News - Subsidised Nexus 7 is carrot to entice Times subscriptions

[HEXUS]

Digital Pack promotion offers up 32GB Nexus 7 tablet “for just £50”.

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[Smudger]

I'd rather pay the extra £150 and not sell my soul to Murdoch.

[crossy]

I'd rather pay the extra £150 and not sell my soul to Murdoch.

Ditto. The disparagement "odious colonial" seems to apply well.

I'm kind of surprised though that it's a Nexus that's being pushed - I thought News International was pretty much an Apple fan, so why not an iPad Mini?

[Harkin]

It must just be down to the price and the fact that Android devices have a bigger audience?

Apple iPad mini 16GB is approx. £264
Apple iPad mini 32GB is approx. £349

Google Nexus 7 32GB is £199..seems obvious why they chose the Nexus.

[Harkin]

Obviously Murdoch will not be paying those prices, I'm just saying the prices are much better for the Nexus.

Looking around at the prices makes you realise how much we get ripped off for an extra 16GB. Apple is charging £85 for an extra 16GB, Nexus are charging £40 for the same thing.

Then you can buy a 32GB memory card for £10, I mean comeon!!

[Smudger]

The cost over 2 years including the subscription is £299. Not really a saving...

[Saracen]

So if the "deal" is for £299, and a Nexus 7/32GB alone is £199, then it's really the Times sub, for 18 months, for £100.

The question is whether the Times is worth £5.56 a month?

The way I see it is that it's not a "saving" of £212, but a cost of £100 for the Times?

Would I? Hell no. Not even if it were £10 for 18 months, because that would be £10 more than I currently spend on it. But I guess to a Times reader, it's a pretty good offer.