32GB Nexus 7 Tablet Already on Store Shelves
The 32 GB version of Google's Nexus 7 has been spotted in Sam's Club and Staples.
While we personally haven't gone out to hunt down the device, multiple sources report that the 32 GB version of Google's Nexus 7 tablet is already appearing on store shelves, over a week ahead of Google's Android event on October 29. So far locations include Staples and Sam's Club, but currently Google Play is still listing only the 8 GB and 16 GB models.
The news follows a previous report pointing to a 32 GB version of the Nexus 7 with GSM and WCDMA connectivity. The device was spotted in an internal system listing stemming from Asus. Even more, the report claimed that Google will only release a 32 GB model of the Nexus 7 with 3G connectivity.
Last week, one Japanese consumer received the 32 GB model by accident. He reportedly ordered the 16 GB Nexus 7 tablet from Google Play in Japan, but what he received was the 32 GB version wrapped in the 16 GB version's packaging. A provided storage screen snapshot even showed a total space of 27.58 GB and an available space of 26.62 GB.
UK retailer Carphone Warehouse first spilled the beans on this third model weeks ago, showing the gadget in its inventory. Now the 32 GB model is showing up on store shelves early, but store tags and receipts, as shown on Engadget, show that the units aren't supposed to officially go on sale until October 29. There's talk that it's selling for $249, the same pricetag as the 16 GB model. Does that mean the 16 GB will hit the $199 pricepoint and the 8 GB will cost a mere $99? We'll see soon.
Now, on to that 32 GB 3G model....
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bustapr i wish oems would market storage space with actual available storage instead of making people think their getting more than whats available. for example 27.6gb on this rumored tablet =/= 32gb promised.Reply -
chewy1963 bustapri wish oems would market storage space with actual available storage instead of making people think their getting more than whats available. for example 27.6gb on this rumored tablet =/= 32gb promised.Reply
So they should also do the same in the PC industry. Instead of saying a machine has 4 GB of memory they should call if by how much memory is free after the OS is loaded. Or same for HD. That's not a 500 GB hard drive, it's a 475 GB drive (Windows takes 20-25 GB on average).
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bustapr no, read the article please. it clearly says the rumored tablet has 27.6gb of storage and 26.6 available for use.Reply
as for the pc industry, its also screwed up. I bought a laptop with supposedly 500gb of storage and t came with a 450gb HDD-20-25gb of os space, so it actually had 430gb of space, not the promised 500gb.
my point is that im getting tired of oems false marketing tactics with storage. -
Vorador2 I have the 16 Gb model. For normal use is enough, but for 720p movies or series it gets small fast. If the 32 Gb model was available at launch, i would have picked it up.Reply -
Azn Cracker bustaprno, read the article please. it clearly says the rumored tablet has 27.6gb of storage and 26.6 available for use. as for the pc industry, its also screwed up. I bought a laptop with supposedly 500gb of storage and t came with a 450gb HDD-20-25gb of os space, so it actually had 430gb of space, not the promised 500gb.my point is that im getting tired of oems false marketing tactics with storage. ummm ever heard of recovery partitions on a computer?Reply
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warezme chewy1963So they should also do the same in the PC industry. Instead of saying a machine has 4 GB of memory they should call if by how much memory is free after the OS is loaded. Or same for HD. That's not a 500 GB hard drive, it's a 475 GB drive (Windows takes 20-25 GB on average).Your logic is flawed.Both your logic is flawed. When a vendor gives you 4GB of RAM what you or the OS does with it is irrelevant. You have 4GB of RAM. What you both should be offended by is the industry change of quantifiying 1MB or RAM or storage as 1000 and not the true 1024 value. One GB is and should be 1024MB. The more GB you have the more you get screwed out of space and it adds up.Reply
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aaron88_7 For those complaining about the available disk space vs advertised disk space, read this and shut up.Reply
This has been standard practice in computing for a long time, this is nothing new.