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Rip-off Britain in full force again. Remember that fabled Nexus 7 dock, which Asus is taking an absolute age to ship? Guess how much of a premium we’re going to have to pay in the UK over our American cousins? £54. Yep, £79 in the UK, £25 in the US, according to the Verge at least. What the hell Asus?
OK, so that’s without adding the requisite sales tax in the US, but it’s literally three-bloody-times as much in the UK than it is in the US. How on Earth can Asus possibly justify that? I know we’re used to getting the expensive end of the stick, but hell, that’s far, far more than even a straight $ to £ symbol swap.
£79 for a freaking dock, which just charges the thing via microUSB and spits out audio via a 3.5mm jack. I can see Asus having a massive seller on its hands, if that genuinely is the price of the thing when it lands over here. Thanks for nothing Asus. [The Verge]
Update: Asus has just got in touch to clarify a few things. Apparently there’s some confusion over docks, and the good news is that there is a cheaper dock coming our way.
So, the dock above, which is $40 in the US, is refreshingly going to cost £25 in the UK and should be available to purchase online by the end of next week. So, thanks for something, Asus.
According to Asus, the confusion probably comes over there supposedly being two versions of said dock: one plain and simple charge stand, pictured above, and one all-singing all-dancing dock. The do-it-all dock, which presumably throws video out and other bits and pieces into the mix, should be in the £80 range, but it’s unknown whether this variant is actually going to be released or not. Perhaps someone on the show floor has more information than they should.
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I’m wondering if this is the ol’ echo chamber doing its thing again, so I’d probably wait until, y’know, Asus actually announce a price. This seems to have been bouncing around without any first-party source since Pocket Lint posted this up a few days ago: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/49079/asus-nexus-7-docking-station
I hope so, but given that several reputable sites have apparently been told by Asus itself that it’ll be £79 in the UK, I’m not holding my breath.
Maybe a high mark-up RRP so they can all offer it as heavily discounted at £30 when it really isn’t.
I can only hope, Lester. Glad to see it’s taken them enough time to come up with an official dock.
I’m still waiting for my Nexus 4 wireless charging orb. I imagine it will be out in time for Christmas and cost a reasonable £99, or $29 if you’re American.
Perhaps it has the magic to fix the Nexus 7′s poor build quality when you dock your device?
There’s two of the Nexus 7s in our household, and both have zero build quality issues. I’m sure given the vast amount they’ve sold (and it’s price point), a certain number have issues, but is it any more than an average amount? I doubt it – we’d have heard on this very site if there were serious issues with build.
There is one in my household with rather serious issues – a new batch model I should mention. I should mention that I think the device is fantastic and while the casual gaming I was hoping to use it for hasn’t really transpired it has been performing admirably as a device for reading pdfs, viewing websites and some media on the go.
Despite this light use and keeping the device well looked after it is exhibiting some very noticeable screen lifting and flex on the left hand side of the device (whilst in portrait mode). Going by our own rather exclusive sample set, that is a whopping 33% of devices that are defective – anecdotal numbers aren’t worth mentioning here.
Here is the thing, just because one site isn’t reporting a rather widespread issue doesn’t mean that it isn’t real and affecting a good number of users:
http://www.pocketables.com/2012/08/my-nexus-7-just-started-exhibiting-the-dreaded-display-lift.html
http://androidandme.com/thread/nexus-7-ownersregarding-build-quality/
And humorously;
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/07/is-your-nexus-7s-screen-loose/
You did hear about it on this very site!
As I’m not so sure if the website has eaten my far longer reply here is a little bit of it:
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/07/is-your-nexus-7s-screen-loose/
“Thanks for nothing Asus” is extremely harsh. Asus hasn’t announced anything officially so I’d bet my bottom dollar that £79 will not be the actual price we see in UK. Asus (in partnership with Google) were the ones who brought us the cheaply priced Nexus 7, why would they screw the UK market over on the dock. I think to wait and see for the actual price before making article posts like these.
Ah, so it’s actually £25. Isn’t it traditional to, y’know, check these things with the company in quests before posting a ranty news entry about it?
£80 for a dock… seems pricey.. even if it had SD slot, hdmi outs, etc. The £25 one is probably worth it though.
That’s still not so bad considering some of the “Australia Tax” prices of things… especially when items are actually available. A lot of the S3 and other mobile phone accessories and the like are never actually available in Aus to begin with….
When the 3DS came with a dock i thought it was a strange gimmick but i ended up using it all the time. At £25 im tempted, for some kind of third party £15ish dock i would be more than happy!
£25 is much more reasonable. Any sign of where it will be sold?