The tablet gauntlet has been thrown by Google,
and one of its main rivals has responded. Bloomberg is reporting that
Apple plans to release their own 7- or 8-inch tablet by October, said
people close to the matter. The new tablet will not have the same
high-resolution screen that’s currently on the new iPad, possibly to cut
costs – vital if Apple wants to get close to the Nexus 7′s $199 price
tag. It’s hard to imagine Apple going down this road, as the brand has
always been about premium devices which incidentally carry premium price
tags. It’d be interesting to see how Apple manages to make this work,
although that probably would be a moot point – people would still buy it
anyway.
Source: Bloomberg
