dot | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:23:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png dot | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Amazon has best weekend ever for selling its own devices https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/amazon-has-best-weekend-ever-for-selling-its-own-devices/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/amazon-has-best-weekend-ever-for-selling-its-own-devices/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:23:03 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=313407 The last week has been very kind to Amazon, with its bevy of sales helping it make tens of millions at discounted retail, but it also showed that some of the most popular products were Amazon's own. Alexa equipped devices were some of the hottest sellers and Amazon managed to sell many, many more Fire …

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The last week has been very kind to Amazon, with its bevy of sales helping it make tens of millions at discounted retail, but it also showed that some of the most popular products were Amazon's own. Alexa equipped devices were some of the hottest sellers and Amazon managed to sell many, many more Fire TV and Fire tablets than this time last year.

The biggest increase in sales year on year for a specific product line, was with Alexa voice devices like the Echo, Tap or Echo Dot. Thanks to the launch of new products in that line up and a big increase in public awareness, Amazon sold as many as seven times more of the connected music players over Cyber Monday. This resulted in millions of devices being shipped out to consumers.

Amazon's tablets also did well, with the Fire range shifting more than two times the figure sold last Cyber Monday, while the Kids Edition had its best shopping weekend ever and maintains its number one spot as the most popular child-focused tablet in North America.

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Fire TV sticks were a popular choice too, with Amazon shifting more than 2.5 times the same number it sold last year.

Amazon believes the big reason it sold so many devices was a shift in its pricing. With tablets, TV sticks and Echo products all under $50, it made it possible for more people than ever to get access to them. Amazon has also been aggressively marketing its new Alexa devices, encouraging people to put the listening devices in their home.

It released some quite detailed statistics of its users over the Thanksgiving weekend, pointing out that Alexa devices helped many people cook their meal, with people asking three times the questions they did during the week prior. We also know that the most requested playlist during Thanksgiving last Thursday, was the “Thanksgiving with Family,” playlist.

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KitGuru Says: As much as I like the functionality of the Echo and similar devices, I really don't trust having a cloud-connected, open microphone in my house. 

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Don’t buy from PLAY.com – hold that order https://www.kitguru.net/channel/faith/dont-buy-from-play-com-hold-that-order/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/faith/dont-buy-from-play-com-hold-that-order/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:34:10 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=17786 KitGuru spends half its time in bars and the rest passed out in the streets. Luckily, when we have our ears to the ground – that's when we heard the best rumours from a long way off. This being drunk and falling over works well. So what have we heard this time? PLAY.com is one …

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KitGuru spends half its time in bars and the rest passed out in the streets. Luckily, when we have our ears to the ground – that's when we heard the best rumours from a long way off. This being drunk and falling over works well. So what have we heard this time?

PLAY.com is one of the biggest online retailers in the UK. Its pricing is pretty competitive all year through anyway, but – for one day only – they are really going to be slashing and burning.

Getting ready for Christmas means having warehouse space free. That means selling everything that is not nailed down.

On 28th September, we're hearing that PLAY.com will dump every product it has onto the web site at the lowest price ever seen.

It's a one day, no holds barred, monster clear out designed to put your money in their bank account.

Don't spend with PLAY.com until 28th September, we think

Suppliers are being summoned to PLAY.com's headquarters and being shown diagrams of people with their pants around their ankles. This is the kind of support PLAY.com is expecting from its contacts. Which is good for you folks, we guess.

We've heard nothing from PLAY.com itself to confirm this killer sale is real. It would not be in PLAY.com's interest to tell you to ‘stop buying now, we'll have a much lower price on 28th'. That would be commercial suicide. that's what we're here for.

If you were planning to buy something from PLAY.com and really wanted a bargain, hold fire until 28th September and you could be pleasantly surprised.

KitGuru says: If these rumours are true and KitGuru readers can get a serious bargain by waiting until 28th September, then then that's fair play. Surely. Or fair PLAY.com should we say?

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