7 Google Nexus tablet will be officially sold in Brazil from this Thursday (25) exclusively at Walmart online channel, INFO confirmed to sources close to the matter.
sales are only possible due to a partnership between Walmart.com and Asus, maker of the tablet. Negotiations took months to materialize.
The sources, who asked not to be identified, said that some time ago, Asus has brought to Brazil a stock Nexus 7 and throughout this volume arrived today at Walmart.com distribution center, located in the city of Barueri ( SP).
model that will be sold in Brazil is the 16GB with WiFi The device uses Tegra 3 quad core 1.3 GHz processor, ULP GeForce GPU, NFC and runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
The company expects that the stock runs out in a few hours, especially driven by sales of Mother’s Day, which occurs on the second Sunday of May.
According to one source, only the first wave of Nexus 7 is guaranteed, but the Walmart keeps open a negotiation with the Asus and believes that the sales success there is the possibility of continuity of supply.
According to Walmart.com, the actual value of 999, which may be in installments, was established after observing the market for 7 inch tablets and prices in Brazil. The Nexus 7 sold here is imported.
Attempts – But since the intention was to sell the Nexus 7 in Brazil. Earlier this year, the same model, 16GB with Wi-Fi, appeared in the online stores of Magazine Luiza and Fnac for U.S. $ 1,299.
But even before releasing sales, sites withdrew the offer of air.
Google at the time and ruled during the announcement of the Nexus 4 smartphone sales in Brazil, Hugo Barra, Android’s vice president, said that the coming of the tablet to the country was a misunderstanding.
“This pseudo-launch was just a little miscommunication between Google and our partner, which should not happen again,” said Barra.
sources assured, however, that sales at Walmart.com will occur and that these trade problems on the Nexus 7 are handled between Asus and Google.
INFO companies sought to comment on the matter. Google said it does not comment on the movements of its commercial partners. And Asus stated that “no longer says anything about the Nexus 7.”
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