HP Touchpad low price index plate maker Price dilemma

Touchpad was once the high hopes of HP, but in a short period of time to end the lead: The U.S. technology website PC August 21 commented that the HP Touchpad sales received a positive response to the market, indicating that in the low-end tablet computer market, Price is an important factor that affects consumers ' choice.　　The current price of the mainstream tablet is no advantage compared with the ipad, making the rest of the company out of the price trap. Here's the full text of the article: HP's Touchpad tablet could take market share from other low-end tablet makers, leading to further consolidation of Apple's market position.　　But on the other hand, it can be seen that the price structure of low-end tablet computer is unfavorable, pricing is not attractive to most consumers, also affect the competitiveness of these manufacturers. Hewlett-Packard sold its Touchpad tablet on the weekend, with 16GB and 32GB Touchpad down to $99 and $149, driving the touchpad weekend sales to around 350,000, equivalent to the first weekend after Apple launched its Tablet PC.　　While HP's move was a liquidation of the product's operations, it also showed that consumers were willing to give up the ipad and buy other brands of tablets when prices were right. The problem with the low-end tablet system is that many entry-level tablets are priced at around $500 trillion, similar to the ipad. In this case, most consumers who plan to spend 500 of billions of dollars on Tablet PCs will choose the ipad.　　If other manufacturers want to compete with Apple products, they need to provide consumers with enough power, and this power does not exist at this time. HP's touchpad price is equivalent to one-fifth of Apple's similar products, which seems to impress many price-sensitive consumers.　　While HP's price cuts are one-off, and other tablet makers are hard to follow, they may be able to inspire and change some design ideas, no longer using the model of "product design is similar to ipad, cost is equivalent to ipad". The sales of HP's touchpad show that tablet consumers are in great demand and other tablet makers have plenty of opportunities to exploit. There is some market space for tablets that are priced below 300 dollars, and the space in the high priced mainstream market is quite small. Leisurely)