Three different iPad models, each of which has several capacity options, cellular options, and two color options. It's almost absurd. Is it time for Apple to thin the herd a little? I think it would be in their best interest to keep customers seeing the iPad as a no-brainer purchase.
Here's what I see happening... do you agree or not?
*iPad 2 has to go. Even before the iPad Mini was confirmed, it felt like just a placeholder product until Apple could offer a sub-$500 iPad. Now that the iPad 4 is so much better, and the Mini is cheaper, iPad 2 feels like a product without a market.
*16GB iPads need to go. I think with the introduction of the 128GB model, the lower capacity units will quietly be discontinued, similar to how Apple upgraded the iPods year after year. I say this also because I DON'T think Apple would lower prices, so the only way they can maintain those margins is to offer more tech for the same price. That's a VERY Apple thing to do.
Here's what I see happening... do you agree or not?
*iPad 2 has to go. Even before the iPad Mini was confirmed, it felt like just a placeholder product until Apple could offer a sub-$500 iPad. Now that the iPad 4 is so much better, and the Mini is cheaper, iPad 2 feels like a product without a market.
*16GB iPads need to go. I think with the introduction of the 128GB model, the lower capacity units will quietly be discontinued, similar to how Apple upgraded the iPods year after year. I say this also because I DON'T think Apple would lower prices, so the only way they can maintain those margins is to offer more tech for the same price. That's a VERY Apple thing to do.