Live Coverage of Apple's Education Event in Chicago

[geoff5093]

$329 for a new iPad with Pencil support and an A10 processor?

Forget the education market - these things are going to sell like crazy.

I wonder if you could buy these, or if it's education only.

 

[Lesser Evets]

$259 seemed like a pipe dream... I almost forgot this is Apple, and then the $329 price tag reminded me--it's Apple!

 

[yaxomoxay]

Chromebooks are popular because they are easy to manage, can provide a secure browser login for testing, and are cheap. They are not best in class at any single task.

Having said that, Apple needs an iOS device that has an attached keyboard and comes with the Pencil for under $350 to even be in the conversation.

Yeah. So to have a complete iPad schools would have to pay $299/iPad, $100/pencil, $150/keyboard.
Apple is insane if they think they can compete with Chromebook with this.

 

[Michael Goff]

Very popular in Australia as well.

Okay, US and Australia. My point is that people talk about education and how Chromebooks are winning there but forget the asterisk. AOL so, why are Chromebooks popular some places and not others is my question.

Because they're cheap and school budgets are "low".

So are Fire Tablets, but we don’t see those being foisted off as textbook replacements.

 

[macduke]

Students and teachers can create textbooks. Still way OFF target.

Not sure which is worse: Teachers being able to make up whatever "alternative facts" they want to teach their students, or some megacorp mass-producing textbooks based on horrible government standards.

 

[Designx]

$329 for a new iPad with Pencil support and an A10 processor?

Forget the education market - these things are going to sell like crazy.

Not when the pencil is still $99

 

[CWallace]

I wonder if you could buy these, or if it's education only.

It is the new entry-level iPad so it is available for consumer sale.

 

[mlukens]

So I have the 2017 iPad, I got it for $300 but am still in my return period, if I do not care about the apple pencil is there a good reason to return it for this?

 

[diamond.g]

So I guess the mini product line is EOL?

I wish it weren't, I like my mini and would love a new one with pencil support.

 

[oldmacs]

Chromebooks are popular because they are easy to manage, can provide a secure browser login for testing, and are cheap. They are not best in class at any single task.

Having said that, Apple needs an iOS device that has an attached keyboard and comes with the Pencil for under $350 to even be in the conversation.

They are also popular because of the G Suite - It is cross-platform. Chromebooks are far better for word processing and general classroom activities than iPads are.

 

[Michael Goff]

Yeah. So to have a complete iPad schools would have to pay $299/iPad, $100/pencil, $150/keyboard.
Apple is insane if they think they can compete with Chromebook with this.

150$ keyboard? That’s the price of a keyboard for the 12.9, not a cheap one you’d get for the 9.7.

 

[kyleh22]

I hope I can use my .edu email address to pump up my icloud storage

 

[aforty]

Is this the beginning of iPad and iOS being able to handle multiple accounts? Would be useful in my household.

 

[ondert]

329$.. meh.. and add the price of Apple Pencil..

 

[Rum_Becker]

So I guess the mini product line is EOL?

The iPad mini is the only iPad I would be interested in. iPad is too big IMO, might as well just have a Macbook.

 

[thadoggfather]

Talking about $49 Logitech crayon

And a $99 keyboard

That’s good pricing for this budget iPad

 

[east85]

I hope I can use my .edu email address to pump up my icloud storage

I was thinking the same exact thing.

 

[Michael Goff]

Chromebooks are popular because they are easy to manage, can provide a secure browser login for testing, and are cheap. They are not best in class at any single task.

Having said that, Apple needs an iOS device that has an attached keyboard and comes with the Pencil for under $350 to even be in the conversation.

Imagine an iOS 2-in-1 made for education and only purchasable by education. Call it the iBook and call it a day.

 

[diamond.g]

So I have the 2017 iPad, I got it for $300 but am still in my return period, if I do not care about the apple pencil is there a good reason to return it for this?

New one has A10...

 

[CWallace]

Yeah. So to have a complete iPad schools would have to pay $299/iPad, $100/pencil, $150/keyboard. Apple is insane if they think they can compete with Chromebook with this.

Reports claim Chromebooks have a "high" failure-rate so if you need to replace them a couple times that drives up their price.

So are Fire Tablets, but we don’t see those being foisted off as textbook replacements.

Maybe it is a market Amazon is not interested in.

 

[Cashmonee]

So, if Classroom is free, that changes the calculus on the cost of an iPad a little. Chrome OS requires a 3rd party for realtime monitoring of what a student is doing, and those 3rd parties are not cheap.

 

[Bacillus]

$329, $299 for schools.
Chromebook wins again.

Ooohhh, another iPad. I am fainting. Buy it now !
Before the Spaceship that is with us temporarily, again departs to its own premium universe

 

[LovingTeddy]

$329 for a new iPad with Pencil support and an A10 processor?

Forget the education market - these things are going to sell like crazy.

Just annual routine iPad updates, just added pencil support. I don’t see how this is going to create a market strome.

In other hand, just tell you how over priced iPad Pro is

 

[kt87]

So I have the 2017 iPad, I got it for $300 but am still in my return period, if I do not care about the apple pencil is there a good reason to return it for this?

This new iPad has the A10 chip. I would return it just for the chip upgrade/assurance that you will get more iOS updates.

 

[Rum_Becker]

So I have the 2017 iPad, I got it for $300 but am still in my return period, if I do not care about the apple pencil is there a good reason to return it for this?

A10