QUOTE(darth5zaft @ Sep 7 2013, 10:05 PM)
Yup, that's that. It come so much latter, being marketed as a luxury item and being sold just slightly higher than N4. I'm glad u like your GNex but I don't find it prices worthwhile nor competitive with others. I'm not saying it bad, maybe the gps, camera, battery and data connection is a bit lower than competitive products. I never say it an inferior hardware because of it low prices. They sell at about the same price level of the competitor who put better hardware.
As far as I know. There's no import duties on tablets. Apple price it products fairly here. It just Asus decided to jack it up by RM300. That's what then. Now seems Asus learn it mistake and my purchase of it vivobook is about the same as what they sold overseas. So I do hope LG would do too for it nexus 5.
nexus is a great product I won't denies that. But still not the best bang for the bucks, at least to me.
Yes I do agree GNex is a bit too expensive at the time, but still I'd rather get a GNex given the choice since the OS support is a priority to me. Faster official update release = faster custom ROM developed.
However, it was only until Nexus 4 that they started to make the Nexus devices to have the best bang for buck deal. Nexus 7 was maybe inflated in price at that time, but that's probably due to Asus, since the official price for Nexus 7 is among the lowest compared to other tablets.
They're not the best deal since we're living in Malaysia, our price are always higher than US counter parts, but right now can you say that a 16GB Nexus 4 for RM990 is not value for money?
BTW, If you
really want the best bang for buck, you should probably check out Xiaomi's phone, they're incredible in specs and value.
This post has been edited by phantomash: Sep 7 2013, 10:24 PM