Nexus 7 sales clocking in at close to a million per month

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/10/nexus7-numbers.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/31/nexus-7-sales-close-to-a-million/)While it was pretty clear that ASUS' Google-partnered Nexus 7 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/nexus7) contributed heavily to the Taiwanese maker's healthy Q3 results (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/30/asustek-q3-net-profits-up-43-percent/), there was no official confirmation on its exact sales figures so far. ASUS CFO David Chang has now come clean and told the WSJ that the 7-incher is close to touching the one million per month mark, just about double the rate of sales at its launch. While this number is a fraction of theiPad's sales (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/25/apple-q4-2012-earnings-35-97-billion-in-revenue-8-67-eps/) (14 million in the last quarter alone), it could well go up due to the recent price drop (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/nexus-7s-new-pricing-is-official-16gb-for-199-32gb-for-249/) and the addition of new 32GB models (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/google-announces-299-32gb-nexus-7-with-hspa-mobile-data/) to the portfolio. On the flip side, the Nexus 7 is sure to face heat from close rivals, the Kindle Fire HD (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/11/amazon-kindle-fire-hd-review-7-inch/) and the 7.9-inch Apple iPad mini (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/30/apple-ipad-mini-review/), while the mega-spec Nexus 10 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/nexus-10-hands-on-video/) will also entice some buyers away from ASUS' reach.

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