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iPad 3 to Carry Thinner and Lighter Battery?
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And if you think about it, it's kind of like a club.
Clubs have admission fees.
Just look at this brilliant specimen ! A clear thinker who has made her decision of where she chooses to call her natural habitat. Amongst her kindred spirits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVnLX3ex3wk&feature=player_embedded#!
Appleonians don't really do things like that, do they? And you're right, an Apple store is like a club. Like joining a yacht club. I think a $5 cover charge would be fair.
I will be buying it regardless, can't wait
They should scrap the 16gb models and have iPad 3 at 32/64/128gb that way they can charge a more upmarket price, get rid of the 16gb ones they are pointless
32gb - £499 3G - £599
64gb - £579 3G - £659
128gb - £659 3G - £739
They should scrap the 16gb models and have iPad 3 at 32/64/128gb that way they can charge a more upmarket price, get rid of the 16gb ones they are pointless
32gb - £499 3G - £599
64gb - £579 3G - £659
128gb - £659 3G - £739
STARTS at $749? Are you talking bout the base wifi only model? That is a HUGE mark up from $499! What would the 64 gig 3G versions go for then??? Over a thousand bucks? Naaaah. I think not.
When the iphone and the ipod touch got the retina display....their base prices didnt go up. So i doubt the ipad 3 will go up that much if at all either. It's still a year away...and nobody knows the particulars of the deal apple struck with the battery makers.
But hey...if the iphone 5 is rumored to be selling alongside a cheaper iphone....you never know. A pro ipad model is not too far fetched of an idea. However, the ipad has always been marketed as a consumer product for the masses....so my gut tells me Apple wouldnt do this.
And didnt the last report say that the next gen quad core chip for the ipad
wont be ready until next summer perhaps delaying the ipad 3 even further than its usual March/April update cycle?
Lots of unknowns and much time to speculate.
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Actually, i didnt think of that. That is a good point. Even with the icloud saving space, 16gb is pretty paultry for a tablet IMHO. So you might be right about this. Sounds good to me at least. 128 would be sweet. Especially if its a Quad core with a retina didplay for more advanced photo and video editing.
I dunno. Sometimes thin is too thin. The iPad 2 is thin enough IMHO. Any thinner, and it'd start to get too delicate. You want SOME heft to a tablet. Too light or thin, and it could get harder to hold onto. I think the ipad 2 size and wt is the sweet spot. lol. But what the heck do i know? I thought the ipad 1 was perfect when i got it. Lol. Apple knows best.
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If you're going to flatly reject my reply, at least have the decency to tell me why.
And unless you are a doctor, you do not have patients. Anyway, I have to run, because I DO have patients.
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If you're going to flatly reject my reply, at least have the decency to tell me why.
And unless you are a doctor, you do not have patients. Anyway, I have to run, because I DO have patients.
Kindle owners laughing
Tell this to Kindle owners and they will laugh at you. I grant you that this is not a fair comparison, but the iPad should at least strive to get lighter!
I dunno. Sometimes thin is too thin. The iPad 2 is thin enough IMHO. Any thinner, and it'd start to get too delicate. You want SOME heft to a tablet. Too light or thin, and it could get harder to hold onto. I think the ipad 2 size and wt is the sweet spot. lol. But what the heck do i know? I thought the ipad 1 was perfect when i got it. Lol. Apple knows best.
Tell this to Kindle owners and they will laugh at you. I grant you that this is not a fair comparison, but the iPad should at least strive to get lighter!
I guess so. But if it will sacrifice battery power, i'd rather have it stay the same thickness of the ipad 2. A retina display that big is gonna suck juice like a parched desert nomad.
I can't be the only one who pictured a doctor's office filled with little people.
would the "20-30% mor expensive" statement also be true next year when Aplle orders 12 million of them?
How much does apple pay anyway for the battery in an iPad? My guess is its something around $30. I could imagine that Apple absorbs the extra few dollars and makes up for it with price drops in other components and higher efficiency in assembly. In any case I can't imagine that Apple makes the base model iPad much more expensive than $499.
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seems Paul beat me by 20 sec....
How much does apple pay anyway for the battery in an iPad? My guess is its something around $30. I could imagine that Apple absorbs the extra few dollars and makes up for it with price drops in other components and higher efficiency in assembly. In any case I can't imagine that Apple makes the base model iPad much more expensive than $499.
EDIT:
seems Paul beat me by 20 sec....
Surefire profit drive? - I doubt it
From what I've heard and read about how Apple plays hardball with suppliers, I doubt that Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology will be the ones capturing the profit.
From what I've heard and read about how Apple plays hardball with suppliers, I doubt that Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology will be the ones capturing the profit.
A better battery is always welcome, and hopefully they can implement a similar battery in the MacBook Pros and Airs. It'd be nice to eventually have a powerful but thin MacBook
Pointless? What are you smoking?
The 16GB is the most sold/popular of the WiFi model.
The 64GB is the most sold/popular of the 3G model.
They posted these stats months ago on CNNMONEY. There is a reason for this. WIFI only iPad users are using the device as a consumption device mainly at home. They don't need much storage at all...therefore the 16GB is the most sold model while the 64GB WiFi is the least sold.
Switch to the 3G and these users use their iPads as their main device over a laptop. That's why the 64GB is the top seller and the 16GB is the least sold. They need the space/storage.
Of course not. just because battery is 20% dearer doesn't mean entire unit has to be. That 20% increase probably adds 7 or 8 dollars to the cost of a battery which would only add the same to the overall cost
There is just no point in a 16gb any more, as apps are getting bigger and bigger people are going to use up space quicker than they can blink, some apps these days are over 2gb and will get bigger and bigger as games and maps get more and more advanced.
16gb is ok at the moment as the iPad is in its early lifecycle but with apps becoming more space intensive and graphics rich the 16gb has outlived its purpose for iPad3
Actually, the price for the iPhone 4 increased quite substantially off contract (only noticable in Europe: + *70-80). So your first argument is irrelevant.
Because I don't think they'll add 200-300 bucks when changing from generation x to generation y because of some wacky retina display requirements, we will not see a retina display in the iPad 3. I just don't get this Retina display rumor... How the hell could they charge 500 bucks for a device that contains a panel that requires tremendous investments in something of which not even proof of concepts exist. Guys, that's a panel that , comparing with the 27", costs something around 300-400 bucks on it's own! It's not the materials you pay for, it's the work that has been put in the development of the display and production process. If you take in account that the iPad's with retina displays'll probably sell like candy, so the production costs per unit could decrease to 150-200 bucks, that's still nearly as much as a current iPad costs for the display only.
And if that's no argument then the power argument definitely is. IPS on itself consumes already more power then a TN-panel does. The higher the DPI, the more power (a better backlit) you require to get the same NITs (display brightness). So you definitely need a better battery (a more efficient or larger example - the problem is there)
All this talk about the iPad 3 is making me regret buying my original iPad
Why ?
I have an iPad 2, I will be selling that shortly before iPad 3 comes out, no reason why you can't do the same