Xoom price drop coming?

[STEMALO]

all the other 32G tablets will be priced at 499$ (100$ cheaper than the XOOM)
I would just hate to get the XOOM and 2 weeks later learn of the price drop.

 

[freeky1]

all the other 32G tablets will be priced at 499$ (100$ cheaper than the XOOM)
I would just hate to get the XOOM and 2 weeks later learn of the price drop.

Buy from Best Buy. If price drops, then they should price match.

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[Nchaka]

They need to drop the price my June 1! That way I'm still in my 90 day return window at Costco!

 

[barkomatic]

I am concerned that by the time Google/Motorola provides a software update to activate the SD card slot(and bug fixes), Xoom's start shipping with LTE actually built in(not dealing with the messy upgrade process), and there are an adequate number of useful tablet apps available in the various Android markets, we may start hearing rumors about the next generation Xoom (or whatever its called).

If Motorola learns from its mistakes, we could have a Xoom with a brighter screen, IPS, Tegra 3, 64GB or more of *included* HD capacity, and speakers that face front instead of back. We may even have a better version of flash available.

Unless there is a price drop on the current Xoom, I'm not thinking this one is a buy for *me*. The next generation will be more of a finished product and by then hopefully the quality will be on par with Motorola's Droid series of phones. I can't justify an iPad either, too fisher-price toy for me this year. I had to chuckle when I read it will be sold at Toys R Us. Talk about diluting a brand. lol

 

[dreT86]

Best Buy gave me $40 off. I went in to check out the xoom and told them I was going to purchase it else where. He asked what I needed for him to get my business. Wifi only xoom $559.99

 

[zach_alt]

Best Buy gave me $40 off. I went in to check out the xoom and told them I was going to purchase it else where. He asked what I needed for him to get my business. Wifi only xoom $559.99

I don't believe this, only because no one at best buy is allowed to edit the prices.

You might have gotten an open box Xoom, but the guy sure didn't give you $40 off a new one.

 

[freeky1]

I don't believe this, only because no one at best buy is allowed to edit the prices.

You might have gotten an open box Xoom, but the guy sure didn't give you $40 off a new one.

I watched the phone guy at Best Buy give away a 4g USB adapter, and in the computer, he put the reason as "save the sale". This was on a device that was being sold with a contract though. I don't think Best Buy does this for non-contract items.

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[zach_alt]

Phone sales and contract sales are different, they are given an allotted number of give a ways, as incentives. A regular in stock item. Never.

 

[milominderbinde]

With the Transformer at $399, the Xoom cannot remain at $599.

From the front page review today: ASUS EeePad Transformer review.

This is what the ASUS EeePad Transformer really comes down to, isn't it. It's a perfectly capable Honeycomb tablet. But it should be, given Google's close watch over it's latest baby. But it's not enough for the Transformer to merely look like and pretend to be a laptop. We've tried that with with Motorola Xoom and a Bluetooth keyboard, and it's a pretty disconnected experience. Work a little on the keyboard, then you have to reach up and touch the screen. Type, reach. Type, reach. That's no good.

From the moment you connect the Transformer to the keyboard dock, it ceases to be a tablet. It automatically recognizes its new purpose and kicks into laptop mode. No settings to worry about. It just works. But it's the little things that Transformer gets right after that that really make it one of a kind.

Motorola's Earnings Conference Call is next week. They will have to do something by then with the price. Here is are the lowest base no-contract prices:

$599 Xoom
$499 Samsung 10.1
$449 Acer Iconia
$449 Toshiba
$399 Asus Transformer

You can add a microSD card for cheap to any of them: 16 GB ~$26 & 32 GB ~$55 . SD cards are a little less.

Here is the 10" tablet comparison:
Comparison Chart: Xoom, Transformer, Galaxy, TouchPad

 

[jnewell]

It certainly appears that you're right...

With the Transformer at $399, the Xoom cannot remain at $599.

From the front page review today: ASUS EeePad Transformer review.



Motorola's Earnings Conference Call is next week. They will have to do something by then with the price. Here is are the lowest base no-contract prices:

$599 Xoom
$499 Samsung 10.1
$449 Acer Iconia
$449 Toshiba
$399 Asus Transformer

You can add a microSD card for cheap to any of them: 16 GB ~$26 & 32 GB ~$55 . SD cards are a little less.

Here is the 10" tablet comparison:
Comparison Chart: Xoom, Transformer, Galaxy, TouchPad