Teachable moment? You say it as if this is making or breaking my day and I'm a 16 year old. Thanks pops (and I'm probably older than you are
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'iPad Mini' Pricing to Begin at Approximately $329
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Teachable moment? You say it as if this is making or breaking my day and I'm a 16 year old. Thanks pops (and I'm probably older than you are
)Then you SHOULD HAVE HIGHLIGHTED the point you wanted clarifying, not clairvoyant you know!
And as for Apple's tax, well yeah, do you want to compare sales numbers with Samsung? And then compare profits per device? Apple is a premium priced company and alway's has been which translates into you paying a big mark up on it's devices because of the name.
And Apple's succes IS marketing, if you don't believe that then YOU are the clueless one. It has this stupid 'Cult' built around it's brand which it helped to nurture into existence, I mean look at the way people behaved when Steve Jobs died! Florals outside a frigging Apple store! For a multi billionaire they NEVER knew or met.
THAT'S marketing.
And as for the sales:
And looks like 2.1 billion US from Music and app sales for the last quater:
Other Music Related Products and Services (4) 2,151
http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q3fy12datasum.pdf
So that's 2.1 billion revenue for 3 months of music and app sales.
The Transformer you did try isn't applicable. And I'm glad you saw an S3, I'm not talking about it's build, just it's screen, because it's damn good! And IMO the 4S is worst and the 5 on a par. That was my point, so don't expect Apple to make a superior iPad screen, they are good, but not necessarily always better.
And no, I expect the iPad Mini screen to be better colours and contrast then the Nexus 7, if it is a retina screen then it should be better period as they are going to charge you for it. The Nexus 7 is great value for money, an iPad Mini should be WORTH the money if you see what I mean?
Funny how I can buy a Nexus 7 when I go to do the weekly shop in the same supermarket, so shipping is free! Same as the iPad. But Apple MORE then charge you for the shipping in the cost of device, for instance they don't include free shipping for any of it's cables or adapters...
So why do they post on their site for developers that said developers take 70% of the sales then?
You can come up with any fancy calculations you want but the facts are the facts. Apple takes 30% of sales. I would be more then sure Apple could happily run the app store if it took 2% or less from every app sale.
https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/distribute.html
And see that app store on your iOD device, see the top eight highest grossing apps in the ENTIRE store are all FREE apps, so that must mean they have made all their money from in app purchases again of which Apple takes 30%, and I wonder how much that is? I'll see if I can find out....
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/in-app-purchase/index.html
And looks like 2.1 billion US from Music and app sales for the last quater:
Other Music Related Products and Services (4) 2,151
http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q3fy12datasum.pdf
So that's 2.1 billion revenue for 3 months of music and app sales. Can't find them separately.
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Depends on the product. Depends on the deal Apple works. My school gets "education prices" for Macs. It is down somewhat but that doesn't erase this altogether. Not by a long shot
I'm on the tech purchasing committee. Trust me.
I'm certain they'll still sell them by the million, but education was hopeful we would get something for near universal adoption.
This isn't it.
Can you imagine if Apple released something to the quality or the Galaxy S3 or the Nexus Tab. They would sell out on release day and then be sued until bankrupt for releasing it.
Remember the original iPhone - Apple was "forced" to reduce its price very soon after introduction because it was prices too high. If 329 is the starting price it will be another Apple mistake. $200 is an expensive but OK holiday present price. $330+ is beyond that.
I'm waiting until the announcement and real numbers and specs but at 329 it won't make much difference - that is more than I want to spend for this type of device.
I'm waiting until the announcement and real numbers and specs but at 329 it won't make much difference - that is more than I want to spend for this type of device.
Remember, iOS has to scale its resolution by an integer number in order to preserve app compatibility. So it's going to be 2048x1536. Next year. Maybe.
Exactly why I 'downgraded'. Much prefer the ~8" screen over the ~10" screen. Plus, with what I got out of the iPad 3 I didn't make a bad move at all.
Did I think Apple would introduce a Mini at the same price as a Nexus or Fire? No. Did I think that they may be aggressive enough with pricing to tempt Nexus-buyers o the iPad. Yes.
