It's cute that you have apparently never used personal pickup yet think you have to wait in line anyway. You don't.
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iPad Air Supplies Expected to Be Plentiful at Launch With In-Store Pickup Available
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It's cute that you have apparently never used personal pickup yet think you have to wait in line anyway. You don't.
I am stuck with an iPad 2 right now and I still think it's great. It's thinner and lighter than the iPad 3 or 4. It is also nearly as fast (because of the missing retina display, which is the only downside imo).
But I wouldn't buy the iPad 2 again if I had to get a tablet right now, and I agree with what you said about the price beeing a rip off.
The iPad 2 is still being sold in large numbers to small retailers who used them as to register transactions. The cash register frames tha they use are only compatible with the 30 connector. Small buisness owners save a ton on the continued existence of the iPad 2.
What?
Personal Pickup is not available in the UK.
Camping out is still looking like the option for me...
this is true. i did this on launch with ipad3. woke up at 3am pre-ordrerd then that morning around 9am walked in and out in less than 5 minutes with my launch day iPad.
A) I generally do not care what others think. B) I like the feature on my 5S. C) I do not need an iPad so I do not mind waiting. D) Whom said that I was crestfallen?
I'm sure higher capacities will be in plentiful supply
Why make too many of the 16gb models widely available when Apple makes pure profit for every capacity above 16gb.
I.e. if you buy the 128gb model, you are buying a $499 iPad Air and giving Apple $300 pure profit, period.
I am sure the 16gb will NOT be in plentiful supply at launch, but their will be gobs of 128gb model's available enticing you to spend $300 more. Apple will boast "unprecedented" demand limits supply, but nobody in their right mind wants to spend $100s more for a little extra flash memory you could buy at Costco for $9.99.
Apple's pricing structure on iPad (and all their products in general) is criminal, I don't know why there isn't a class action lawsuit against them. I'll be waiting for the new Nexus 10.
Why make too many of the 16gb models widely available when Apple makes pure profit for every capacity above 16gb.
I.e. if you buy the 128gb model, you are buying a $499 iPad Air and giving Apple $300 pure profit, period.
I am sure the 16gb will NOT be in plentiful supply at launch, but their will be gobs of 128gb model's available enticing you to spend $300 more. Apple will boast "unprecedented" demand limits supply, but nobody in their right mind wants to spend $100s more for a little extra flash memory you could buy at Costco for $9.99.
Apple's pricing structure on iPad (and all their products in general) is criminal, I don't know why there isn't a class action lawsuit against them. I'll be waiting for the new Nexus 10.
I have used personal pick up. Even on a quiet night it took the employee longer to grab my item from the back than it would have for me to just grab it, pay, and leave. Sorry I'm not sorry. It's a joke.
Oh. Thank. Gd.
Scratching head as to why then Apple won't allow reservations before Nov 1 but I'll take what I can get.
Scratching head as to why then Apple won't allow reservations before Nov 1 but I'll take what I can get.
Uh .....
You DO know that the type of flash storage used in the iPad is NOT the same thing as what's found in a $10 USB memory stick, right?? (See SLC vs MLC types of flash memory for the technical details, but for starters? MLC is only designed to handle about 5,000 rewrites before it wears out, while SLC goes 50,000+.)
Not disagreeing that Apple's makes an increasing profit on the larger capacity iOS devices, but it is a fact that the larger capacity storage used in them isn't so cheap that the markup amounts to "pure profit".
You DO know that the type of flash storage used in the iPad is NOT the same thing as what's found in a $10 USB memory stick, right?? (See SLC vs MLC types of flash memory for the technical details, but for starters? MLC is only designed to handle about 5,000 rewrites before it wears out, while SLC goes 50,000+.)
Not disagreeing that Apple's makes an increasing profit on the larger capacity iOS devices, but it is a fact that the larger capacity storage used in them isn't so cheap that the markup amounts to "pure profit".
From what I understand,no. They allocate so many for the store and so many for online pickup. Let's say they have 100 total at your local store......once 40 have been sold online for in store pickup their stock online will show "no longer available. Leaving a specific supply for those walking in. I know this because a apple employee educated me on this a few years ago.
I mean could you imagine at the 5th Ave store in NY with 400 people sleeping outside for days. To only have the store open up at 8am and they say "sorry we're sold out". They would riot in the streets...lol
Try this thread:iPad Air or iPad mini
I can't decide. Which one do you prefer and why?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1662160/
Or this one:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1657397/
Or the several others in the iPad forum.
It's been the exact opposite in past launches in my experience... plenty of 16GBs. The larger sizes, esp with wireless chip have been the ones in shorter supply. The 16GB are mostly for the first time buyers who want to "dip their toe."
As for Apple's pricing structure... class action suit? Funny. Whatever law school you went to it wasn't in the U.S. But if you don't like Apple's pricing structure you should see the likes of BMW and Audi who take and engine and tune it six ways to Sunday and charge thousands more for each HP and torque bump up. It's called marketing and every company does it when they can get away with it. Nothing dishonest about it. It's a free market and consumers decide what they want & how much they are willing to pay.