Just last week on Friday, we reported on a speculation that Google’s upcoming tablet could be known as the Google Play, and if Google’s practice for their upcoming tablet is the same as for their Nexus devices, then there is a good chance that Google will be outsourcing the manufacturing of the tablet to one of their manufacturing partners, and thanks to a recent set of rumors, it is said that ASUS will be the ones manufacturing the device.
The rumors are also stating that the tablet will come with an affordable price tag of $199, NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 quad-core processor and with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on board. Now we know that ASUS has favored NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processors in the past, with the series of Transformer Prime/Pad tablets being a perfect example, but to have an Android 4.0 quad-core tablet come with a price tag of $199, we have to wonder if that sounds a bit too good to be true.
The reasoning behind this affordable price tag is because of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet which launched last year with great success. The Android tablet saw widespread adoption due to its affordable $199 price tag, which is why the rumor is suggesting a similar price tag and are hoping to beat Amazon at their own game. Either way we suggest taking this with a grain of salt for now until the details can be confirmed, but any hypothetical takers so far?