Thread: Next Nokia tablet definitely has 3G
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2008-09-22 , 21:14
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
The FM radio came with the Bluetooth chipset, so that didn't cost me anything. The GPS Nokia probably got for next to nothing (if not nothing) from TI, so that didn't cost me much either (well, I don't own an N810 . . .), and the cameras? No, not much cost there, either.

An HSPA radio on the other hand? That costs something. Both in hardware costs, and certification costs with carriers and lots of different government agencies.

So, no, your examples don't really work here.
a) "cheap" and "not much cost" are not "free", which means people paid for them.

b) You don't think that Nokia will have similar deals for the 3G chipset? Cuz, you know, they make their own 3G chipsets, don't they?

And, the point is: it still fits the argument. The tablets still have crap in them that some people don't want and/or need, yet we still pay for them. This is just the next one of those "only a subset* of customers need/want it" features. Welcome to the real world, where anything you don't built yourself is more than likely to have design considerations you wouldn't have picked.

(* and, I'm willing to bet lunch that it's a feature that the majority of the potential market wants, despite the vocal members here who don't want it)
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