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ntice_521 Dell is selling an x86 android tablet for $180, while the cheapest win8 tablet is $300. I guess the cost of win8 is most of the difference. Maybe RT is cheaper, but who wants RT?
I don't understand phone pricing. Somehow consumers have been brainwashed into paying high prices for phones. Tablets are much more competitive.
If we campare the 8 inch Android tablet Dell is selling with the 8 inch Dell Venue Pro which runs Windows 8:
1. The Android tablet has 16 GB of storage versus 32 GB for the Windows version .
2. The SoC in the android tablet is a last generation Clover trail plus and not the significantly faster Bay trail processor in the Venue pro.
3. The RAM might be 2GB in both the tablets, but the windows version uses much faster DDR3 RAM vs DDR2 for the android version.
4. The licensing is obviously a bit more expensive for Windows as you get both full WIndows 8.1 and bundled free office.
5. The Venue pro mentions dual band WiFi and most likely then uses a faster WiFi chip.
Cheap android tablets are cheap for a reason, and there is no need to compete with the bottom of the barrel Chinese android tablets who most likely do not pay Microsoft for their patent infringements either. If someone wants to get that low, well, it is the android brand that is taking the hit... Even if the specifications might seem similar, there might be significant differences in price and performance between the cheapest storage available and a more expensive one. Guess which one the budget OEMs choose? Besides, can anyone do this with an android tablet?