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Kuo: Next-Generation Apple TV Likely to Have Even Lower Sub-$100 Starting Price
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This is so true. The real Apple with Steve Jobs in control is dead. Great great products at reasonable price levels this was Apples golden age.
2022 the product fragmentation is laughable. The products themselves are lacklustre to begin with.
Then the pricing, absolutely plucked from thin air to mug off all customers. No justifiable reason for their pricing from a technology point of view. It’s all tried and tested old technology decades old.
I think they have one. It’s just more elegant. Take over the devices they are buying. They were already selling hundreds of millions devices every year. Now top TVs from all the major brands support Apple TV out of the box, no stick needed.
Part 2 is Apple TV+ Hit original series to drive services.
3rd is Sports with MLB, MLS, and now the push to get NFL for which they have the unique ability to open up international streaming in ways none of the other competitors can. Once they get streaming rights for this and the NBA, all bets are off.
This doesn’t even include AR/VR Gaming that is coming and likely the reason for the new Apple TV’s increase power and storage at a lower price point. Or the inclusion of Samsungs streaming format to appease their phone and tablet customers and make it easier for them to by aN ATV for the above mentioned items.
I don't understand the problem. What's wrong with selling a cheaper version without a remote for people who won't use it anyway?
The price for Netflix, Disney, Prime, YouTube etc. are the same regardless of what device you stream on.
Nah I don't want to pay apple $3k plus for a tv only to have the software obsolete in 3 years or so.
Disappointed they still don’t have find my in the remote.
The new Apple TV 4K announced today already has a lower starting price of $129, compared to $179 for the previous model, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that the next-generation Apple TV could be sold at an even lower price point.
In a tweet today, Kuo said a sub-$100 price would be the "sweet spot" for the Apple TV and added that he expects the next-generation model to be "more affordable."
Both the second-generation (2010) and third-generation (2012) models of the Apple TV were priced at $99 at launch, and Apple eventually lowered the price of the third-generation model to $69, so there is precedent for a sub-$100 Apple TV, which would better compete with low-priced streaming devices sold by Google, Amazon, and Roku.
Another possibility is that when the next Apple TV launches, the model announced today remains in the lineup for around $99.
In the meantime, the latest Apple TV 4K is certainly a better value than its predecessor. Even if Apple is attempting to upsell customers to the $149 model with 128GB of storage, Ethernet, and Thread support, that device is still a better value than the previous model with 32GB of storage for $179 or 64GB storage for $199.
Article Link: Kuo: Next-Generation Apple TV Likely to Have Even Lower Sub-$100 Starting Price
Honestly if it’s truly cheaper, nothing. But now we’re talking about Chromecast territory, so like $30. They’re not gonna make it that cheap.
In the U.K, satellite TV provider Sky, (owned by Comcast) offer a product called Sky Glass.
Its essentially a big posh streaming TV (available in 45/55/65” sizes) for all of the various Sky TV packages, NETFLIX, Prime Video etc (It also does 4K, HDR and has Dolby Atmos speakers).
You make recordings that are saved to the cloud, so it literally does just stream.
If Sky can do it, surely there’s no way Apple can’t.
Recordings saved to your iCloud account, Apple TV & + apps baked in, along with Netflix, Prime Video, Photos app etc.
Sound like a potential winner to me.
Pretty much. And, with where the US economy is going to be by the beginning of March, it's almost certain the new Apple TV 4K will be on sale at Amazon.
thanks Lord, they aren't making it. Would be such a waste of their resources and our $$$.
He was right about literally everything, the date, the iPads, the macs, etc
No he wasn't and he changed his claims a dozen plus times in recent months. He also claimed we'd see new MBP models in October. Now he says that won't happen. He continuously moves the goal posts and some people eat it up and ignore such.
Literally non of them In the past have dropped price. Besides the older model hd that only does 1080p.
they will have sales here and there but its usually 10$ off
This would be a bad idea, imagine the chip inside being outdated after a couple years. Do people really want to upgrade their entire TV that often? No they do not. It's much easier to just buy a good quality TV to be the display only and that will last for many years, and update the box that controls it (AppleTV) for way less money. There is barely any convenience putting that box permanently inside the TV, especially with how easy it is to mount an AppleTV to the back side of a TV. I would much much much rather have them keep it separate like they currently are.
I am surprised Apple has not bundled the Apple TV hardware with one of their existing plans. Something like Xfinity with their 4K streaming box.
Xfinity hardware are pieces of junk, probably cheaply made so they can afford to do that
The concept the idea. Apple seems to be moving toward more subscriptions model. The Xfinity model. Subscriptions not limited to cheap devices. FYI, had their box for 6 months. Never had a blip with it. If I chose to move from the Apple system, free reliable box, easy choice.
