36" or 72" screen iPad?

[Davichi]

This OP must be really bored.

 

[IcyStorm]

Yeah, um, if our schools could easily afford this, then sure.

Basically you want a giant iOS-version of the Microsoft Surface 2.

then it stands to reason that multiplying the size by four would put the 36" version around $2000, 72" at $4000.

Pricing of components doesn't scale as you think it does.

 

[RubbishBBspeed]

You know, Apple could just kick ass and release a 36" or 72" screen iPad.

Think about a school or business environment giving presentations using Airplay to send work to devices as well. In the home it could be used for learning or maybe that piano app will be big enough to fit on the one screen. Then there is always airplay in the home to replace your tv.

I'm sure it's a few years away for the component prices to come down to something more affordable.

(36"/72" screen is based on a rough multiplication of the 9.7" screen on the iPad).

Bloomberg TV already has one, they've been using it for about a year now. But your right, it is a toy for big boys.

 

[CrackedButter]

sometimes it's just better to agree to disagree.

you keep trying to keep this "idea" alive when so many people have shot you down. I hav to give you credit for your dedication. But have you at least considered what anybody has to say? You seem to only value your own opinion while not giving any credit to any other opinions.

if you think it's such a great idea. develop it and pitch it to Apple yourself. Surely if it really is such a universal great idea, they should jump all over it.

Reality is they have probably already considered it and for economic reasons are not pursuing it right now. the money is in the 10" sizes and smaller. Apple is in it to make money.

Maybe it is. But I don't take much stock in one line replies which seem to miss the point I'm trying to make, maybe posting such an idea isn't a good idea on MR. It's easier to say diss an idea without really critiquing what's being discussed.

As I tried to explain in my previous posts, as a collective we shoot down Apple's own ideas and we've been wrong, repeatedly. I feel I'm debating more about people's negativity than the idea itself.

I'm bookmarking this thread, either I'll claim victory or clam chowder. Peace out.

 

[patp]

Maybe it is. But I don't take much stock in one line replies which seem to miss the point I'm trying to make, maybe posting such an idea isn't a good idea on MR. It's easier to say diss an idea without really critiquing what's being discussed.

As I tried to explain in my previous posts, as a collective we shoot down Apple's own ideas and we've been wrong, repeatedly. I feel I'm debating more about people's negativity than the idea itself.

I'm bookmarking this thread, either I'll claim victory or clam chowder. Peace out.

you keep on with your idea. plenty of guys out there with "great ideas"

 

[bigred7078]

You sound like the comic book guy from the Simpsons. "You clearly do not understand basic marketing". If you know so much how come I'm about to turn your own point against you?

I don't know whether you've noticed, that while the market DOES wants cheaper smaller faster devices. Screen sizes have been increasing.

ipod>iPhone>iPad

iMac CRT (15")>G5 iMac (20")>27"iMac

I'm not including, MacBook Pro's and Apple Cinema Displays.

This isn't just with Apple products, look at TV's, screen sizes are getting bigger but the other components are getting smaller and in turn making them thinner.

Apple have stated they are NOT making a screen smaller then the iPad (other than the iPhone), but we have the belief iOS will transition to the iMac and so forth. But Apple haven't ever denied larger screen sizes or coming.



Wow, I somehow have to defend every price point thrown at me, even the ridiculous ones, somebody says the price will be $30-$50K and I say no, it got to be cheaper. Everybody figured the iPad was going to be $999 and it wasn't.

If a basic 9.7inch iPad is $499 (which already includes their generous margin remember) then it stands to reason that multiplying the size by four would put the 36" version around $2000, 72" at $4000. This doesn't include component deals; buying in bulk or on the flipside, increasing the price slightly to machine a 72" screen which some technology companies already do. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. Merely upscaling Apple's current train of thought buy using already existing technology and repacking it.

I'm also not saying Apple will do it tomorrow either. Prices will fall over time.

So...



... If we compare the current tech outlined in the above quote, to a supposed 72" iPad, which is going to be the better choice? Look at camera RED, its a ridiculous amount of money but for those coming from film cameras, it's so much cheaper and better. For us it looks expensive. It could be the same here.

I will remind everyone here that everybody at MR during certain times in the past, pooh poohed the iPod on release, the iPhone on release and the iPad on release. Now where are we.

What I'm suggesting isn't out of the realm of possibility. So don't discount it.

You just have no idea what you are talking about. The reason the iPad is so cheap is because of the mass quantities they can sell them in. You cannot just say the price will double as the size doubles. It's a matter of manufacturing quantities. You also fail to realize a large multitouch surface would cost ludacris amounts of money since they would be made in small batches. You need a reality check if you think they could produce one under for anywhere near $4k in a 72" size. That pricing idea is beyond silly.

No one is saying it wouldnt be useful for teachers or in the business world because it would certainly make a great tool. But with school budget cuts going the way they have been there is just no way to sell something like this in the quantities like iPads, iPods, and iPhones in order to keep costs low.

 

[saxon48]

Adding Retina Display to the mix, could be looking at upwards of $100,000 for such a device.

 

[RonHC]

snip, A Samsung 72" TV with 1080p TODAY, is around the $3000 mark. /snip

Soooo, you are comparing a TV to an iPad (36"/72") which can do so much more.

 

[xov]

If a basic 9.7inch iPad is $499 (which already includes their generous margin remember) then it stands to reason that multiplying the size by four would put the 36" version around $2000, 72" at $4000.

Sorry, but you've failed a basic geometry test. Four iPads together will make a big iPad with a 19-inch screen. (Draw a picture -- you'll see.) It would take 16 iPads to make a 38-inch screen. Likewise, a 76-inch iPad would be the equivalent of 64 current iPads.

Then, using your logic, a 36-inch iPad would cost about $8k and a 72-inch about $32k.

The reality is that price never really scales directly with size. The problems with making giant touch screens are all related to scaling the manufacturing processes. I think it's safe to say that suppliers of touch screens (in volume) are nowhere near having the capability to make giant screens at a reasonable price.