I did not know they had caught 14 year olds making Apple products. I understood the Yantai factory that was caught using underage labour was one that didn't manufacture for Apple.
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'iPad Mini' Pricing to Begin at Approximately $329
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I did not know they had caught 14 year olds making Apple products. I understood the Yantai factory that was caught using underage labour was one that didn't manufacture for Apple.
Not really. That thought is why Google etc get it all wrong. They focus their time on trying to lure over the folks that are already buying Apple, etc. Not the real target which is the one that Apple goes for -- the folks that aren't buying at all. They don't see the reason why they need this, they don't like the size or the price. So they don't buy anything.
The catch is that there are many folks that would buy, if only . . . With that group, it doesn't have to be cheaper than the other side, just cheaper than the current offerings within the company. Or smaller size, etc. So they get something that's a bit cheaper than the ipad, smaller than the iPad and so on and they can be lured in. Because it fits their 'need' and it has that luxury feeling. Everyone love to have something fancy, it makes us feel good. So you find the person that doesn't really have a major need for a Nexus etc but likes the luxury feeling of having an iPad but . . . . and you destroy the hesitation. And a non buyer becomes an iPad buyer.
let me share my thoughts about whether or not the ipad mini goes retina.
if 7,85" makes the UI exactly the same size as that on the iphone/ipod touch, then that means the pixels (if not retina) are exactly the same size of the pixels from the older gen iphone/ipod touch (not retina).
when going retina i betthey are going to use their x4 trick for easier UI modification and think about the size if devs have to revise their apps again. the current average size of an app is already increasing because of the number of different resolutions. adding another one makes this only worse. and also displaying older apps not build for the new display could get problematic (COULD).
so if its going to be retina then the pixel size would be exactly the same as the pixels on the retina iphone/ipod touch. making the screen resolution unnecessarily high because you reading distance is way further away than that for the iphone/ipod touch. only slurping battery while not useful as you dont see the difference between 360dpi (dont know the one from iphone/ipod) and 350dpi with that viewing distance.
thats why i think the ipad mini wont get retina. (and of course i can be wrong)
if 7,85" makes the UI exactly the same size as that on the iphone/ipod touch, then that means the pixels (if not retina) are exactly the same size of the pixels from the older gen iphone/ipod touch (not retina).
when going retina i betthey are going to use their x4 trick for easier UI modification and think about the size if devs have to revise their apps again. the current average size of an app is already increasing because of the number of different resolutions. adding another one makes this only worse. and also displaying older apps not build for the new display could get problematic (COULD).
so if its going to be retina then the pixel size would be exactly the same as the pixels on the retina iphone/ipod touch. making the screen resolution unnecessarily high because you reading distance is way further away than that for the iphone/ipod touch. only slurping battery while not useful as you dont see the difference between 360dpi (dont know the one from iphone/ipod) and 350dpi with that viewing distance.
thats why i think the ipad mini wont get retina. (and of course i can be wrong)
Name one product Apple "invented".
Originally Posted by kas23
Best post ever!!! LOL
Originally Posted by kas23
Best post ever!!! LOL
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I don't know where you get your numbers.
iPhone:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/07/apple-sold-250-million-iphones-to-date/
iPod (note the date):
http://m.techcrunch.com/2011/10/04/apple-has-sold-300-million-ipods-in-ten-years-45-million-just-last-year/
iPad (again, note the date):
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-03-03/apple-ipad-sales/53344970/1
As far as we know the numbers right now, Apple has sold more iPods than iPhones. This will likely change this year too. iPads are a far distant 3rd. Remember, total iPods sold does not equal total iOS-running iPods sold.
Because in a way they are. The other major reason being the whole 'showing folks how to do it right' ego trip
but understand that there are two ways to reduce market share. One is getting buyers to change teams. Samsung is a prime example with their anti iphone ads.
The other is to turn non buyers into buyers. Increase the base and the percents change. It's perhaps not as high a change (a 50/50 split of 100 million users is only increased to a 50.5/49.5 split when you snag 1 million non users) but it takes a lot less effort and has a lot less negative PR risk.
