India’s $35 iPad Competitor Captures Hope, Challenges of Globalization

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i think it's good for starting ...

 

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i think it's good for starting ...

Starting what....

 

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Starting what....

making tablets

 

[Protectionist Gareth]

making tablets

And you are yet to start..
So get going!

 

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And you are yet to start..
So get going!

Tasteless!

 

[Capt.Popeye]

It is a good tab, you get what you pay for. Shows India's innovation of reaching millions who would have nothing otherwise.

Never mind the journalistic language of the WSJ, its not an iPad competitor and was not even meant to be. Its a "cheap entry-level tab". And it can outsell iPad only on cost, not on tech parameters. The people who will buy the Aakash are the people who don't even dream of laying their hands on an iPad. And a good lot of them will not even have much use for all the features of the iPad.

Those are the realities; the iPad is in its own place, and the Aakash in its own.

 

[IND151]

just calling a tab an ipad doesnt make it an ipad, an ipad is very well built with an amazing hardware specification, just because akaash runs android doesnt make it a good pad, you will find plenty of tabs on ebay around 60 dollars that run android but there build quality and app running qualities are mediocre at best. I am pretty sure the consumer market for this rab is for rural india for folks who have a lower household income.

yes correct.

but may be the people who already have Apple iPad and want second one but don't have enough money for second one may buy akash.

and due to low price akash will get a huge share of Indian market and significant share in foreign markets.

 

[rcrmj]

Oh Genius, the fact is that you dont need too much R&D to make a car that you can drive around. You just need to put things together and pass the crash and safety tests .
Luxury car makers put too much stuff into cars that make it expensive.
What do you think they make their cars from? Adamantium? Carbonadium? I wouldn't be surprised if you thought so.

Lets take an expensive chinese car and crash it head on with a TATA Indica and lets see what happens. I would put my bet on the TATA anyday!

show more your ignorance of manufacturing and cost factors..within my expectation

 

[qwerrty]

Lets take an expensive chinese car and crash it head on with a TATA Indica and lets see what happens. I would put my bet on the TATA anyday!
Original Post By Nakki Nair

the tato whatever would blow up before it even get a chance to get hit by..

 

[Trisonics]

as you are in engineering field and you know it very well that for common consumer goods there are 4 major cost factors that determine the final price (not from textbook that indians like to quote)
material cost
labour cost
marketing cost
shipping cost

I think you are well versed in Chinese Manufacturing. How do I know?

You missed an important step called "Quality Check /Testing"

 

[SOHEIL]

the tato whatever would blow up before it even get a chance to get hit by..

what the hell on the plaque ???

 

[rcrmj]

I think you are well versed in Chinese Manufacturing. How do I know?

You missed an important step called "Quality Check /Testing"

we are talking about cost factors not quality control management (which is another issue, and only top-end brands taking that very seriously), but anyways, indians are good at diverting topics when speechless

 

[zootinali]

the tato whatever would blow up before it even get a chance to get hit by..

You are pathetic... nobody here in this forum would deny that few cars had problem and they did automatically cuaght fire . them have been recalled and the problems have been rectified. They are fine now..

and when you are posting image at least post originals . not computer edited one please..

 

[joekrish]

Its a start and that too a good start.

 

[Trisonics]

we are talking about cost factors not quality control management (which is another issue, and only top-end brands taking that very seriously), but anyways, indians are good at diverting topics when speechless

Thats exactly what I implied. Chinese Quality is often referred as cheap and non reliable because they do not practice standard manufacturing practices. The only way they compete in the market is because they are cheap and they do that by not doing any qualit checks, thus, saving money.

Quality testing indeed is a cost factor but yeah I'm not surprised that you didn't know that.