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Yes, the appeal of price discrimination on storage is evident, but a 1TB tablet has such fundamental customer value it's impossible some producers will not break ranks and offer them on the cheap - if only it's technically possible. Instead, they are priced at thousands, as specialty, low volume products.


> Yes, the appeal of price discrimination on storage is evident, but a 1TB tablet has such fundamental customer value it's impossible some producers will not break ranks and offer them on the cheap

1. 1TB tablets have no fundamental value for the vast majority of customers

2. offering 1TB tablets at storage cost would be self-defeating, the producers who would do that get significantly more money by offering tiered and price-discriminated storage just a bit below competition




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