Sometimes you can snag those non users just by changing your marketing tactics. Or by adding something that doesn't change the specs or require a lot of work on your part. A prime example is Apple's Education event last January. Changing up iBooks and creating iBooks Author probably wasn't that huge of a work load. The real work would be making the books and the publishers etc are doing that while Apple gets a 30% cut of the proceeds of their work. And yet, without a single change in the hardware, Apple created a market of non users into users. The here and there schools trying out iPads has become a stream of schools adopting them in massive numbers. Whole grade levels are being switched, schools are talking about dropping 90%+ of paper materials in the next 3 years and so on. Apple approves a handful of POS apps and suddenly Farmer's Market, Swap Meet types are getting rid of paper notebooks and hand written receipts, restaurants are adding iPads etc in noticeable numbers. Apple didn't do any of the work to make those apps, make the credit card readers etc. But they are getting non users out of it
they had a $129 ipod Nano for a while. and at one point the low end ipod Touch was $229
also they never .99 anything
If they were the exact same product and the added $100 was just for the name you might have a point.
But they are not the same product so applying an "I can buy Tylenol for $5 or the same formula under a generic name for $1.50" doesn't really work
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The product hasn't been confirmed by Apple as real, the pricing and specs aren't released. And yet 'Apple missed it again'
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So, I'm looking at around $350 for a base model with taxes. I guess I won't be selling my iPad 3 then.
I figured it'd be in the $300 price range.I was hoping $299 min though.
Why do you need an iPad when you have better one. ? Save money dude
If that is true than why rise the price for the new ipod touch. Up until now the ipod touch was their "entry drug" to iOS devices.
The real trouble with Apple today is that they are too big, heck they could sell overpriced socks with the Apple Logo on it and people would still buy it. What I am saying is the truth, and yes I am just jealous that I am not in control of a major cult brand like Apple.
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Raise the price to the point where demand doesn't overcome supply. Problem solved.
In 2009, Apple stated there were 125,000 registered developers [1]. That is $12.5 Million. You must be nuts if you think that is not enough to run a online store for the year.
[1] http://www.worldofapple.com/archive...downloads-top-2-billion-85000-apps-available/
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You mean like these $30 socks? http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/27/ipod-socks/
But they didn't. A 32GB iPod Touch has been $299 for several years just as it is now.
I don't get why people are getting so worked up over $30 or how much more it costs compared to competitors. If it's worth what they are charging then why the big fuss?
I buy Apple stuff because I genuinely feel that it's superior to competitors. The specs may not always win on paper but when you factor in actual usability and operating software it's hard to beat and I'm more then willing to pay more for that.
With that said, I'm hoping the mini has retina and 4g. I want a premium product with powerful internals. I haven't bought an Ipad because I think it's too big. I've always wanted a smaller Ipad from Apple and I hope it's not filled with old hardware and a bad screen. I want a shrunken down Ipad 3 and I hope that's what the rest of the buying market wants as well.
I buy Apple stuff because I genuinely feel that it's superior to competitors. The specs may not always win on paper but when you factor in actual usability and operating software it's hard to beat and I'm more then willing to pay more for that.
With that said, I'm hoping the mini has retina and 4g. I want a premium product with powerful internals. I haven't bought an Ipad because I think it's too big. I've always wanted a smaller Ipad from Apple and I hope it's not filled with old hardware and a bad screen. I want a shrunken down Ipad 3 and I hope that's what the rest of the buying market wants as well.
You really think that $12.5 million dollars is enough to run an online store the size of even just the Apps store. That might cover the electric bill for the servers, perhaps. But then you have maintenance staff, part costs for replacing failed bits, land taxes and other costs.
And you would be correct. On top of this, even if it happened while components where made for Apple, it would have been without the knowledge of Apple.
The case where knowingly underage workers where employed (same CLW report) where in Samsung owned or operated factories. But without the name Apple in the headline, that did not interrest anybody.
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Sorry, I was of course only counting iPod touch units. I do not think, a shuffle or even nano is in any competition to the iPad or iPad mini and that was the point.
In total numbers the iPod of course comes out on top, after all, its being sold for about 10 years.
It should not be unreasonable to believe that a significant number of purchasers already own an iPhone, iPod Touch or an iPad (or even a Mac in the case of music and video) and therefore have a large library of content ready to fill it.
With $330 8gb iPad Mini and $300 32gb iPod Touch, we're again forced to pick lesser evil. Neither one is fully satisfying and missing points... Then again, Google seemed to pull 32gb for the same price of my Nexus 7 in less than 3 months.
Sometimes, it feels like Apple and Google are on the race to lose confidence from me.
Sometimes, it feels like Apple and Google are on the race to lose confidence from me.