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Apple so threatened by the Nexus 7 they will not allow BB to sell them
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So you're saying the courts that have banned certain products are controlled by Apple ?
I certainly see no significant design conflicts that would justify something as drastic as banning a product like the nexus, so essentially, yes. Albeit not in the outright manner you're insinuating.
Um...I don't like Tim Cook as the CEO. I think there could have been someone...better
I think Tim Cook is a solid CEO who's brought Apple a lot of it's financial gains in the past. He knows how to wheel and deal with his suppliers and to squeeze them for every last drop. That's what a successful CEO is suppose to do and that is to make the company a profit in the long term.
My main concern for Apple is NOT Tim Cook but who will replace Steve Jobs in bringing in fresh and new ideas. A person that will say, hmm this hasn't been done successfully I think I know how. That's the kind of stuff Steve excelled at. I don't know if Apple has that person.
Now the good news is Apple has about a 4-5 year pipeline of products like most companies do who mfg products. Steve surely put Apple in that position before he passed away. It's after that where i'm concerned.
Maybe Apple is operating in the mode of, we are selling bucket loads of products and when they are ready they will release one of Steve's idea's.
The problem is and it's even here on this forum where you read that iOS feels boring. I think Apple should freshen things up a bit on the iPad UI or OS. I don't think a massive overhaul is required but a fresh coat of paint would be nice since the OS and UI works so well.
Ya know if people got that tired of apple bullying the easiest thing would be for every store and cell phone carrier to drop them. Let them wither away in their retail box in isolation. They could use all their money to build their own wireless network but the amount of time that would take would certainly push them to the breaking point.
Galaxy Nexus is still for sale in Play:
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa
And when it was banned, it was several months after its release. Not exactly the time to get "scared" of a device.
I don't believe it for a second. Apple tells Best Buy not to sell the Nexus 7, a relatively low-volume device, while allowing BB to sell all the Samsung phones and tablets they want?
Nonsense.
Besides, it would be very blatantly illegal for Apple to demand this of a retailer.
Would never happen.
Nothing but anti-Apple bias on behalf of a paranoid sales drone.
(and in case you don't think I'm impartial, besides the Apple gear in my sig, I also have a Nexus 7, a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and a Galaxy S3)
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This.
BBY employees don't know anything about the supply chain. I used to work there I know.
You'd hear all kinds of BS floating around the store.
It should also be mentioned that Apple products don't make the retailer squat. Neither do computers, or video games, or DVD's. Those are items to get users into the store to sell warranties, accessories, services and home theater equipment.
If BB really stopped carrying the Nexus, it's more likely because Nexus doesn't sell in large volumes. They'd rather use the space for something that sells well.
If Apple was going to ask for something to be banned, it'd probably be Samsung's products.
If Apple was going to ask for something to be banned, it'd probably be Samsung's products.
No one here knows, you would have to ask Best Buy management.
Having owned a retail tore however, is most likely because they don't sell well..
This doesn't even begin to pass the smell test. If Apple that had that much influence over Best Buy, why is Best Buy selling a multitude of Samsung devices? Indeed, why is Best Buy selling anything other than Apple devices?
Where is the outrage about Amazon not selling either the iPad or the Nexus 7?
Then again I imagine there are more egregious stories and axe grinding on amongst Best Buy employees than there is here.
Where is the outrage about Amazon not selling either the iPad or the Nexus 7?
Then again I imagine there are more egregious stories and axe grinding on amongst Best Buy employees than there is here.
Apple is utterly dominating the Tablet market and you think they are threatened by Nexus?
The iPad mini will be a runaway success regardless of whether Best Buy stocks and sells Nexus.
End of story.
PS. Best Buy is struggling and faces a major change in their operations. The Apple v Google crap is the least of their worries.
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Do you realize how stupid this reads?
Apple is among the most innovative companies ever! Other companies try to emulate Apple and evidenced by countless "me too" copies including the underpinnings of Android or "borrowing" the form factor of MacBook Air.
The iPad mini will be a runaway success regardless of whether Best Buy stocks and sells Nexus.
End of story.
PS. Best Buy is struggling and faces a major change in their operations. The Apple v Google crap is the least of their worries.
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Do you realize how stupid this reads?
Apple is among the most innovative companies ever! Other companies try to emulate Apple and evidenced by countless "me too" copies including the underpinnings of Android or "borrowing" the form factor of MacBook Air.
I'm willing to bet the sales expectations and margins don't make sense from a business perspective.
Nothing nefarious about it.
Nothing nefarious about it.
I was kind of shocked when i personally was shopping for an n7 and discovered that bb wasnt carrying it. I bought my ipad2 and 3 and an open box macbook pro and some other stuff from bband got some very good deals and their 18 month same as cash payment plan is a no brainer. But i wound up getting my 16gb n7 from the most unlikely place -- radioshack.com. And sent free fedex. Regarding the op, i believe that apple put its foot down with bb. The n7 is a serious tablet and beat apples ipad mini to the marketplace and apples pissed. Bb is in deep financial trouble and apple is a major product for the chain. So they listened when apple layed down the law. Having had the n7 for about a month theres nothing it cant do that the ipad does. For me, its only missing a rear camera. I hope the ipad mini has both cameras. The 7 inch form factor is great though it hasnt replaced my ipad. I bought the n7 mainly because of its power price portability and a desire to go beyond ios. But if the ipad mini has a rear camera i'll get one. I really think that apple will drop the redundant ipod touch as it now stands and make the mini an ipod air at 7 or 8 inches.
I was surprised BB don't carry the N7 but I don't think it competes in the same space as the normal iPad. If there's an iPad mini, sure, but it's more the ereader 7" market. There just too little screen real estate for the N7 to do what an iPad does. Often the N7 apps are just phone apps blown up which isn't necessarily a bad thing but it would look way whacked out on an iPad.
That would be illegal. It should be free competition. Lawsuit will be fulfilled if that was a case.
I think this is partially true, but part of the problem would be that Google would have to either subsidize the N7 for Best Buy so they CAN make a profit, or Google would have to raise the price of the N7 in Best Buy.
If the iPad mini sells for $199, I guess they won't sell it according to that logic. BB can make a little profit on the protection/upgrade plans. Plus they sell tablet cases and pens and a high markup.
They also sell the Kindle Fire and a number of < $200 tablet/readers. The Nexus 7 is the hottest selling Android tablet right now. The more I think about it, the more I believe the sales associate's story.