It’s a morning of Motorola pre-orders, though we’re hoping Best Buy’s pricing for the Motorola XOOM isn’t quite finessed yet. The retailer has listed the 10-inch Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet for a whopping $1,199, considerably higher than the $799 we’ve previously seen rumored for the slate.
Now, it’s entirely possible that Best Buy has listed the XOOM temporarily at this figure, and the actual launch – which isn’t expected until later this month – will see a far more affordable price. If this is the unlocked, contract-free price, however, we can’t see Motorola having much luck.
[Thanks Magid!]
crazy
If this is true, there is only one way to get it down… get together.
SwayTrain
RIP Xoom…I had such high hopes for you too…
back to Adam
back to Adam
This is just marketing strategy and basic psychology.
$799 was sky high to begin with. Once they posted $1200, they’re hoping that people would gladly choose and accept the $799 price which was the original and intended price. You’ll see that the price will get back down to $799, which is $299 too high anyway. That’s the price of a full specced netbook.
I really don’t believe this price. Why would this come out on a Sunday. Motorola is not stupid. $800 is really too high for such a device.
let’s wait for toshiba tablet
£439 for an ipad, £500 for motorola xoom.
although that depends on whether motorola slap some supposed import/vat on uk buyers like apple do.
at todays exchange rate an ipad is only $500/ £312. go figure. ??