With the Tablet market slowly dying based on the stats from
analyst IDC as reported in my blog article
entitled “IDC
Stats suggest Tablet Freefall in 2015 – How to sell Tablets using built-in
Keyboards and Carrier Unlocked SIM Cards” , it's no surprise that many
Tablet makers are looking to compete on the basis of price.
So it comes as no surprise that Amazon plans to launch a
US$50 Tablets as reported in the article “Amazon
said to be readying $50 6-inch tablet for holidays”, published September 7,
2015 by Steven Musil, CNET News.
Appearing in the Wall Street Journal, at this price the
Amazon tablet would potentially be cheaper than their current line of Amazon
Fire Tablets as Amazon is putting on a brave fight against Tablet Extinction as
long ago prophesied in my blog article
entitled “@amazonKindle
Fire battle Apple iPad Mini in 2014 - Why @Amazon Tablet Glory Days fading as
Tablet Extinction inevitable”.
In fact it's cheaper than the cheapest Kindle which sells
for US$79 and even the 6 inch US$99 Amazon Fire Tablet as reported in the
article “Amazon
to release $50 Fire tablet in time for Christmas after top price devices
flopped”, published Tuesday 08 September 2015 by Hazel Sheffield, UK Independent.
Americans are treating their Tablets like computers, opting
to keep them longer instead of updating them at regular yearly intervals.
Plus, there are cheaper lower cost tablets, which is the
market that Amazon is dipping into hoping to compete against “White” Label
Chinese Tablets as opined in “Amazon
wants to sell you a $50 Fire tablet”, published September 8 2015 by
Geoffrey Smith, Fortune.
Already other Tablet makers, sensing that the end is near,
have long offered lower priced Tablet options as pointed out in my blog article
entitled “US$250
Tablets on Amazon – How 7” Tablets Trend means they’ll be your Christmas Gift”.
So what's the future of the Tablet you may ask?
US$50 Amazon
Tablet for Christmas 2015 - Why Tablets are dying as the world goes VR and AR
It will also share the same fate as the smartphone, which
I've also predicted back in 2013 to go extinct at the hands of Google Glass as
explained in my blog
article entitled “Google
Glass Designer Isabelle Olsson puts Leopard frames on Google Glass - Smart +
Sexy = Smexy glasses Katy Perry Roar for Tablet and smartphone Extinction”.
Amazon isn't trying to boost sales for the Christmas of 2015
against the Apple iPad.
Rather, they're trying to avoid the fate of the Google Nexus
9 Tablet which is quality hardware dying slowly at the hands of Chinese White
Label Tablets as explained in my blog article
entitled “US$183
Google Nexus 9 Tablet – Tablet Extinction coming as @googlenexus Strategy
needed for Content Creation Tablet Market”.
RIP Tablets as after Five years since coming on the scene in
2010, Google Glass and other augmented Reality and Virtual Reality products
will replace you as predicted in my blog article
entitled “Rivalry
between @Facebook and @HTC – @Google, @Microsoft, @Sony and @Samsung in VR as
Video Game Console Savior and smartphones Extinction”.
The US$50 Amazon Tablet signals a death kneel for Tablet in
their current form factor! They must evolve into a replacement for Laptops to
survive.
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