iPad mini Apple quietly dropping price of iPad mini by $30?

[aristobrat]

Here's an archive of AppleInsider from 2009, two years before Jobs passed away.

Still shows a list of resellers selling Apple products for sometimes hundreds of dollars under Apple's list.

http://web.archive.org/web/20090210045312/http://appleinsider.com/mac_price_guide/

 

[PracticalMac]

Here's an archive of AppleInsider from 2009, two years before Jobs passed away.

Still shows a list of resellers selling Apple products for sometimes hundreds of dollars under Apple's list.

http://web.archive.org/web/20090210045312/http://appleinsider.com/mac_price_guide/

Thanks for the "inCider" link! Actually did not know of this.

Still, that Feb 2009, the biggest discount $300, is for a $2000 MacBook Pro, that is only 15% on a 6 month old machine update,
Versus 10% (Edit: NOT 30%, had Wetware glitch) on a high demand new family of iPads

Also note, the current Appleinsider prices show no discount on any of the 10" iPads.

Yes it is speculative.

 

[Fissure]

Its recognizbly cheaper to make a mini compare to fullsize so at 299, apple pretty much still make a lot per unit.

im just worry about ipod touch 5 lol. Wish apple could release sales figure separated by items.

The margins on a mini are actually much less than on the full size iPad.
This in part has resulted in Apple's legendary profit margins to shrink collectively from above 40% to the mid to low 30%. Apple selling a ton of minis is good and bad but when it comes to profitability it is definitely bad. I believe Apple was caught off guard by how many minis they sold.