Even after receiving a few negative feedbacks about loose screens and backlight bleeding, Google's recently launched Nexus 7 tablet is selling like hotcakes and it appears that even the makers, Google and Asus, were not expecting such a huge success as Google is now officially out of stock of the 16GB, $249 version of Nexus 7 tablets.
The company's own Play Store page currently reads "coming soon" in both the U.S. and the UK. While the eight-gigabyte version of the tablet is still available for purchase and ships within three to five days, the page for the 16GB version now only asks for email addresses of the potential buyers so that the company can update them about the availability of the device.
Not only online retailers, major physical stores such as Staples, GameStop, and Sam's Club are also sold out of the Nexus 7 on its first day after the company made it available last Friday.
According to the Guardian report, "Google's planners had thought that buyers on the Google Play store, more than from physical or online retailers, would be more committed to the company's 'cloud' concept, and so would have more of their content stored online, rather than wanting to keep it on the device. But most buyers appear to have noted that the storage on the device cannot be upgraded and decided to get the larger model."
Google's Nexus 7 tablet sports 1280 x 800 IPS display, quad-core Tegra 3 processor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, 1.2-megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM, Near Field Communication technology and a 4,325mAh battery. Built by Taiwan's Asus, the Nexus tablet feels remarkably light at 0.41-inches thickness and 0.75 pounds weight.
The tablet starts at $199 for the 8GB version and $249 for the 16GB version.
