iPad 3 to be Same Price and Same 16GB/32GB/64GB Sizes as iPad 2

[zarusoba]

I would argue that the case market is not a niche market, but the stylus market is.

You might be interested in these Kickstarter projects, if not aware of them already:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonatherton/jaja-worlds-first-pressure-sensitive-stylus-for-ip

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ipen/ipen-the-first-active-stylus-for-ipad

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You could say that about cases too, but Apple came out with their own Apple Case.

 

[AppleHater]

I don't get why LTE is a big deal, or even any deal at all. With 3GB per month plan, that thing is useless. What are you going to do for the remaining 29 days?

 

[sleek881]

The one specification in all the rumors I don't buy is 4G LTE support.

Ok whilst north America may have this up and running, most of the world does not with many European countries still not tendering their 4g networks till this year, and most due to only start operating in mid 2013.

It would seem bizarre for apple to opt for a specific US centered model, whilst producing a 3G model for the rest of the world.

I also doubt they would ship to the world a more expensive part in the units that was redundant (over the 3G only) and one which currently is more power hungry and drains battery quicker than the 3G variants of similar devices.



So because the rest of the world 4G is mostly irrelevant, and because of extra expense for part, and the impact 4g has on battery life I predict the iPad 3 won't be 4G LTE enabled, but remain 3G for this revision
only.

Australia has 4G, as well as South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Russia, Peru etc. Sorry but USA is not alone.

 

[PCClone]

i bought the 64 3G iPad 2. Big mistake. I have wifi at home and work. Only activated the 3G once, just to try it. I have 5gb with hotspot on my phone for 30 bucks a month for when I am out of range of free wifi.

I have filled 28gb and have a ton of junk and demo apps. Sold it for $500 and will be getting the 32 WIFI iPad 3.

 

[kockgunner]

Now that iPads have basically the same resolution as the 27" Cinema Display, anyone else think Apple will let you download iOS App Store apps on the Mac? Most of the UI elements on the iPad are usable with mouse and keyboard.

 

[sleek881]

Hoping prices will be kept at the same levels or lower. Expect Windows 8 tablets to be over the $1000 mark

 

[wizard]

You have heard of travel and business right?

I find it really strange that people find reason to argue against more storage. More is always useful no matter what space management strategy you use.

Asto why we might not be getting more storage this go around it probably has a lot to do with the new screen. That screen is on a production ramp and likely will be expensive this year. Bulking up on storage will likely happen next go around.

The more interesting question is RAM, that is how much. There is nothing more important than RAM for he next iPad.

Again, WHY do you have that much on there? Are you going to watch 88 episodes all in one viewing? Even two? Even 20? It's all on your PC, isn't it? Music I can understand since it's a very passive activity. and COME ON, who really uses the ipads camera for photography? It's facetime that the camera is used for most all of the time.


The bigger capacity iPads don't make sense to me. For as much as Apple is trying to push iCloud as the future of storage, they sure aren't backing up the talk with larger (64 gb) PORTABLE tablets.

Imagine an iPad issued to a companies field sales reps with a catalog of all of the companies products, technical documents and so forth. The last thing you would want is a field rep dependent on a network connection. Field engineers could likewise fill an iPad with documentation.

 

[d0vr]

The AUD has pretty much been on parity with the USD for quite some time now (actually, valued just a little bit higher), so hopefully we'll see a price closer to what Americans pay this time round! xD

 

[ImperialX]

The AUD has pretty much been on parity with the USD for quite some time now (actually, valued just a little bit higher), so hopefully we'll see a price closer to what Americans pay this time round! xD

We have 10% GST though.

 

[iPadPublisher]

This is a good rumor regarding the prices. Glad it may not go up.

Agreed. I said in a previous thread that it didn't seem likely. So I'm glad to hear there's some on both sides of the fence. Makes me feel better.

Here's to hopin'

 

[Pigumon]

so now you would carry two devices to make up for carrying one?

Thanks for proving his point. NO, we DON'T want to carry two devices, we wish the iPad had enough memory all by itself.

I'm the other way around; why keep movies and stuff on your iPad that you don't need to have? If you aren't going to be using it after looking at it once, what's the point? I put movie and shows on there as much as anyone. But I delete them after I'm done. Why slow your machine down?

