What's going to happen with the ipad 2 finally retiring? Or is it going to continue in the budget oriented "cheapest rules" markets?
Scenario 1
ipad 4 becomes the budget model for $ 399.
Problem: Its mostly likely going to be very much similar in terms of performance with the ipad 5, because the 20nm A7 isn't ready, and therefore only a modified version of the A6X is going to make the cut. Exterior looks & weight reduction alone wont recreate a bigger sales drive. There has to be something more.
Possible Solution: The ipad 5 starts from 32gb to 128gb at a price bracket from $499 to $699, dropping the 16gb model.
The heavier, bulkier, ipad 4 is available only at 16gb at $399.
Scenario 2
ipad 5 becomes the only models available starting from $ 399
Problem: Profit margins may drop rapidly and there will be a lot of backlog of ipad 4s in the market.
Possible Solution: Push the ipad 4s to the markets where pricing matters while offering a substantial discount, while the more common markets get the ipad 5 in abundance during its rollout, buying them considerable time.
Scenario 3
ipad 4 is dropped and ipad 2 continues but the catch is that they upgrade with the new lightning connector & utilizing the newly modified A5.
Problem: Non-retina, expensive to redesign the chasis and retool the factories and Not cost effective enough.
Possible Solution: A cost effective method to keep the low-end bracket in contention, perhaps with a $299 ipad offer?
So what do you think? Any scenarios that seems invariably plausible?
Scenario 1
ipad 4 becomes the budget model for $ 399.
Problem: Its mostly likely going to be very much similar in terms of performance with the ipad 5, because the 20nm A7 isn't ready, and therefore only a modified version of the A6X is going to make the cut. Exterior looks & weight reduction alone wont recreate a bigger sales drive. There has to be something more.
Possible Solution: The ipad 5 starts from 32gb to 128gb at a price bracket from $499 to $699, dropping the 16gb model.
The heavier, bulkier, ipad 4 is available only at 16gb at $399.
Scenario 2
ipad 5 becomes the only models available starting from $ 399
Problem: Profit margins may drop rapidly and there will be a lot of backlog of ipad 4s in the market.
Possible Solution: Push the ipad 4s to the markets where pricing matters while offering a substantial discount, while the more common markets get the ipad 5 in abundance during its rollout, buying them considerable time.
Scenario 3
ipad 4 is dropped and ipad 2 continues but the catch is that they upgrade with the new lightning connector & utilizing the newly modified A5.
Problem: Non-retina, expensive to redesign the chasis and retool the factories and Not cost effective enough.
Possible Solution: A cost effective method to keep the low-end bracket in contention, perhaps with a $299 ipad offer?
So what do you think? Any scenarios that seems invariably plausible?