Typical sheep that know nothing of specs at all and they are the majority. Most people do not hang out at forums and know nothing of the specs, people like these on these forums are in the minority. Very few people will walk into a store and say "hey, this only has 2gb of memory". Why would someone buy a 16gb 6s plus over a 32 or 64 (whatever it is) 6 plus? Because it's newer and because they don't know anything about specs people buy a lot of 16gb phones because it's the cheapest new version. That's why they have been sticking with them.
I don't personally know of anyone other than myself that has a clue how much ram their device has, most not even their storage.
The word pro is just a marketing scheme and it will work on a lot of people. A lot of people just want the "newest" and have no clue. "Hey, the newest is a pro it's worth the difference". "The air 2 is a year and a half old" no matter how good it is.
Don't believe most people research these releases, they do not. They realize apple released something new, go into the store and buy it. "Newest version", "pro". Why do you think they did not call it air 3? Marketing and sales. What do you think sales people will push? The newest version on display.
Try working in retail sometimes, it's an eye opener. Add the word pro, professional, etc. to something and people believe it. Not people that hang out on forums but typical consumers. Tools, etc.
I would buy the air 2, I would recommend most people I know to get the air 2 as it's all they would need. Most people go into it blind though.
Look at post 154's comment, exactly right except I would also apply that to most TECH buyers. On the other hand there are a LOT of apple users in an upgrade cycle just because it's apple.
Who are these "most people" that are going to look at the old price of the Air 2 and say, hey, I only have to pay $100 more for really negligible upgrades other than pencil support and grin like they won the lottery? Why wouldn't they look at the current price of the Air 2 and ask "wait, this 32GB 9.7 Pro is $100 more than this 64GB Air 2."
I've said it here a few times but I'll repeat - 32GB, for me, is rather worthless. 128GB is great but not worth the price of admission. I'm sticking with my Air 2 even though I would love pencil support. Apple has under-configured me on one end of the spectrum and over-priced on the other.
Good news is the 9.7 Pro will likely soon get nice discounts like its 13" brother so this price hike will be neutralized and maybe then I'll consider.