Hi Mom! Oh wait, you're not my mom, you're a guy who's supposed to know the difference between storage and RAM. More files ≠ Slower device

Again, WHY do you have that much on there? Are you going to watch 88 episodes all in one viewing? Even two? Even 20? It's all on your PC, isn't it? Music I can understand since it's a very passive activity. and COME ON, who really uses the ipads camera for photography? It's facetime that the camera is used for most all of the time.


The bigger capacity iPads don't make sense to me. For as much as Apple is trying to push iCloud as the future of storage, they sure aren't backing up the talk with larger (64 gb) PORTABLE tablets.

People do different things for work or entertainment. I use my iPad for a thousand different reasons. I have TONS of photos and designs on my iPad. Photos take up gigs. The rumor that Apple may be putting in a decent camera just adds to the storage necessity. My music collection won't even fit on my iPhone, but it will barely fit on my iPad. 128 would leave 64 gigs for photos, comics, magazines, books, videos, and most importantly APPS.

I guess you just don't use your iPad.

The only thing you're right about is Apple has no reason to add more memory when they're shoving subscription storage down our throats.

 

[rworne]

This is probably nothing:

But today at the local mall, two FedEx trucks delivered several large pallets wrapped in black opaque plastic to the local Apple Store here in northern Los Angeles.

 

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Despite some questionable rumors of price hikes earlier this week, 9to5Mac reports that reliable tipster Mr. X has revealed that the new iPad 3 will carry the same prices as the iPad 2 and also come in the same storage configurations at 16GB/32GB/64GB. The source had previously revealed part numbers that had appeared in Apple's retail inventory. The source now seems to be suggesting that those part numbers carry the same prices and configurations as the current iPad 2. J1 is believed to be a Wi-Fi version of the iPad 3, while J2 is believed to be one with Cellular connectivity.

Some had been hoping for a boost in storage capacities to account for the long rumored Retina Display that is expected to be found on the iPad 3. Retina-sized graphics and video will take considerably more storage than those designed for the standard iPad.

Apple is holding a media event on March 7th to presumably announce the new iPad.

Article Link: iPad 3 to be Same Price and Same 16GB/32GB/64GB Sizes as iPad 2

Apple wouldn't raise prices, it knows that if it had it would have to bring something fantastically different or it's sales would drop. It's sad though that the prices may not drop for the 16GB, or that they still don't offer something more that 64 GB's as the top offer, I mean seriously, 16Gb's has been the starting since the start of the iPad over 2 years ago, and 64 has been the top offer. Sad...

 

[borgqueenx]

Apple wouldn't raise prices, it knows that if it had it would have to bring something fantastically different or it's sales would drop. It's sad though that the prices may not drop for the 16GB, or that they still don't offer something more that 64 GB's as the top offer, I mean seriously, 16Gb's has been the starting since the start of the iPad over 2 years ago, and 64 has been the top offer. Sad...

Yeah also disappointed in storage...2 years ago should 2x32gb be desame price as now 2x64gb.
Some people really need it.

 

[Mowgli21]

I would argue that the case market is not a niche market, but the stylus market is.

You might be interested in these Kickstarter projects, if not aware of them already:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonatherton/jaja-worlds-first-pressure-sensitive-stylus-for-ip

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ipen/ipen-the-first-active-stylus-for-ipad

Are these available for sale yet? How much? In the uk? Cheers

 

[sekazi]

I would argue that the case market is not a niche market, but the stylus market is.

You might be interested in these Kickstarter projects, if not aware of them already:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonatherton/jaja-worlds-first-pressure-sensitive-stylus-for-ip

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ipen/ipen-the-first-active-stylus-for-ipad

I have looked into Stylus's for awhile now and what I find to work best is my homemade one but iFaraday is taking that concept and is polishing it and going to sell it as the iFaraday Cobra. I suggest taking a look at the video on http://www.ifaraday.com/

All the others with plastic discs, springs and attachments just make them difficult to use while you can take a anti-static bag and make one that works better than any of those in a minute. It wont look as pretty but will be miles ahead.

 

[rcp27]

Well wait until 3/7/12,who knows there Migth be a 128gb ipad3 after all they are only rumors

I have to wait until July

But seriously, I live in a relatively small European country (Switzerland) and travel a lot to the UK and Germany. Data roaming in Europe is terrible (outrageously expensive), so unless I have WiFi, the cloud is not particularly useful for me. As it is, I have to plan ahead of each trip what I want to have with me and stick it on the iPad. I would be much happier if I could just put it all on and leave it there, but that would need a lot more data storage than 64 GB.

