablet being sold at a budget price, but the real key to success here is that it can go toe-to-toe with the iPad at the same time. That's what drove major Android adoption in the smartphone market; rock-bottom prices for devices that were just as good or better than the iPhone. The only difference now is that carrier subsidies don't apply to tablets (or rather, haven't been widely-adopted), so like Amazon did with the Kindle Fire, Google is selling at an extremely low profit margin in the hopes that wide adoption will come back as massive profits on Play Store content and their mobile ads.

If it worked for phones, it will probably work for tablets.
[Nexus 7 General] just lou:
Let me know when you find another quad core tab for $199. :rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 General] SinisterModz:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qqiSE-ukmgc

High demand = more accessories to choose from
[Nexus 7 General] paul-c:
Probably the simple fact that it blows everything else at it's price point out of the water.
[Nexus 7 General] bso44:
I wouldn't go as far as saying it's the sole driving factor but yes, it's a big one. Also to rehash what others have said, it's the first flagship Google tablet and the first device to ship with the new OS.
[Nexus 7 General] CrazyPeter:
The high demand is also because many of us know Google be allowed (by their Android partners) to always sell a Android tablet at cost price. Next batches may also be limited and/or more expensive.
[Nexus 7 General] nooomoto:
It's $200. How could it not fly off the shelves? There were tablets before it, yes, but all were more expensive and arguably not as capable. There have also been other $200 Android tablets, but they were all garbage. I actually saw one of these $200 tablets being given away for free if you bought a mattress from a mattress store. This is the first tablet at this price point to bring something new and refreshing to the table, also sparing the owner the embarrassment in the face of iKids.

Also, I don't think Google had tons of these on hand when they started shipping. I think the supply was somewhat limited, just a guess.
[Nexus 7 General] getbuzzin:
Are there more people buying the 16gb model? I just put in my order for the 8gb through play store. It should be here in less than a week. I personally think 8gb is more than enough.
[Nexus 7 General] just lou:
Yes, but 16Gb is all that is available in stores as of now.
[Nexus 7 General] hotleadsingerguy:
That's a misconception...the XOOM wasn't AOSP. It was a "Pure Google Experience" device, but was not part of AOSP. It shipped with a locked bootloader and did not come with the AOSP builds installed or available.

There's never been an AOSP tablet until now. That's why it's so popular.
[Nexus 7 General] polarimetric:
I'm one to believe that supply constraints are often invented by the manufacturer to either make a device look popular or affect which model they buy, but there's no question that the Nexus 7 is a popular device. It's getting a lot of positive media coverage and the word-of-mouth is pretty great. The average person may not know about it yet, but it doesn't take long for word to spread.

I honestly think this device's success is attributable to a gap in the market that Google filled. The number of people on this board alone that say that they prefer the 7" form factor or would like to own a 7" tablet alongside a 10" tablet proves that people have been waiting for something smaller than the iPad. All tablets before this that were that size (the smaller Galaxy Tab, etc.) were all too expensive. This tablet, at $199 and 7 inches, is exactly what people were looking for and it leaves Apple embarrassingly late to the party.
[Nexus 7 General] Tornadojoe:
For me it was noticing a lack of using my iPad as much as I used to and part of it being the size. I have had my first Android phone for about 3 months now and absolutely love it. Wife needed/wanted my iPad so the timing was perfect on the Nexus 7. I LOVE it. Can't seem to put it down and I keep figuring out more things I can do with it day to day and if need be it does fit in the the pockets of some of my pants.
[Nexus 7 General] The Janitor Mop:
2 reasons:

It's cheap. This is the absolute main reason. 2: quad core. Combined with being cheap. The guy at Best Buy says it's quad core and Joe Consumer says "wow its quad core? That's more than iPad! And for just $200? Wow!"

You guys are wrong in saying anything about JB or anything else. Joe Consumer doesn't know what the hell Jelly Bean means and he doesn't care. He doesn't care that it's a pure Google device because he doesn't know what that means. He doesn't care that it will get updates quickly because he didn't know the difference between Nexus devices and non nexus devices.

