For months we've been talking about bad data from sales for the Surface de Microsoft and it seems, however, of the praised Nexus 10 SE would have sold even fewer units: if the latest data from sales de Surface they pointed to 1,5 million units (joining the sales of the model with RT Windows and the model with Windows 8), the fantastic tablet of Google y Samsung would have sold approximately 1 million Of units.
The comparison is even more striking if we put the sales of the iPad in the second half of 2012, which reached almost 37 million Of units.
Even though the tablets Surface de Microsoft had a rather cold reception among experts (and, judging by their sales figures, also among users), while Nexus 10 It is a device that in just a few months has become one of the references in terms of quality y Technical specifications, Redmond seems to have outpaced Mountain View in sales according to the latest estimates: 1,5 million units for Surface y 1 million units for Nexus 10.
The most surprising thing is that, even leaving aside the question of the quality of both tablets, Nexus 10 It is a much more affordable device, especially if we compare it with the model of Surface with Windows 8. The comparison, of course, is even more outrageous if we take as a reference the iPad, of which only in the second half of 2012 Have been sold 36,9 million Of units. Although not so abysmal, the difference is also important with respect to the other tablet of Google, Nexus 7, of which it is estimated that they have already been sold around 7 million Of units.
Not for users Nexus 10 a tablet as attractive as for the experts? It is true that the Nexus 10 does not have the same advantage as Surface regarding its professional use, nor with that of an affordable price, such as Nexus 7. Obviously, however, the main problem you have encountered is most likely Nexus 10 are, simply, the enormous difficulties that it has Google for many months to their potential buyers to get hold of one of them, and certainly, and in a similar way to what happened with the Nexus 4, has never given the feeling that they really expected (or wanted) it to become a true best-seller.
Source: iDownLoadBlog.
The Nexus 10 has not even been available in physical stores. Nexus 4 and 10 seem more like an experiment than a product destined to compete and become a bestseller.
The fact that it is not in physical stores is critical; For many potential buyers of a Nexus 10, it is no longer an option the moment you go to a store and is not offered as an option. And it is made even worse by not being in online stores like Amazon. It is the big difference with the Nexus 7 or Samsung's Note and Tab.
In addition, the repercussion in specialized media and blogs of the Nexus 10 compared to other devices has been almost nil. Some review at the launch, some note during the stock problems and little else, although it must be recognized that it has not given for more in terms of news. And here of course Google has a lot to say, because it seems that they have been determined to keep a device "covered" that should be the reference in Android tablets. Sometimes I think that these strange business strategies of Google are part of their agreements with the manufacturers, in this case Samsung.