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Apple Considering Lower-Priced iPad Mini at $199-$249?
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This will kill the Full sized iPad sales going with everyone's thought on the price reduction.
I still prefer the full sized iPad
I still prefer the full sized iPad
I think Apple have realised the threat from Samsung and all the other companies that can't justify horrendous price tags.
While i agree with quite a lot of the other things you mention, i think you got the price of an iWatch wrong.
That thing will most likely expand upon the iPod Nano.
Just think of the 6th Gen iPod Nano with the many different watch bands available for it and the 7th Gen iPod Nano with (for an iWatch) necessary additions like Bluetooth.
(The iWatch could also be one of the reasons for the drastic change in design from the 6th to the 7th Gen - because a year after the introduction of the 7th Gen, there won't be a need for an iPod Nano that could be turned into a watch, as the iPod Watch will become a full product - Apple splitting the iPod Nano up into an iWatch branch and a branch that is using a more regular iPod design)
The iWatch will built upon many features introduced in the iPod Nano range - sensors like the pedometer, the small, sometimes even watch-like, formfactor and Bluetooth connectivity.
Price: iPod Nano-like, most likely with a premium for added features and some leeway to be able to sell earlier models for a lower price in the future.
199$ or 249$.
If they add some features that nobody thought of yet that make it a game changer like the iPhone, then even a higher price could be reasonable.
Apple need to realise they are no longer what they used to be; a smaller company producing desirable items but at a price, trying to upset the apple cart (so to say) of the big boys like Microsoft. Apple are a major league player and as such, have to compete with other major league players on price; else customers go elsewhere!
How many times must Steve Jobs or Tim Cook say "we won't build a piece of junk" before "analysts" stop throwing crap around like cutting storage and removing a camera? I can never think of Apple removing useful items from a product just to shave off a few bucks. Plus, as someone else mentioned, 8GB is nowhere near enough storage. That's as ridiculous as suggesting selling a computer with 512MB RAM.
When you step down from your cloud of Apple happiness you will realize that even Apple has come to realize that the real profits will come from the race to the bottom of the pyramid - that market is bigger - not maintaining the happy few on the high-end - these "happy" few will become the try-out crowd for new products -- you know, pay premium prices for half-baked products.
Your facts are just that; your facts
low cost products
So, this is going to fall in line with the "low cost" iphone they are selling ?
Only different is the low cost ipad will be worldwide, and not restricted ?
I would be glad if they got rid of the rear camera, for lowering cost, since you pay the price for a good camera phone anyway. No complaints people
Never owned an ipad mini myself, so i'll just say the Retina ipad 3 is the best even, seeing as the mini is the same size... its only lighter, and non-retina with lightening connector,, not a big deal...
For me those, screen is everything, even if it means slightly more weight.
The only thing keeping me away from the Macbook Pro Retina is the price tag..
So, this is going to fall in line with the "low cost" iphone they are selling ?
Only different is the low cost ipad will be worldwide, and not restricted ?
I would be glad if they got rid of the rear camera, for lowering cost, since you pay the price for a good camera phone anyway. No complaints people
Never owned an ipad mini myself, so i'll just say the Retina ipad 3 is the best even, seeing as the mini is the same size... its only lighter, and non-retina with lightening connector,, not a big deal...
For me those, screen is everything, even if it means slightly more weight.
The only thing keeping me away from the Macbook Pro Retina is the price tag..
Wot, no camera?
I doubt that very much. Say what you like about Apple's sluggish innovation, but taking a backward step like that would be crazy. Who is this guy that his guesswork deserves coverage?
I doubt that very much. Say what you like about Apple's sluggish innovation, but taking a backward step like that would be crazy. Who is this guy that his guesswork deserves coverage?
I did laugh when you said "I remember when...". I've caught myself said that recently, and it only means one thing.
Dagnabbit!! Why you young whippersnapper with your new fangled Laptops, What's wrong with a good ole' Macintosh Quadra 650. Why I'll beat you with my cane!
