A rumor circulated yesterday that Google is preparing to launch a version of the Pixel tablet that would ship without the charging speaker dock in the box. Today a new rumor “confirms” the previous one (as much as any rumor can “confirm” anything) and helpfully adds pricing information for the new dockless tablet.
Thankfully, it will cost less than the tablet + dock bundle currently on sale. In the Eurozone, unnamed retailer listings are expected to charge €446 with 128GB of storage and €553 with 256GB for the tablet alone.
For comparison, note that the price for the current package that includes the dock is €679 and €779 for these two storage versions respectively. The leaked prices seem strange, however, and may not include VAT, which varies widely between EU countries.
If we added German VAT of 19%, the resulting price would be €529 for the 128GB model and €659 for the 256GB one. This is still a significant discount for those who don’t need the dock, so the official release can’t come soon enough.
The same unnamed retailers have also reportedly listed the alleged Bluetooth keyboard accessory. Its price in that inventory system is €89, which may or may not be the final sale price. If this were also VAT-free, adding it once again for Germany would yield a final price of €105. The rumored stylus is also not listed, but yesterday’s leak claimed it would be the same price as the keyboard.
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