Electronics Gadgets Pitfalls: Could Cheap Tablets Sink Your Business?

Jan 24
12:57

2011

Rose Lee

Rose Lee

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If you never ever heard the phrase 'internet tablet' in 2010 then you must have been living in a soundproof cave under  a rock in one of the far-off corners of the earth.

Tablets are everywhere these days with consumers being enamored by their large interactive screens,Electronics Gadgets Pitfalls: Could  Cheap Tablets Sink  Your Business? Articles their ease of use and their capabilities to go online.

Tablets can have Wi-Fi, 3G and even 4G connectivity enabled giving the appliance a full array of mobile Internet and multimedia features for a wide range of commercial, business and personal applications. Lacking the typing facilities of a keyboard, tablets utilizes multi-touch technologies and a virtual keyboard for inputs using a touchscreen that is larger and easier to use than the restricted dimension of smartphone screens.

The desirability of tablets grew tremendously in recent months, despite the big prize ranges of marquee brands. Basic models cost below 500 US dollars whereas high-end, fully-featured models are priced up to 2500 US dollars. This spawned an influx of tablet clones in the market, particularly coming from various China manufacturers. These clones are on hand at genuinely cheap price ranges starting from below 100 US dollars  or higher. However, concerns were raised as to the quality of these clones and a host of other likely issues that if not correctly addressed - could sooner or later sink your business.

The Chinese Internet Tablet Boom

After a tremendous response in the United States, the iPad has just begun to be made available in the international marketplace. Delays were caused by the big demand for the product in America. This prompted manufacturers from China to produce clones of this electronic gadget and naming it after their own convention and clones of other marquee tablets like the Galaxy Tab.

Then again, some manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors in China would list clones and name them as genuine units from original manufacturers but at incredibly low wholesale prices. These counterfeits would look and may even feel like the real thing. Scrutinizing these gadgets further, you will soon discover that the operating systems are entirely different and will have no access nor will they run proprietary applications.

Selling and Marketing Internet Tablet from China

With clones and copy tablets pouring into the market, an online seller should heed all the red flags and take careful considerations prior to making your investments with these products. This is to avert the numerous things that possibly can go wrong: Shipping delays, wrong products delivered, incomplete products delivered, and product incompatibility with 3G standards, Wi-Fi, voltages, and extra specifications.

In some cases, there are some functional deficiencies in the products that would make them worthless for your customers and disastrous for your company. Some of these issues encompass the absence of a menu button that you need to use to call up options such as type size, font, etc. Others lack a back button so you'll find yourself stuck after opening an eBook and can't go back to the menu or the library to select another file. 

However, tablets are really hot commodities to sell right now that you just need to be wise in the collection process for good quality goods that can rival marquee products and the reputable and reliable suppliers that will provide you with these products.

Considerations in Advertising Internet Tablets

When selecting tablets for your product listings, you should take careful considerations of some important elements and ask appropriate questions from your suppliers concerning the following:

* Specifications - you should list all pertinent specification about the device as accurately and as completely as doable. This includes the CPU processor, internal memory size, battery type and capacity, external memory support, audio and video formats, volume, languages and other specifications.

* Memory Capacity - your customers would want to play large amounts of audio, video and other multimedia files so it would be utmost to know up to what capacity the internal and external memory of the tablet is built-in with and how it can be expanded.

* Touchscreen - the size of the touchscreen display as well as its multi-touch sensitivity for intuitive pushing and manipulation of virtual buttons is important to be aware of

* Wi-Fi Connectivity - connecting to the internet is probably one of the most important features of your tablet and how the product connects through the Wi-Fi network is incredibly important. One thing to know is how strong the internal antenna of the device is particularly in terms of distance from a hotspot. Another crucial thing to know is the type of 802.11 Standards the device is capable of. Currently the 802.11N standard is the fastest so products built only with an 802.11A or 802.11G architecture will not be able to  exploit the power of this bigger spectrum. 

* Disclaimers - it is important to list down product disclaimers to protect you from the limitations of these products. This is more importantly so with regards to the Android OS operating system that these China-made tablets turn up with. See that you state that these systems cannot be upgraded and if the user will modify the default OS, they will eventually void the warranties you are giving them. State also that you do not extend care or advice for this operating system.

One strategy of online retailers is to rebrand these inexpensive internet tablets as Mp4 players as their main listing category and list then in a subcategory for tablets. Mp4 players from China have wider acceptance now than clone tablets so it would be best to take advantage of this fact at the moment.

Cheap tablets that will only give your customers sub-par performance could eventually sink your online retail business if you oversell them. You should do your homework and make an extra effort to market them the correct way showing all their flaws. There can be fewer sales in the short term but it will guarantee the long term survival of your business.

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