UK Xoom pricing

[culac]

Seems expensive http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/motorola-xoom-price-revealed-already-zooming-skywards-50002167/

Was pretty keen on getting one until I saw this. Surely they should be pricing it to be competitive with other tablets out there.

Also, anyone know anything about what the launch date will be in the UK?

 

[Tico.ASandoval14]

Seems expensive http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/motorola-xoom-price-revealed-already-zooming-skywards-50002167/

Was pretty keen on getting one until I saw this. Surely they should be pricing it to be competitive with other tablets out there.

Also, anyone know anything about what the launch date will be in the UK?

Wow that is ridiculously high. If thats a final price they most certainly wont sell crap. Not only will Apple own them but also the Playbook. I was planning to buy this tablet but now im concerned about the pricing. They need to sell this tablet at a reasonable price of $400-$600 dollars. However, I doubt this will be how much it costs. It mostly likely will go down. Wayyyy down.

 

[Richie P]

Here here.

Looks like a great device, but they can't be serious about that pricing?

£500 max, absolute max. Just because the iPad is overpriced, doesn't mean Moto can get away with outpricing the overpriced.

Would be a tragedy for such a good device to fail or sell poorly purely due to pricing.

 

[chewlee78]

Most of us did not count in the price of the accessories yet… I think we need at least a standard dock which will cost us approximate another US100.

I wont pay more than USD1k for a tablet that does not support SD card, it is too far away from the budget for a tablet. I will focus my attention to the alternative android 3.0 tablets from Asus & Acer which will costs us approximate $400-$700.

 

[magicdroid]

I hate those webshops that try to profit from early adopters..

 

[TaIz82]

Wait....is this wifi only version or have 3G???

 

[Homan13PSU]

Here here.

Looks like a great device, but they can't be serious about that pricing?

£500 max, absolute max. Just because the iPad is overpriced, doesn't mean Moto can get away with outpricing the overpriced.

Would be a tragedy for such a good device to fail or sell poorly purely due to pricing.

The rumor is that the iPad 2 will be cheaper than the original. If the prices I'm seeing on this are true, and the rumors hold for iPad 2 there is no way I can drop that kind of coin on a Xoom.

 

[culac]

Wait....is this wifi only version or have 3G???

I haven't heard of a wifi only version for Europe. The information available is very vague though.

 

[Lord_Buckington]

I don't think we should worry about these pricing rumours. The Nexus S was overpriced for a week before release and the Galaxy Tab was overpriced in the weeks/months before release too. These are almost certainly just guesses, we don't even know if there is an option for carrier subsidy, Wi-Fi only, etc yet

 

[robbiev80]

Most of us did not count in the price of the accessories yet… I think we need at least a standard dock which will cost us approximate another US100.

I wont pay more than USD1k for a tablet that does not support SD card, it is too far away from the budget for a tablet. I will focus my attention to the alternative android 3.0 tablets from Asus & Acer which will costs us approximate $400-$700.

It says that SD is supported after a "software update" on Motorola's official spec sheet.
Does this mean it won't support it out of the box???

 

[tbaker077]

It says that SD is supported after a "software update" on Motorola's official spec sheet.
Does this mean it won't support it out of the box???

No. They wanted to release it early, so they are going to add SD support and enable the LTE bands on the data model.

 

[chewlee78]

It says that SD is supported after a "software update" on Motorola's official spec sheet.
Does this mean it won't support it out of the box???

My past experience with android device told me not to trust any update/upgrade promise from the manufacturer. The update/upgrade will never come true as soon as your expectation. with this unacceptable high pricing, I wont consider it until it had supported SD card.

BTW, does Xoom support USB Host mode?

 

[tbaker077]

If another Android device has it I would think the Xoom would have it or easily get hacked to it.

 

[Thirty Geeks]

Seems Mr Jobs was correct when he said that others could not match the pricing of the iPad.

I will go nuts if I pre-order and the price drops after a few weeks/months...

 

[adamneilwilson]

They should put it on contract £25 a month would be cool.then everyone could get one


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[magicdroid]

I'm not sure why everybody is going nuts because some "eXpensive" retailer has put a random pre-order price on their website.

Facts:
- Samsung Galaxy S pre-order on "eXpensive" website was €799,- (waaay overpriced)
- "eXpensive" already replaced their Xoom price with "Price Not Known"
- I've seen pre-order prices for Xoom as high as $1023,-

Chill everybody... just wait for Motorola to give us the official price point. Any day now.

I don't think that Motorola will make the same mistake as Samsung did with their Tab.

As for the iPad fans: I seriously doubt that the iPad2 will be cheaper then the current iPad. Expect the current iPad to drop in price, and better hope (for your sake) that the iPad2 price is equal but not higher then the iPad is today.

 

[Homan13PSU]

As for the iPad fans: I seriously doubt that the iPad2 will be cheaper then the current iPad. Expect the current iPad to drop in price, and better hope (for your sake) that the iPad2 price is equal but not higher then the iPad is today.

I only quote this from my brother in law. He works for an Apple Authorized reseller. I forgot the TIFWIW tags in my initial comments on that.

 

[PuerkitoBio]

Looks like an 800$ US is a minimum...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/21/motorola-xoom-priced-at-800-at-a-minimum-according-to-verizon/

 

[StuRoid]

Ok, before you all get your panties in a bunch. This WILL NOT be the pricing of the Xoom when it launches and I will give my left arm for that.

Can any of you remember back a couple months back before the Galaxy Tab launched in the UK? Prices were being quoted in the range of £650 and like a week after it launched you could get it for damn nearly half that.

It's these stupid sites like eXpansys and the like that jack up the pre-release prices before any actual prices have been announced.

At MAX it may start off at £599 on some sites then then sharply come down to between £450-550....that's my opinion but like they say 'opinions are like @ssholes, everybody's got them...'

 

[checkbox111]

Seems expensive http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/motorola-xoom-price-revealed-already-zooming-skywards-50002167/

Was pretty keen on getting one until I saw this. Surely they should be pricing it to be competitive with other tablets out there.

Also, anyone know anything about what the launch date will be in the UK?

Just don't buy one on the day of release, the thing about android is that the prices drop faster than Bode Miller on a downhill run
Wait a month a pick one up for £475.