Why Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Is Hotter Than Apple's iPad

Re:Why Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Is Hotter Than Apple's iPad by ajross on Saturday July 21, 2012 @12:34PM (#4275110)

The online inventory seems to be fine, or was last week. I ordered mine on the evening of the 15th and had it on my doorstep on the 19th. I'm always suspicious of retail "sell out" news. Even the linked article points out that it's subject to PR abuse.

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Re:Why Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Is Hotter Than Apple's iPad by vegardx on Saturday July 21, 2012 @07:46PM (#4276047)

And most retailers are careful about having a large stock of anything that is not made by Apple, as they have a tendency to be stuck with them. I worked in retail and we rarely dared to order more than two of any new tablet that hit the market, if it was from someone but Apple.

So when a good product finally comes by, there is a natural shortage, even though the item is not really that popular.

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Re:Why Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Is Hotter Than Apple's iPad by cfn on Sunday July 22, 2012 @03:50AM (#4276736)

I walked into PCWorld (UK) last week and bought one over the counter. Looking online, though, some of the larger retailers were out of stock at the time.

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Re:Why Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Is Hotter Than Apple's iPad by sciwiz on Saturday July 21, 2012 @01:06PM (#4275192)

Right now the 16GB version is sold out on Google Play, while the 8GB ships in 3-5 days.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_16g...

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