Windows 8/RT tablets difficult to sell

Posted on Friday, December 14 2012 @ 12:41 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
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Sources in the Taiwanese notebook supply chain told DigiTimes that tablets with Microsoft's Windows RT or Windows 8 operating system are difficult to sell because they're more expensive than Android tablets and due to the lack of available applications.
First-tier vendors' 10-inch Windows 8-based tablet models average above NT$20,000 (US$685). Compared to 10-inch models with Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 processor and Android there is a price gap of about NT$8,000-12,000.

In addition, the number of apps that is currently available for Windows 8, is far lower than those for iOS and Android, the sources noted.


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