These may be the reasons people like us on forums buy the N7, but to properly answer the question of why it is so popular, you must put yourself in the shoes of Joe Consumer, because he is the majority of the population of owners. And to him things like $200 and quad core speak.
[Nexus 7 General] 18t:
advertising is on its way..

http://youtu.be/qqiSE-ukmgc
[Nexus 7 General] blazed04:
I agree with most of the comments in this thread. The price point is absolutely the main reason for this tablet's popularity. I picked one up on Friday and to be honest, if it wasn't for the price, I wouldn't own a tablet at all.
[Nexus 7 General] thestrangebrew:
I don't know why it's in such high demand or it's the lack of supply that makes it appear to be in high demand, but I bought it primarily for the price, and also for something my kids could use. 7" is a perfect size for my kids to hold and play with, and I can customize it so that even my 3 yr old knows how to navigate to a movie and play it. My wife wanted an iPad and I couldn't justify the cost when I first heard the N7 was coming out. In hindsight, I probably should've gotten the 16gb version because the whole family will be using the tablet, but just the fact that I can attach a flash drive to it and expand the storage is good enough.
[Nexus 7 General] woolmonkey:
The Xoom was just as locked Down as the Nexus 7 is OEM unlock unlocks the boot loader. And I'm pretty sire it is part of ASOP since there where stock Roms as soon as the code dropped.
[Nexus 7 General] Protocol 7:
Well, my grandparents knew about it without me telling them; they're not even the digital type. They bought two: one my grandfather installed into his car dashboard for GPS and the other for my grandmother who uses it to read books/magazines.
[Nexus 7 General] wmehanna:
I agree; we can,t know for sure how many device were assembled.

But nevertheless; 7" jelly beans with that CPU power at 200$. :laugh:
[Nexus 7 General] nooomoto:
Any chance of getting pics showing the dash install?
[Nexus 7 General] AaronDC19:
Mmmmm Jelly Beans
[Nexus 7 General] ppp38:
I was in the market for an ereader but thought a divice that could only be used to read books was pointless. I also didn't want to spend 500 on a tablet since I already have a laptop. When I heard Google was making a $200 tablet that I could use primarly for reading but also for web browsing/games, I was sold. It is a significantly better device than the Kindle Fire. It wouldn't surprise me if "Joe Public" followed the same line of thought.
[Nexus 7 General] hotleadsingerguy:
I'm sorry I should have specified: The Xoom WiFi was AOSP, but the standard versions were not. All Xoom models except for the WiFi edition came with locked bootloaders. It was mostly because they were Verizon devices, which means they fall under the CDMA rules. CDMA devices are not allowed to be AOSP because the drivers for the radios are patent-controlled. It's the same reason the Galaxy Nexus CDMA is no-longer AOSP.
[Nexus 7 General] Andrew025:
The price point is a huge factor.

I almost want to buy a 2nd to permanently mount in my car.
[Nexus 7 General] mi7chy:
Easy. Google Nexus, Jelly Bean, no-delay direct updates from Google, seamless integration of Google's world class services, low price point, portable one-hand use to free up the other hand, high end specs 4-core CPU and Nvidia 3D graphics, build quality for the ones who got good units, built-in GPS/NFC and $25 Google Play credit. It's a no brainer.
[Nexus 7 General] thebobp:
1) The price - see reaction to the Kindle Fire when it first came out

2) The unprecedented specs for this pricepoint

3) The Google branding

created the perfect storm.

Edit: also, underestimated demand for 16GB model. Because they honestly thought the cloud was good enough.
[Nexus 7 General] frenetic:
So you got your phone in February, that's your problem.

Three months after it came out, most people who gave a damn about it already saw it. I got a ton of comments the first month it was out, but after that is subsided. It was no longer new, people who cared to see it had seen it already.

And I don't know what kind of people you're talking to, I never hear negative things about Android...

And this device has been on more than blogs, there's stuff about it on the front page of CNN.com right now!

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/tech/gaming-gadgets/google-orders-16g-nexus/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

and Yahoo!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technol...-stars-fun-adorable-commercial-173043524.html

anyways...
[Nexus 7 General] earlyberd:
Having the Nexus brand name is great for consumers like us that spend most of our time modding, but I don't think most people care to load custom ROMs or spend time tweaking. And it's certainly not about the hardware, otherwise the Transformer Prime would have been the bestselling tablet to date, and the Kindle Fire one of the worst.

Android fans like us would buy a Nexus tablet even if it was price comparable with the iPad, so we don't count. However, selling a $200 tablet makes it easy for your average Mom and Pop to see it as a "two for one" deal compared to the iPad. Oh, and they get $25 back as Play credit. Deal of the century, right?

It's the same exact pricing game that cellular carriers play with the phones. Apple never lets the carriers get away with selling the latest iPhone for less than $200 on contract, yet tons of premium Android phones get the "$150 off" or "buy one get one free" treatment on a regular basis. It's the best and almost only way to get a sale from the nontechnical folks, because by the time they go shopping Apple has already ensnared them with chintzy buzz words from their foofy advertising campaigns at least once.

It's cheaper to undercut Apple than spend all your time trying to educate them instead, unless you're willing to just blow $1 billion a year on advertising and try to out-hype Apple.

Google is much smarter than that.
[Nexus 7 General] Evo_Shift:
I don't think it has anything at all to do with it being true aosp except for us nerds. I think price has a lot to do with it and the size. I don't think a 10 inch tablet is the right choice for everyone but apple made it seem like that's the only way they would sell.