 

[allmIne]

Ok then most users will at least have what, a least 4gbs of music, they at least fool around and take 3-4 gbs of video and images, most will also store some PDF and other files in good reader or similar browser storage apps at about 4gbs, most will also have 3-4 games at the very least amounting to 3-4 gbs, the apps they download at the very least will be another 5 gbs as there are a lot of cool but storage costly apps there too. Most users will also have some iTunesu, podcast and audiobook content at at least, at the very least always, 3gb, and at the very least each one will have some 4 gbs of added content be it audio recs, large useful apps, large video files for their kids, self, spouse, large stored map apps, etc. etc.

So at the very least and with very conservative content management, most users should have about 30gbs on their iPad, which renders the 16gb one a joke, the 32 gb one filled up and inadequate, and the 64gb one merely decent.

We are bsing about here, in this day and age and with all the content for the iPad, the starting model should have been 64gbs, in line with the air circa 5 years ago which didn't have all these special apps and capabilities to begin with, and ram nowadays is dirt cheap, dirt cheap. Who would have thought that the iPad would be aiming at iPhone storage levels in 2012? And eff the cloud, the cloud is useful but hardly so when you don't have some storage on the device too.

Really? I'd argue that sort of usage really applies more to MacRumors membership than the population at large. 64gb as a base? For the majority (certainly according to sales) that are very happy with 16gb?

Why?

 

[GoHack]

One less reason for me to upgrade my iPad 1.

I presently have the 64 gb model, w/3G, and was hoping for one w/128 gb.

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[kiljoy616]

And this is news?

 

[Abazigal]

Australia has 4G, as well as South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Russia, Peru etc. Sorry but USA is not alone.

Singapore doesn't...not to mention our 3G network is slow as molasses.

If the LTE version is significantly more expensive, then I may have to opt for the wifi-only version.

 

[pmau]

You don't fly much do you...

No ... actually you are correct, Sir.
Never flown anywhere. No joke.

 

[pmau]

Australia has 4G, as well as South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Russia, Peru etc. Sorry but USA is not alone.

Germany is starting to roll it out big time. You can already buy it from T-Mobile and Vodafone (did not check others). Surfsticks and all ...

 

[blow45]

Really? I'd argue that sort of usage really applies more to MacRumors membership than the population at large. 64gb as a base? For the majority (certainly according to sales) that are very happy with 16gb?

Why?

Argue about it then. I did. I would think though that your arguments would be rather weak. I can't see a lot of people not needing at least 3-4 gbs for their documentation, reference documents to carry along on the iPad, or have work related content for it, I can't see a lot of people who wouldn't put 2gbs worth of music which is about a few favourite albums, I can't a lot of people who won't
go 2-3gbs of photos and vids as they keep some memories on their iPad, I can't see a lot of people who won't have the occasional game or two wher even iPad board games can amount to 2-3 gbs in total, I can't see a lot of people who won't either use 2-3 gbs for either some podcast, iTunes u, OR audiobooks files, I can't see a lot of people who won't have at least 1-2 movies for them, wives, kids, I can't see a lot of people who won't have some locally stored important files from their dropboxes, box..nets or work or home server for another at least 1gb say, I can't see a lot of people who wont have wire large file textbooks, or large file interactive books, or large file and content work apps, or leisure apps for another 1gb, I can't see a lot of people who won't download tons of free apps where all of the multitude of them will amount to 2-3 gbs at least, I can't see a lot of people who won't have travel or other bulky mags, I can't generally see a lot of people who given the immense comfort, ease of use and various uses of the iPad won't feel almost immediately constrained with 16gbs and hard to stay on top of 32gbs on the iPad when apps are also now going to double resolutions for retina. But argue away that the average user is joy storing 2gb of music, 4gbs of app, 1 gb of pictures and videos, 1gb for two games and just using the web browser, and low and behold even with the most rudimentary of rudimentary scenarios and the 16gb iPad is almost full...

 

[MacFanJeff]

Why cant they ditch 16Gb model and have 32/64/128?

I have the 32gb ipad2 and i have even took off all my music to fit the apps and movies i have on it now. File sizes are only going to go up with this ret display.

Agreed, several good press people such as MacBreak Weekly really thought they would START at 64GB and go up to 256GB memory. I too feel the same way as you and have the same 32GB iPad 2 issue. This time I will be going 64GB and still wishing for more.