If they'd priced it 20% lower they could have killed off much of the competition. Just another expensive Apple iToy. Nothing to see here. Move along.
If they'd priced it 20% lower they could have killed off much of the competition. Just another expensive Apple iToy. Nothing to see here. Move along.
That 40% more screen area gives you more blocky pixels and lower screen resolution. Translation: no retina screen
A price point of $299 or even $349 sounds more like within Apple's pricing trends for iOS devices. But $329 sounds suspect.
The only way that really works is if Apple shuts out things like the Kindle app so ALL sales go through them, ensuring their 30% cut, they can get all books etc on their store so folks won't have to buy DVDs etc to get something (which also means things like getting BluRay audio and video quality and extras) and they can ensure folks buy Macs and stop using PCs. But they can't do those restrictions cause that risks a serious churn up of antitrust charges. Hell that's the main reason why iTunes for Windows exists in the first place.
On the off chance and I mean off chance that the mini doesn't sell out. I even think it would at 4 gigs and $329, but still...
If it was just sitting on shelves does Apple know how to do a price drop? Was that in the instructions that Steve left for Tim??? I don't think they know how because they use that tried and true static pricing that everyone uses of course.
If it was just sitting on shelves does Apple know how to do a price drop? Was that in the instructions that Steve left for Tim??? I don't think they know how because they use that tried and true static pricing that everyone uses of course.
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They do it better. They build it and price it how they want and then make folks think they need it
99.9% of schools weren't even thinking about using iPads until Apple created the need with their textbooks last January. Now we are getting story after story of schools jumping on the bandwagon. They would have been fine with their paper books but suddenly they 'need' these new texts. All thanks to Apple filling a need they didn't know they had.
No, the ONLY usage will be reading with the paperwhite.Wow that's a bummer, I'm trying to decide whether to spend 119 for a kindle paperwhite or 329 for an iPad mini
The iPad mini is more versatile but the kindle is much cheaper and the primary usage will be reading.
Just to be clear, consumer confidence is at its highest level in five years.
However, I think this price is simply too high, and I'm an apple fanboy.
Typical Apple
they will still make huge profit
i might buy three as gifts actually...wish it was lower...
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i still might...a few 
One of the things I love about Apple is how they like to keep things simple - or at least how they used to. Jeez how many iPad, iPad Mini and iPod models are there going to be? Add all the options in all the colours and you get a dizzying array of options. It must be a logistical nightmare to keep all that stock in every shop.
Why don't they simplify things. One 3G/4G model and one WiFi model. Each comes with 16GB memory as standard. Then there is a memory card slot unique to Apple so that you can add additional memory up to 128GB.
Why don't they simplify things. One 3G/4G model and one WiFi model. Each comes with 16GB memory as standard. Then there is a memory card slot unique to Apple so that you can add additional memory up to 128GB.
Nope, no myth. These 30% are only deducted for pay apps, not free apps. And you get a lot for it. You get the server, the payment strukture, the advertisement and most of all, a place where your app can be found.
If you like to do all that by yourself, you pay way, WAY more then 30% (btw Google asks the same)
If you look at the quartaly results, you see that there are no billions made with the app store, far from it. Apple gets a positive zero. Who do you think builds, runs and maintains the server farms? And all that for 30%? Its a bargain, a merchant account costs you more.
How so? The iPhone 4, 4S & iPod Touch 4th Gen all have retina displays @ 326 ppi. Why would they take panels from the the defunct 3GS for the iPad mini?
They can just cut panels from the iPod touch 4 gen to the 7-8" size, get sizeable yields on a component they've been shipping for 2 years.
Why would the iPad mini be the only iOS device without a retina display? (the iPad 2 is going away)
Just because John Gruber said so doesn't always make it so. (just most of the time)
I got mine at Office Depot for $199 while driving through Oregon. $25 Google account credit, and zero cost 15 day return if I wanted it. Hard to say no to that!
I guess with your math if it were $100 more you wouldn't care.
typo, get over yourself.
So it costs Apple over 2 billion US for 3 months to run it's iTunes store does it (See my post above)? And it does take 30% of all in app purchases which as far as I know includes all free app in app purchases.