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Looks like people are wisening up to the fact this iPad has the LG display.
One word: cannibalization.
yup, $329 is very attractive price for an iPad.
off topic but why is the iphone 5 so hard to get and the newest ipad is fine!
Exactly. This is why the next full size iPad release should be in March. They tried to put lipstick on a pig (with a new processor and connector) but it's still the same overweight, overheating behemoth from March.Really, the iPad 4 feels tired and old compared to the iPad Mini. I almost feel bad for it. It looks like we know how many of those 3 million "iPads" sold were iPad 4s. Not many.
Exactly. This is why the next full size iPad release should be in March. They tried to put lipstick on a pig (with a new processor and connector) but it's still the same overweight, overheating behemoth from March.
I just played with the 4 and the mini in store. The mini's display is abysmal but its form factor is superb: The finish on the back felt great to hold. If anything it emphasizes how much heavier and outdated the 4 felt. Holiday shoppers aren't going to buy the 4 because of "better internals" Apple will limp into March with this product.
What really sold me though, was the fact that I could tuck the iPad Mini into my jacket pocket.
It's really unethical to misquote someone and imply that they would commit a crime....and sneak out without paying. - Oh really?
It isn't a marketing ploy, it is called physics. I'm going to introduce you to a few concepts that you might not be familiar with so see if you can follow along. Making new products takes "time". You don't just place an order for millions of complicated devices and get them constructed over a weekend. Also you can only start making the new product after you have fully designed and tested the prototypes. So "time" before completing the design and testing can't be used for making the product.
When a new product is introduced, customers have not yet acquired it. So there is this thing called "demand", which in the case of Apple often peaks right at the introduction because it is at that point that the highest number of customers who do not have the product exist. As the product is delivered to customers, demand is satisfied. So demand decreases as the products are delivered.
Also, while the product is being delivered Apple gets more "time". Apple uses this time to make new products.
Eventually equilibrium is reached as demand starts matching the time Apple has to have more of the product made.
The only way for Apple to have on hand enough product to satisfy the initial surge of demand is to hold off on announcing and selling the product. Apple could then get more time. Apple could have made iPad Minis for two months and secretly stockpiled them (with many invariably slipping out). But that would have just allowed Amazon, Google, and Microsoft more time to play in the mini tablet space without an Apple competitor. That would have been a terrible strategic decision.
There are only so many factories in China with so many workers that are capable of making these machines and all the various components. You also can't, at this point, just increase the number of factories devoted to a product for a couple of weeks. Configuring a factory (and training employees) to make a product like this takes time and money. The factory needs to stay devoted to the same product for a significant period of time to spread those costs out in an economic fashion.
Since I don't own one I can't say for certain, but the reviews I read said it still does heat up. Which makes sense since the display and battery are exactly the same.Is the iPad 4th gen still really warm exactly like the 3rd? That was my biggest problem with the 3rd..
It isn't a marketing ploy, it is called physics. I'm going to introduce you to a few concepts that you might not be familiar with so see if you can follow along. Making new products takes "time". You don't just place an order for millions of complicated devices and get them constructed over a weekend. Also you can only start making the new product after you have fully designed and tested the prototypes. So "time" before completing the design and testing can't be used for making the product.
When a new product is introduced, customers have not yet acquired it. So there is this thing called "demand", which in the case of Apple often peaks right at the introduction because it is at that point that the highest number of customers who do not have the product exist. As the product is delivered to customers, demand is satisfied. So demand decreases as the products are delivered.
Also, while the product is being delivered Apple gets more "time". Apple uses this time to make new products.
Eventually equilibrium is reached as demand starts matching the time Apple has to have more of the product made.
The only way for Apple to have on hand enough product to satisfy the initial surge of demand is to hold off on announcing and selling the product. Apple could then get more time. Apple could have made iPad Minis for two months and secretly stockpiled them (with many invariably slipping out). But that would have just allowed Amazon, Google, and Microsoft more time to play in the mini tablet space without an Apple competitor. That would have been a terrible strategic decision.
There are only so many factories in China with so many workers that are capable of making these machines and all the various components. You also can't, at this point, just increase the number of factories devoted to a product for a couple of weeks. Configuring a factory (and training employees) to make a product like this takes time and money. The factory needs to stay devoted to the same product for a significant period of time to spread those costs out in an economic fashion.
...or more likely, no one wants one because they already have a 2 or 3, and see no reason to upgrade?
Apple rushed this out too quick without substantial upgrades to define a purchase, consumers responded appropriately.
iPad 2 had a better form factor, iPad 3 had Retina, iPad 4 has new internals. One of these is not like the other when it comes to sales.
It's really unethical to misquote someone and imply that they would commit a crime.
Gosh, what did I ever do to you?
Anyone who ever visited an Apple store knows that they've got everything that's expensive tied down anyway.
Okay, I understand now that you were joking. But it's still not right.Exactly, we know you didn't steal anything, just having a little fun. Even Jim over at The Loop was talking about sneaking away with a new 27" iMac at the event a few weeks ago, thought it was pretty funny.
Heck, if you're that upset by it, I'll edit my edit ...
...done.
One word: cannibalization.
Really, the iPad 4 feels tired and old compared to the iPad Mini. I almost feel bad for it. It looks like we know how many of those 3 million "iPads" sold were iPad 4s. Not many.
If there is a good kind, this is it. People buying iPad minis are still buying Apple products, apps, and music.
I was in an Apple Store last night. While I was there, they sold 5 iPads (to different customers). All 5 were full size iPad 4s. I don't think it's dead yet by a long stretch.
Nope. They said this for the iPad 2 to iPad 3 and a few apps use the power.
Exactly, btw I love your avatar picture, MST2K was the best