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How Much Would You Pay for an iPad with a Retina Display?

How much would you pay for the top of the line iPad with retina display

  • I would not pay any extra for it ($829)

    Votes: 192 67.8%

  • $900-$1100

    Votes: 47 16.6%

  • $1101-$1200

    Votes: 9 3.2%

  • $1201+

    Votes: 16 5.7%

  • I would not buy it

    Votes: 19 6.7%
  • Total voters
    283
I can't remember exactly which language Engadget used, but when they reviewed the Joojoo tablet they talked about the difference in aspect ratio between the Joojoo and iPad.

Basically they said that while the Joojoo's 16:9 (close enough to 16:10) display looked decent, it didn't work well in one's hands. Landscape it was too wide, and in portrait it was too thin.

I care to agree with them. Since iPad has a 4:3 aspect ratio, it's just long enough in portrait, and not too wide in landscape. Sure 16:9 video doesn't look as great as it could be, but I use my iPad more for browsing and such anyway.

In any case, a higher density screen would be nice, but isn't desperately needed in my opinion.
 
the question seems a bit pointless.

As soon as the retina display is available in 10" and the iPad has a fast enough GPU Apple will offer it at the same price point that the iPad has right now.

There will never be a high end iPad with better screen for $1200. It's a consumer device and Apple will target the $500-829 price range. If the prices change at all they more likely go down.

So we will get eventually a retina display or equivalent in the iPad for the same price as now. Why would someone pay more??
 
I wouldn't pay extra for it. I would rather wait until its price point is approximately where current LCD screen pricing is. Perhaps even more useful than a Retina Display would be a type of display that would enable us to use our iPads outdoors.
 
I think I would not pay any extra, since it wouldn´t be fair, as technology advance it is cheaper so I think the production cost of the new iPad would be the same as the old iPad, if not cheaper. So the price for the consumers shouldnt go up.
 
The iPad's display currently becomes retinal at 26" away. A 1600x1200 resolution will make it retinal at 17" away.

But for certain things, like watching videos, I hold my iPad as close as 10" away.

The chances of Apple changing the resolution on the iPad in the next two years: 0%
 
I'm happy with my current iPad and won't be upgrading for a few years at least. I'd hope to not have to pay anything substantially more than I did my 1st gen device (within reason).
 
appleguy123 said:
An iPad with a retina display would have more pixels than a 27" iMac. There's no way that apple could keep that at the same price. They would need to have a better gpu as well as the better display.
To all of you that want to say how much extra you would pay: in this situation we are examining how you you would pay for an iPad pro type of machine. The iPad with retina display would be introduce as a one more thing update and only be added to the top model.
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By your own logic then, they won't do it if people won't pay for it. Judging by the results so far in the poll it looks like that is the case.
 
ryanwarsaw said:
By your own logic then, they won't do it if people won't pay for it. Judging by the results so far in the poll it looks like that is the case.
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As far as I know, nothing like a 10" retina display has ever been invented. The research and development to produce that alone will require Apple to charge extra for it. If people aren't willing to pay for that, and Apple knows it. We'll have to wait until the screen is actually made by someone else.
 
I doubt ipad will have retina display on next ipad. It maybe possible on ipad 3rd generation.
 
hcho3 said:
I doubt ipad will have retina display on next ipad. It maybe possible on ipad 3rd generation.
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Apple will make this iPad when the price is right. I did some math and to keep 4:3 and 326ppi the resolution would need to be 2480x1860. The 30" cinema display is 2560-by-1600 and they sell that for $1799. People want a functional by itself device with that resolution for $499. Not happening for several years.
 
appleguy123 said:
Apple will make this iPad when the price is right. I did some math and to keep 4:3 and 326ppi the resolution would need to be 2480x1860. The 30" cinema display is 2560-by-1600 and they sell that for $1799. People want a functional by itself device with that resolution for $499. Not happening for several years.
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Might as well as go with OLED instead of retina display...
 
Retina display is pretty hyped up, you didnt hate every other screen before the iPhone 4.
 
Do you guys actually have the ip4?

When I first got the iPhone 3GS, i was amazed at what this small thing can do.
I can browse the friggin web!

When i got my iPad, the 3GS enjoyment plummeted. Just because the extra screen space made all the difference.

Now I have the ip4, and the screen is so beautiful, that I almost prefer it to my iPad.

I know I'm going to wait a long time for the iPad retina display, but if i can have it now, I'd pay an extra $3-500.
 
Dragula22 said:
Now I have the ip4, and the screen is so beautiful, that I almost prefer it to my iPad.

I know I'm going to wait a long time for the iPad retina display, but if i can have it now, I'd pay an extra $3-500.
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I agree with all of this. I have used my iPhone 4 way more than the iPad due to the screen alone.
 
Regardless of the updates Rev. 2 receives, I don't expect the price to go up.
Personally, I would pay more for a high-res display but that's just me.
 
lol at using an iPhone more than an iPad solely because of the display. let me guess....twitter?
 
$300-500 more? So...double the price?

So by that metric you should be fine with paying $400-600 for an iPhone. I would never do something like that.
 
iThinman said:
lol at using an iPhone more than an iPad solely because of the display. let me guess....twitter?
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I've never messed with Twitter
iCheddar said:
$300-500 more? So...double the price?

So by that metric you should be fine with paying $400-600 for an iPhone. I would never do something like that.
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You do pay $700 for the 32gb iPhone. You just don't count AT&T subsidy in your cost.
 
Each to their own but I prefer the extra usability of size over better resolution. I barely touch my phone anymore.
 
I couldn't justify paying any more For an iPad than I already have. I'll just be happy to wait until they become standard.

The current iPad display isn't too shabby!
 
Dragula22 said:
Do you guys actually have the ip4?

When I first got the iPhone 3GS, i was amazed at what this small thing can do.
I can browse the friggin web!

When i got my iPad, the 3GS enjoyment plummeted. Just because the extra screen space made all the difference.

Now I have the ip4, and the screen is so beautiful, that I almost prefer it to my iPad.

I know I'm going to wait a long time for the iPad retina display, but if i can have it now, I'd pay an extra $3-500.
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People keep asking me if I actually have tried the ip4 when I say the retina display is overhyped and well marketed. I don't own one, but I sat in an Apple store with my 3gs next to an ip4 and browsed the internet and ran as many apps as I could.

I gotta tell you, I didn't see a marked difference. Yes it was definitely sharper, and yes when I looked back to the 3gs it looked slightly fuzzy/blurry for a couple of seconds until my eyes adjusted, but I'm just not seeing the 2nd coming of Jesus here at all. Compound that with my ipad, which doesn't look blurry/fuzzy in the least, partly because of its higher resolution than the ip4, it's just a non issue for me.

The bottom line is that you are still looking at a tiny lower resolution screen, no matter how sharp stuff is I'm not going to spend all day browsing full internet sites squinting my eyes and constantly panning and zooming. Would I like the retina display on my ipad? Sure. But only if it was "free", as I don't see it would make very much a difference on using it. :confused:
 
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