Maybe they are intending to price it aggressively, and that's why they think demand will be strong. However, as well as expanding the iPad market to customers with smaller budgets, it's bound to cannibalise sales of the full size iPad to some extent.
seems like they won't have them in time for october so why not just release with the next ipad in march
holiday shopping season.
iHope - for retina display and A6.
iWant
when will they be refreshing "the new iPad"?
249$
Maybe they are intending to price it aggressively, and that's why they think demand will be strong. However, as well as expanding the iPad market to customers with smaller budgets, it's bound to cannibalise sales of the full size iPad to some extent.
No going to happen, Why would Apple do that and kill off new iPad!! It will be none retina for sure!!
iwant to know how they are ordering 10 million of these but cant fulfill iPhone 5 demand..![]()
when will they be refreshing "the new iPad"?
Not nessecaraly. Those who cannot afford the New iPad aren't buying the iPad, simply because they cannot afford it. Instead they are resorting to Kindles and the Nexus, cause the price is right, even though they might prefer the iPad.
A modestly priced iPad mini around $249 is geared to capture a market that Apple is losing, even though they have the iPad 2 at $399.
The fact is those who cannot afford a 399 iPad 2 but can afford a 199 Nexus, will find a way to afford a 249 iPad mini, because it is within reach and worth the ecosystem.
Apple knows now more than ever that they have to do this. This is the same with having to get the iPhone on as many carriers as possible, since they were losing tons of sales to loyalty or company discounts with carriers (me for example with Verizon). I wanted an iphone for four generations but I simply would not switch to ATT. When it came to VW, I was up at 2am preording one.
The cheapest Touch is now $299 which is ridiculous. The cheapest iPad is $499.
iPads are usually 'refreshed' once each year. If anything, I think Apple may switch to the Lightening connector on the iPad along with the release of the mini.
I would agree with you if you we're right. The cheapest iPod Touch is $199 and the cheapest iPad is $399.
I imagine a surprisingly low price for being Apple. If there's something Tim Cook knows his **** about, it's this.I'd go as far as to say that the low price will be the main attraction of the mini. I think Apple really wants to kill the lower end in the tablet business, and that they'll try to do it with an agressive pricing strategy to the point of being a device selling with their lowest profit margins yet. They'll have one device precision targeted for this, and they'll try to leave absolutely no room to compete. $199-$250 perhaps?
Would kill for retina res in this form factor, but I'll have to wait till q4 2013 methinks. No way am I buying anything new that's <200 ppi these days.
seems like they won't have them in time for october so why not just release with the next ipad in march
I hope its below a lb in weight. That'll be nice to hold.
At the end of the day - the hardware is important. But it's also an ecosystem "war."
It's about keeping/getting all possible revenues from the ecosystem.
No going to happen, Why would Apple do that and kill off new iPad!! It will be none retina for sure!!