USB OTG cable

raichu

Hello guys
I've been searching in vain for a USB on-the-go cable for my Nexus 7 tablet.
It seems like no one even knows what a USB OTG cable is and what it is used for.
Does anyone know a place in Lebanon where they sell such cables? Looked everywhere. Multimedia Megastore, Virgin, Radioshack, Khoury Home, etc.
All I get is Hein? and frowns :/
Hope someone can help
Thanks in advance

yasamoka

Katrangi in Jnah has USB OTG cables.

http://www.ekt2.com

raichu

Hey thanks @yasamoka
do you know in which section I can find OTG cables on the website?
A direct link would be really helpful.

LifeEngineer

raichu wroteHello guys
I've been searching in vain for a USB on-the-go cable for my Nexus 7 tablet.
It seems like no one even knows what a USB OTG cable is and what it is used for.
Does anyone know a place in Lebanon where they sell such cables? Looked everywhere. Multimedia Megastore, Virgin, Radioshack, Khoury Home, etc.
All I get is Hein? and frowns :/
Hope someone can help
Thanks in advance

+1 for that bro!
What a coincidence that today I was searching in many stores for USB OTG cable (either for my smartphone or for my note 10.1 which has a proprietary pin) and TV out and I found nothing!!!

If you find any please reply here so you can help us!

Ziad87

I bought a couple from Katranji in Jnah. You might be able to find it on the website, but if I recall correctly, the price isn't listed. The lady from the mobile section (where the cables are located) apparently made an error and only charged me 15,000 L.L the first time I got one. Then I went to get some more she told me price is $15 though after negotiating was able to buy them for 15,000 L.L each. So not sure what's really going on... But expect something in that range.

ironman

costs 1.6 USD on amazon, what a country

TPR0

15 bux is too much!

I'v made one self-powered OTG cable, upto 1.5 amp... or charge the phone at the same time (Atrix 4G accepts that though, not sure if others consider OTG + charging)

All 20 bux :P

Ziad87

Yeah, it's definitely overpriced. It doesn't even come in high quality packaging or even use high quality materials. It looks exactly like the $1-2 ones you find abroad.

rtwo2008

There's this one here, but also 15$.

http://yallastuff.com/p/602/usb-flash-disk-phone-adapter

raichu

15$? come again?
I'd rather ask some friends or relatives coming from the States or Europe to buy me 2 or 3 for 5-8$.

rtwo2008

The best thing that could happen to anyone is to have family or friends who frequently come and go to USA. I am still waiting for a friend to go to USA to finally get me a Nexus 10 for 400$ hehe.

Please spare the time to read the below post.

True that the prices of these accessories is extremely inflated in Lebanon, but after much research in the matter the picture has become clear to me:

1- There is little profit in the actual devices (iPads, Laptops, etc...), so they make up for it with profit from the accessories.

2- When buying a bulk order, all these things could go wrong:
a) The seller sends the wrong items
b) A certain % of the items are defective (Chinese Quality Control in cheap stuff is bad).
c) A certain stock item, if not all sold, can become obsolete and unsellable.
d) It is not worth the time and effort of certain retail shops in Lebanon to make a profit of 1$ in an item. If you don't support them, they will close down and hence you will end up with only Virgin operating and selling it for 25$ instead of 15$, and sometimes not having to wait 2-3 weeks is worth 13$.

Taking all the above into consideration:
Original item cost: 3$
Shipping/VAT/Customs/Clearance/LocalTransportation to Lebanon: 2$
Risk of defects: add 1$
Risk of unsold items (have to recover the whole cost from the first 50% sold): add 6$
Profit: 3$
TOTAL: 15$

Notice that when the item's original cost is more expensive this does not become better why:
Original item cost: 50$
Profit: 10$ (notice that the profit is now 20% only compared to 200% from the 3$ item).
But then again, the capital tied up in this item is huge (let's say 100 pieces of this 50$ item = 5000$)
If they tie up 5000$ of capital (for half a year) in order to make a profit of 10$x100 = 1000$, it is bad business consider the longer it takes you to sell the more you are paying in store rental/employee wages, etc...

There are even more variables that I will not discuss so this post won't become too long. Of course none of this should apply if the store is already making a killing in the price of the devices themselves, but they are not (at least not in iPads and laptops, etc...) and they have bills to pay.