I agree on the one year trend. But Apple is not stupid enough to cannibalize their own sales. Their "old" models stop when new come out. Occasionally they have a stockpile to get rid of, Mac Minis at Costco a couple times, like that. But not often.
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AT&T Offers Details on iPad 3G Activations and Usage
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You can start and stop and use unlimited data, it is just much more expensive.
You use 9 gigs in a month it will cost you $95. 20 gigs will cost you $205 a month.
You didn't think AT&T/Apple were going to keep the unlimited price the same forever did you? That seems an unreasonable expectation.
So just so you feel better, you do have an unlimited data plan with the ability to start and stop. The price for data has simply gone up. Even better you only pay for most of the chunks you use!
So your unlimited plan may cost you only $25 one month and $75 the next month!
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I think it's perfectly reasonable for the price to remain the same for a lot longer than two or three weeks after a fairly expensive product first hits the market, using unlimited data for $30 a month as a selling point. But AT&T really appreciates you being an apologist for them.
Do you ever talk to people outside this forum? Dude, everyone wants an iPad--People that barely know what a computer is to uber-geeks. It's going to be Apple's biggest mass-market product ever.
Doesn't matter. At some point in time it was going to change, and someone would have bought an iPad 3g right before it changed. So someone would have been impacted by this whenever it happened.
It is not reasonable to think the price would never change, regardless of when it did not change.
If someone bought an iPad 3G a year from now and the price changed one month after they bought it, they would be in the same exact position.
The point is having realistic expectations in life and not making inferences or assumptions that don't exist.
I am one of those 3g owners who have not activated an ATT plan. I purchased the 3g model because I wanted convenient internet access when I am on vacation. The iPad 3G fit the bill quite nicely thank you very much and I can't wait to test it out when I am on vacation later this summer.
Out of all those proposed tablets, half have dropped out. Once the iPad was on the market they knew they had to rethink their product. I think few will make it before the X-mas rush. Next year others will be there but apple will also pull their update so the price of a new iPad isn't going anywhere this year.
As far as 3G, I've used it the first 2 months, $15 version, then stopped. When I go on vacation I'll start it up again for that month. Yes, I thinl it is worth it.
As far as 3G, I've used it the first 2 months, $15 version, then stopped. When I go on vacation I'll start it up again for that month. Yes, I thinl it is worth it.
The iPhone 3G hit to replace the original iPhone when there wasn't any competition aswell though.
True but I look at the pricing in New Zealand - is the extra chip really make the device cost $200 more than the one without? that has to be one of the worlds most expensive chips if that were the case! How can Apple justify such a massive leap from the Wifi-Only to the 3G and Wifi?
Intel CPUs not withstanding?
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The iPad would probably do well here if it started at $600, not $800.
You're comparing Apple to other hardware in the market, I'm talking about one Apple product compared to another Apple product.
I'm looking at getting an iPad - the 16GB 3G model - apparently Telecom XT Network will be getting microsim's shortly
You're comparing Apple to other hardware in the market, I'm talking about one Apple product compared to another Apple product.
I'm looking at getting an iPad - the 16GB 3G model - apparently Telecom XT Network will be getting microsim's shortly
No, you just said "that has to be one of the worlds most expensive chips if that were the case!", a computer chip could be anything.
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Most of the providers here are getting micro sims AFAIK. I'll be getting a 2D one, mostly out of principle.
Yeah but 2 Degree's network royally sucks when it comes to data - XT Network, for all its faults, has nation wide 3G coverage where as when I had Vodafone I would be on the train from Silverstream into Upper Hutt and constantly fall back to 2G - heck, check out the map in my area of the woods - 3G Extended isn't even close to their 2G coverage and forget about regular 3G! Vodafone sucks giant rocks!
I also think Apple will consolidate the line to 3G on all models. Prices may have come down enough to offer one at $499.
The big question is, for the second generation iPad, will Apple increase the screen resolution like the iPhone 4 (I could see 1600x1200), and would Apple offer more screen sizes? We shall see.
The big question is, for the second generation iPad, will Apple increase the screen resolution like the iPhone 4 (I could see 1600x1200), and would Apple offer more screen sizes? We shall see.
It depends on what they see as a trend; if they see it as a complimentary product to the iMac, MacBook, iPhone and so forth them you might possibly see Apple keep the same form factor and tweak things a little rather than giving it a major overhaul. The main use for me when it comes to the iPad is for use as a Kindle reader given that Kindle refuses to ship their devices to New Zealand