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		sangnoir on June 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android Tablets Still Suck, And Google's Running O... I hope you realize that's a non-sequitor. The hypothesis was people only care about the iPad - not tablets. Which is laughable because a significant proportion of the market cares about non-iPad tablet. What does profit have to do with what people care about?

gaius on June 20, 2012 | [–]

Obviously, that people care more about iPads as they are willing to pay a premium for them.

huggyface on June 20, 2012 | | [–]

One of the keys of the iPads success is that it has been among the lowest priced tablets. Your point doesn't hold.

Apple makes enormous profits because of volume and a very, very refined process.

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