Intel plans cheap and cheerful mobiles

Stefan Mileschin · 17th February 2012, 07:25

Intel has revealed new mobile plans for its partners and it shared some pricing guidelines for future products.

Fudzilla has found a slide with the catchy title Mobile Landscape in 2012.

In it, Intel said it wants to sell mobile phones powered by its CPUs for as little as $199 to $299.

Intel sees a gap in the market for cheap and cheerful phones .

It also places netbooks in the same price range while Intel based tablets should be between $399 and $499.

Tablets will go up to 12.1 inches and the starting price for these bigger machines should be $299, Intel said.

It is looking like hybrid devices, such as the Asus' Eee Pad Slider and Transformer, will also stay at less than $699.

Intel wants to sell its laptops for less than $400. Top notch notebooks based on Core i7 chips will start at less than $799 and Ultrabooks with 11-inch or larger screens might be coming down to $599 to $699.

http://news.techeye.net/mobile/intel...eerful-mobiles

17th February 2012, 07:25	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,578	Intel plans cheap and cheerful mobiles Intel has revealed new mobile plans for its partners and it shared some pricing guidelines for future products. Fudzilla has found a slide with the catchy title Mobile Landscape in 2012. In it, Intel said it wants to sell mobile phones powered by its CPUs for as little as $199 to $299. Intel sees a gap in the market for cheap and cheerful phones . It also places netbooks in the same price range while Intel based tablets should be between $399 and $499. Tablets will go up to 12.1 inches and the starting price for these bigger machines should be $299, Intel said. It is looking like hybrid devices, such as the Asus' Eee Pad Slider and Transformer, will also stay at less than $699. Intel wants to sell its laptops for less than $400. Top notch notebooks based on Core i7 chips will start at less than $799 and Ultrabooks with 11-inch or larger screens might be coming down to $599 to $699. http://news.techeye.net/mobile/intel...eerful-mobiles

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