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Leaker Claims New 11th-Generation Low-Cost iPad Will Launch Tomorrow

BGarza said:
They should just release a stripped down iPad called "Grandparent Edition". IMHO, the iPad Mini is for kids, the Macbook Air is for college kids and as a paperweight for Directors, Macbook Pros are for "pro users", the Mac Mini for people who like a rat's nest of cables taped to the back of their old Dell monitor, the Mac Studio is something we all say we're going to buy instead of the Pro, the iMac is for the front desk of a few hair salons, and iPads are for Grandparents (to Facetime their grandkids).
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I love the comment about the MacMini! I own one with two Dell monitors. Yes, the cabling looks like this! ;) Especially with the USB dock.

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Interestingly, the iPad 10th gen has just lost its ”New” label on the Apple website..

perhaps an update is on the way after all….
 
BMcCoy said:
Interestingly, the iPad 10th gen has just lost its ”New” label on the Apple website..
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Chuckle. ... someone probably got clued into the fact the misrepresentation likely would draw a FTC complaint at some point. (e.g., when Apple slapped 'new' on the Mac Pro 2012 when it really wasn't). It really wasn't "new" by Apple's normal standards anyway. Over time more a gimmick trying to herd more folks into buying the10th gen over the 9th gen.

Mixed in with the heavy swirl of rumors about new iPads they should have dropped it weeks ago.
 
JohannesO said:
I have always wondered how and why Apple has managed to keep the lowest iPad prices below the iPhone prices. (except maybe the SE)
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Why: because Apple wants an iPad at just over $300. Why do they want that? Probably mainly so they don't cede education to Chromebooks entirely.

How: take some cheaper components (screen has much lower quality, for example).

As you say, the same applies to the iPhone SE. That often comes with the SoC from just 6 months ago, but other components are often a lot cheaper.
 
They will probably just strip a current model of features and try to upsell you on the missing accessories in the box and create other overpriced accessories that are not as good as their current ones, just cheaper than their current ones. Like what they do when they get rid of a headphone port so you buy AirPods instead. Make the camera worse but make it easier to pair with your new iPhone.
 
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The-Real-Deal82 said:
Low cost but like the 10th gen it says in the article? But the 10th gen wasn’t the last low cost iPad, the 9th gen was. Let’s hope this one actually has a low cost and not a starting price of £499 like the 10th gen did. Apple really messed up last year as a lot of children and schools had no choice but to buy older iPads. With inflation now adjusted, I just hope Apple have got it right this year.
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If they announce a new ipad 11, then hopefully the whole iPad range in the UK should get a price drop like the iPhones 15’s did.
 
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Apple$ said:
Why not get a Fire HD 8? It's like $70-80 on sale, and does the job as a ereader/magazine reader. Plus you can spend more on books/magazines. And ereading doesn't take much space/power.
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I have Apple News+ and have my magazines on there. Plus I want a cellular model to use on AT&T.
 
I wonder if this is going to be like March 2019 when we saw announcements on consecutive days. That time they announced a new Air and Mini on the 18th, iMacs on the 19th, and AirPods on the 20th.

Not quite as good a start this time around - if the current trajectory continues, we will probably see a FineWoven Polishing Cloth on Thursday!

I think the main thing that people want to see from the base iPad (10th-generation) is a price drop, and that’s fairly easy to achieve. The new Pencil, albeit lacking some features and still far more expensive than clone versions, perhaps shows that Apple recognises the need for better value offerings. Could we see a new price rather than a new product?
 
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deconstruct60 said:
Primarily it is older , mature tech (that pragmatically has already had its R&D paid for). The second factor is just 'less' stuff. (less RAM, less storage). And less modem ( $130-200 more cost in Apple's BTO system. )

The iPad 9th uses the same screen tech as previous versions. It picked up the A-series SoC that was about to fall out of the iPhone 'hand me down" line up during its service lifetime. ( iPad 9th has a A13 and still being sold. The iPhone with a A13 stopped being sold over a year ago (iPhone 11 A13). )

Mainly same reasons Apple sells the iPhone (n - 2) for a lot less at the end of its service life than it was sold when it was the leading edge iPhone n .



P.S. iPad 10th gen didn't keep the same screen or same camera placement/tech and the price crept up to where it couldn't replace the iPad 9th.
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1st Original iPad was cheaper than iPhone 4 frame the same year.
 
JohannesO said:
1st Original iPad was cheaper than iPhone 4 frame the same year.
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Screen tech used was not the same 'age'.

iPhone 4
"...
  • Retina display
  • 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
  • 960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
..."

iPhone 4 - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

support.apple.com support.apple.com


iPad
"...

Display​

  • 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
..."

iPad - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

support.apple.com support.apple.com

Non-Retina ( in Apple marketing terms) versus Retina iPhone. The iPad was same tech being used by a large number of other screens in mainstream devices. ( i.e., more 'paid for' technology). 326ppi was not a 'mainstream' screen tech avaialble on a wide variety of devices back then.


And again no modem charge.


Also the case the Original iPad was no where near there price point of the entry iPad is now. The original iPad is not playing the same role in the line up as the 'plain' iPad is now. The iPad Air is roughly in the same place in the larger line up.


P.S. the iPad didn't get 264ppi display density until generation 3. Again several iterations after the iPhone hit 'Retina'.
 
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deconstruct60 said:
Screen tech used was not the same 'age'.

iPhone 4
"...
  • Retina display
  • 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
  • 960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
..."

iPhone 4 - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

support.apple.com support.apple.com


iPad
"...

Display​

  • 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
..."

iPad - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

support.apple.com support.apple.com

Non-Retina ( in Apple marketing terms) versus Retina iPhone. The iPad was same tech being used by a large number of other screens in mainstream devices. ( i.e., more 'paid for' technology). 326ppi was not a 'mainstream' screen tech avaialble on a wide variety of devices back then.


And again no modem charge.


Also the case the Original iPad was no where near there price point of the entry iPad is now. The original iPad is not playing the same role in the line up as the 'plain' iPad is now. The iPad Air is roughly in the same place in the larger line up.


P.S. the iPad didn't get 264ppi display density until generation 3. Again several iterations after the iPhone hit 'Retina'.
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Size doesn't matter at all in terms of cost, huh?
 
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