In all seriousness, They have created a content device and will always need a form of computer, be it laptop or desktop to create that information - Who knows where it will actually go in the future. AR Headsets instead of flat screens with Floating Windows like Iron Man is what I reckon is the way forward, Wirelessly linked to your Main machine or probably we are going to full cloud. Why have a machine at all. It's only input and output. Could be effectively a dumb terminal with all the software on a cloud based machine and you could have access to all the power you will ever need... need more Processors up your subscription.
Think of Apple and you think of quality high end products. If they start trying to plug gaps in the market with cheap versions of its products Apple will become like every other company and its brand will suffer. A company's brand is its biggest asset. Apple knows this, they aren't about to destroy all the hard work over the last ten years by producing cheap crap.
Nope.
The biggest asset of Apple is the OS and the ecosystem.
Apple is at a turning point. People don't care for innovation. The iPad mini sells like hot cakes, even though it's internally nothing more than a two-year old iPad 2. The iPhone 4 and 4S are still very popular.
Their products have become 'good enough'. So what do you do when people don't want to pay premium prices? You expand market share buy making cheap iPhones and iPads. Those are not the best, but they certainly are good enough.
It makes so much sense when you look at it that way. Besides, it's nothing new. Apple has done exactly the same with the iPod.
Times of insane profit growth are over. Profit growth will probably remain flat or in single digits the coming years. However, sales will keep increasing.
This is Apple. The current iPad mini's price will drop a little only, maybe around $50, and the new iPad mini will probably be more than $329. Sub-$200 ipads? What were these analysts smoking. The mini is super popular even at its current price. They have no reason to lower the price point. In fact, now that they have (or will have) an older gen iPad mini at a sub $300 price point, they can charge more for the new iPad mini. And lets face it. You're still going to buy it.
8Gb and no rear camera is an almost sure way to reduce cost of a device,
Most people with iPads use the front camera for Facetime, the rear camera almost never, or even never, i know with both my iPad 3 before it and my iPad Mini i have never once had the need or urge to use the rear facing camera, i use my iPhone for that, the iPad is just too large to use as a "camera" comfortably.
Of course, but how far can it possibly be reduced that way? I imagine the rear camera costs the producer around 10 bucks, add another 10 for the price differential between 8 and 16 GB.
Not sure what the Noob, was about?
What device did they remove Lit Keyboards from? The only one I can think of was from Air V1 > V2 - that was technical reasons to begin with. there was no space. The update rejigged things around and had even smaller components so they could add the light blocks.
matte screens, again were a choice not a cost. Definitely the wrong choice though at the time. The Retinas have fantastic screens even though they are glossy, with almost as good anti-reflective qualities as mattes - but more Colour trasmission
The remote is interesting, Probably because there are other options bluetooth and WiFi. And Front row was embedded with Quicktime 7... And again there are much better free options. Plex, XBMC etc
No iPad or iPhone should come with less then 16GB and even that is pushing it for being too limited. They use memory (every company) as a marketing ploy as something to upgrade or go cheap on when another 8GB is next to nothing, going from 64GB to 128GB is one thing, 8GB to 16GB would be insanely cheap, just one of those easy ways they know they can get people. (Again, all tech companies)
I wonder how much it really is, I would not be surprised if it was even less then ten.
I wonder how much it really is, I would not be surprised if it was even less then ten.
Well you just knocked 10% of the cost right there... given it was estimated at $188 cost to make a 16gb iPad. And there are other ways to reduce costs, Given that orignal design is a major cost factor
And depreciation of the original component costs should bring it down more... that screen was $80, probably $60 a year on.
"...remove the rear camera, cut storage to 8GB..."
Those are two moves I don't see happening. Silly or not, people love taking photos with their iPads and 8GB is a joke these days.
Those are two moves I don't see happening. Silly or not, people love taking photos with their iPads and 8GB is a joke these days.
8 GB is a joke, yes, but some people only use their iPad for surfing the web and reading e-books anyway. Oh, and playing Angry Birds.