Carriers and advertising are why the phones don't do as well i think. Carriers are going to push their "house" brand over a phone that's the same on every carrier.
[Nexus 7 General] Logan_M:
Interesting question.

On an unrelated point, why does the sun rise every morning? [/S]
[Nexus 7 General] lpasq:
Retracted since not worth commenting.
[Nexus 7 General] kanzlerin:
Cheap, light, good looking, unassuming, Nexus 7 just wins over people. It's already selling more expensive than ipad 2 in China, incredibly. As an almost exclusive Apple user, I personally am tired of the ios and Nexus 7 is my first android. I may decide to go back to ios later, but for the time being, I'm happy with it.
[Nexus 7 General] roltzje:
Its the price point. At least, for me it was. You add this to a quad core Nvidia processor, along with solid specs to boot and it becomes quite a bargain.

The Nexus 7 is at least $250 cheaper than the lowest tier iPad for the same storage. If the Galaxy Nexus had come out for Free on contract ($200 less than an iPhone), then I'm sure it would have been just as popular at launch.\

Now as an owner, there are other advantages I would say it has. It is extremely smooth, its light weight and very easy to use in any situation (as opposed to an iPad which mostly needs to be held 2-handed, and even then if you need to tap something you are straining yourself when you let go), the back side is attractive, and its very functional (can be put into my pockets, can load websites well).
[Nexus 7 General] moehagene:
The price you pay for what you get is amazing. Doesn't matter if its the 8 or 16 gig. I bought the 16 but the 8 is 199. 25 dollars play store and 10 dollars google wallet. That's 164 dollars for the best tablet on the market after you get your money back from google. No company can compete with that.
[Nexus 7 General] I Am Marino:
Price by far.

$250 and lower is a sweet spot.

Just like if any of the previous tablets like the Xoom went on sale down to like $100, it'd be bought tomorrow.
[Nexus 7 General] I Am Marino:
Btw, the Verizon Nexus is back in the AOSP fold.
[Nexus 7 General] guthrien:
I've used a Xoom, I've used a Transformer Prime, and about 3 Samsung tablets. But they weren't worth thinking about compared to this device. To me that's the whole reason right there. Quality outs. It's why people loved the iPad and why they love the Nexus.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] byron84:
Price without a doubt! When I saw $200 for this tablet, I became a mindless zombie and ordered one right away without knowing anything! I MUST HAVE THIS! I just got an email saying it shipped, giggity!!

But seriously, show me another device that has this kind of hardware and this kind of software at this price. For me the 7" form factor is perfect too! I have the Galaxy Note, and this tablet will make the lazy browsing times much better and save me from wasting my phone battery.

Why get off my bed and walk 2 feet to my computer desk when I can just grab this little slab of awesomeness and poke at it? :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjake47:
Hi

I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.

Thanks a lot in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrAndroid12:
Flash a desired firmware from Sammobile. :) using odin

Make sure that pit file is used
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsenman:
you can reconnect it to kies, as it is still on download mode to do recovery like this

http://www.4shared.com/office/koYpRWc1/KIES_update_recovery.html

re you can download a firmware according to your location and flash with Odin
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DreamerTKM:
are you able to get into download mod or totally not boot up at all:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidnight:
The only solution si to flash a new firmware using odin
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gopalasubramanium:
Go back to the original India ROM - https://www.fixmystuff.in/FMS_Forum/threads/samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-flashing-to-original-rom.46/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sankoranga:
i update my phone using odin with pit file .

now phone not starting any help..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lei M:
AW: Phone not booting after failed firmware upgrade-urgent

same screen as before?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sankoranga:
now phone not booting up at all..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lei M:
AW: Phone not booting after failed firmware upgrade-urgent

sorry but i'm no expert :/

Does Odin show a connection?

Maybe you can build a so called JIG.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hlperyadav:
same issue

Hi,

I am in same situation. did it get resolved?

I have GT I90003 which is now not booting and remaining on 'Phone-I-PC' image.

I was using Odin to root but in between cable got disconnected. and now I am nowhere.

Please help how to resolve this problem.

Thanks,

Bhupendra.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compacity:
see here for firmware n juz change usb port if needed

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14933114

or use DDLF1 or DDMF2. Search it using search box in xda.

n dont use i9000 rom for i9003 rom, it will hardbrick ur device, u can search for i9003 post discussiom using searchbox in xda
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zaddiel:
i have the same problem

i was trying to update my phone and the cable usb move now i have just a black screen with a phone icon + triangle alert+ computer icon. And the problem is that my cellphone doent connect with the computer.

is a samsung s captive. could you help me