Why is Jolla Tablet cheaper than Jolla phone? [answered]

asked 2014-11-19 15:06:25 +0200

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Tablet has bigger display, a powerful RAM, more storage yet it is much cheaper than Jolla phone! Except for calling functionality and associated hardware, Tablet seems to score better in terms of other hardware specs. Of course, one reason could be miniaturization and also that some initial development cost of Sailfish would have been absorbed in phone sales. I am aware that similar trends (price disparity if I can call it that) exists in other brands as well.

Is it driven by perception alone? That is, perceived value of tablet is less...

Also, can we expect Phones to become cheaper as well? (I am aware that it has been heavily discounted these days)

P.S. Not sure how it reads but am genuinely trying to understand the rationale for such a difference...I bought Jolla for what others would call a good deal in India and am not so much perturbed by the current price.. (Although it has become much cheaper in India which is how mobile prices move)

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All tablets are cheaper than same spec phones. The phone part weighs on the price.

Giacomo Di Giacomo ( 2014-11-19 15:42:13 +0200 )edit

Yes, but is the high price difference justified is what I am trying to understand...

anandrkris ( 2014-11-19 15:56:10 +0200 )edit

I believe the pricing is based on supply and demand. the number of people who want to buy phones are higher than the number of people who would want to buy a tablet. since the demand for phones are higher and that there is lot of potential to get higher profit margin, the phones are priced higher i suppose. this is the logical explanation I can think of. If others have a different view or explanation please do share it.

Ganpat ( 2014-11-19 16:11:51 +0200 )edit

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You also pay for more patents on a phone side. Which drives up the price a lot. Some phone specific patent license payments can go up to 30-40$ a phone sold... So if you do not need to pay them on a tablet, you can make it a lot cheaper.

Philippe De Swert ( 2014-11-19 16:25:19 +0200 )edit

of course tablets are cheaper! in phones you have to "squish' all the parts into small case. With tablets you don't have this problem to that extent

virgi26 ( 2014-11-19 18:11:39 +0200 )edit

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answered 2014-11-19 15:36:09 +0200

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updated 2014-11-19 15:36:28 +0200

The answer to your question may be here.

TL; DR Intel is subsiding the production of tablets based on its technology

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Thanks for the link, useful reading :-)

anandrkris ( 2014-11-19 15:54:53 +0200 )edit

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answered 2014-11-19 16:56:41 +0200

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The tablet won't have cellular connectivity, reducing cost.
Intel is desperately trying to break into the mobile market and is rumoured to be subsidising over USD50 per chip.

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answered 2014-11-19 15:10:42 +0200

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updated 2014-11-19 15:11:06 +0200

I believe it has to do with the competitors price range.

If Nokia N1 had not been released this week, then the planned retail price for Jolla Tablet would probably not have been the SAME as for the Nokia N1.

So, perhaps we should than Nokia for lowering the price?

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Hmm...Agree, competition is also a big factor that drives price...

anandrkris ( 2014-11-19 15:53:44 +0200 )edit

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answered 2014-11-19 15:31:54 +0200

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Also remember that the phone was originally intended to ship with a higher resolution screen, but the contract of the SoC was cancelled and Jolla had to quickly find a new one. Sadly that SoC doesn't support a higher resolution, than the one we currently have and we can be glad, Jolla managed to still ship the phone, although they had to change much of it. Further they still had to develop most of Sailfish, so they had to price it higher to assure the development costs, while now they have a existing basis that only needs a few tweeks.

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Thanks, didn't know about the contract cancellation!

anandrkris ( 2014-11-20 05:09:29 +0200 )edit

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answered 2014-11-19 16:06:37 +0200

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Because is an Indiegogo campaign. I expect commercial price to be sensible bigger.

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FYI, Retail price is already announced as 249$

anandrkris ( 2014-11-19 16:08:23 +0200 )edit

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answered 2014-11-19 17:06:09 +0200

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Tooling may also be a factor, the smaller the device the more expensive it is to produce afaik.

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