And why we should also pay for the needless dock? Last time I bought a ThinkPad the offered good docking-stations but this was optional. Things which are not need for normal use should sold separately. Waste of resources.
Note: Rate Euro to US is 1,09.
A 10th gen iPad starts at €589 here while the USA price is listed as $449. Including VAT after currency conversion that price should be around €500, but Apple skims off an extra €89.
Luckily, Google devices don't keep their high prices after the market develops so in a year or so I expect the tablets to be priced much more reasonably. For some reason people are willing to pay near purchase price for a second hand iPad, keeping the cost of older models in stores high, but Android tablets go for much less.
Also 740 is with tax, which for example in France is 20%, so the comparison price would be 592. So about $100 difference.
Another advantage is that most of Europe is more densely populated. Google sells their 500 dollar tablets for the same price everywhere within the states, whether you live in the center of New York or the middle of the Nevada desert. They already need to cover the costs for this, so I don't think transportation costs cover the price difference.
Perhaps EU labour laws protect warehouse workers better, that's a possible reason for such a steep price hike, but I don't think warehouse workers earn that much more here.
The removal of Miracast was already a nightmare. The Chromecast image quality is worse, latency is worse and you need to the online. Thanks to Google „eco-system“.
Actually the „tablet” itself looks like a good device. At least more money left for ThinkPads and Linux ^^
Without sales tax the US price is 499 Dollar.