This holiday season brought a smile on the face of Google Inc. The internet giant’s tablet, the Nexus 7 outsold Apple’s much talked about iPad Mini.
As per market stats from BCN found that in the 2400 retail stores surveyed, the Nexus sales were at a booming 44.4 percent while the iPad mini followed closely at 40.1 percent. The miniscule remainder was tablets of other companies.
Evident reason for Google’s Nexus 7 becoming the hot favorite is the low price compared to Apple’s iPad mini. The Nexus 7 which costs 19800 yen ($221) is easily preferred over the iPad mini which starts at 28888 yen ($322) despite all its features.
Even in a tiny market like Japan, which sold nearly 3.6 million tablets in the year 2012, Google’s Nexus 7 and Apple’s iPad mini dominated the tablet market.
The Google Nexus 7 packs in the following specifications:
- 7 inch capacitive touch screen with HD IPS Display
- Display resolution of 1280 x 800
- 1.3 GHz Quad-core Tegra 3 processor
- 1GB RAM
- 1.2 MP front facing camera
- Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
- 16 GB and 32 GB storage options
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, 3G (optional)
- 4,325mAh battery