Apple raised the prices, not Farage and Johnson. But sure, go ahead and blame the Brexit campaigners rather than the people who are actually responsible for it all..
Not that it matters anyway, the pound will recover.
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New 9.7-Inch iPad Teardown Confirms It's Basically an Original iPad Air
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Apple raised the prices, not Farage and Johnson. But sure, go ahead and blame the Brexit campaigners rather than the people who are actually responsible for it all..
Not that it matters anyway, the pound will recover.
It would be enough CPU power if weren't for those damn IOS updates to make the devices slower.
Sharp started this trend, Samsung copied. Really? well I buy what I think is useful. You can get a 3t for half the price and 90% of the features. Your sentence is proof of why Apple will never have issues selling iPhones at any price.
Yes they have and now you'll have decide. Spend less get less spend more pay more. That's quite the conundrum.
When I reviewed the video the Mac won. That's what I saw.
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He would have given them something affordable but new or innovative. He hated the idea of "racing to the bottom".
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I don't see this as downmarket. That would be introducing a new, lower priced item that has features to suit the purpose. This is literally going into the archives to pull out an old product. It smells like fear of losing a market position.
Win or lose, Jobs didn't fear the marketplace. He always wanted to set the markets. I'm just pointing out that it's very, very different philosophy leading this company now.
I disagree, the SE was designed to hit a lower price point to draw entry level customers period. They may or may not have been concerned with those who wanted a flagship smaller screen, if their surprise at how well it sold is to be believed, and their delay in offering 128gb.
The new iPad serves the exact same purpose, to hit a new lower entry level price point, while providing current performance -- it has the previous models screen, just like the SE, but uses the current processor. More customers than ever can now afford to upgrade old models to get current performance, and afford to buy into the Apple ecosystem rather than buying an android based tablet. And that's the point, just like the SE.
Size was a factor with the SE, but the lower quality screen serves the same purpose on the iPad. I think that's a mistake in part, especially eliminating features that help distinguish the iPad from the competition, like anti-reflective screen, and TrueTone display, but the fact remains, the iPad is still a better value even so, than most competing tablets a customer could buy for the same money.
Oh I blame those you mention for plenty, but not for putting up the price of 3-year old hardware by 25% because of an shift in exchange rates, that was Apple's choice. And don't forget the Mac Pro 6,1 was already about £500+ more expensive than the 5,1 used to cost, regardless of Brexit and the exchange rate. I just think they should have absorbed the difference on the older hardware. They seem able to offer old iPad and iPhone hybrids for lower prices now (which is great), despite the exchange rate situation. So I question why they fail to do so with the mac. The iPhone 5S came out after the 2013 Mac Pro and is now reborn as the more powerful iPhone SE for less money. Have component prices really not dropped at all on the macs since 2013, necessitating the ~25% price hike to maintain the same profit margin? I'm not sure I believe that.
Tim the Beneficiari ripps you off 25% and then donates 0.5% to some welfare initiative. Because he is such a humble guy ...
Because the reason those products aren't selling is the lack of resources and attention those products receive. The public doesn't swim in stagnant, neglected pools, and customers with a choice don't buy 9 month old products from manufacturer A when manufacturer D just announced models which run the same software. This is why there is still so much competition on the Windows and Linux sides of the desktop computer market.
Since when did Apple compete with Kindle Fire 7s, repacking old tech (air 1) in new products for lower price is just backwards.
Agree completely. Again, Apple knows exactly what it is doing. The target audience: those who a) have never had an Apple iPad but have always wanted one; b) have an older iPad and keep finding reasons not to upgrade; and, c) for those who get tired of sharing their old iPad with their 3-y/o toddler grandchildren (like me) and want to get that toddler her own iPad.
She's gonna love the "painting" apps and the music apps. From the perspectives of many, an iPad with the capability for $300 and change is like giving them away for free. At less than a $1/day and by the end of the year it is paid for (a third the cost of a daily visit to Starbucks for a year) and the iPad will last several years.
I'm either too young to remember the eMac or I was too busy with Windows antivirus updates.
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Will replace mom's aging iPad 2 with one of these. The lighter weight and better screen will be wonderful for her. I just have to figure out how to swap it without her noticing (except that the smart cover will be a completely different color.)
I am all for Apple creating entry level tech at cheaper prices; this and SE show that there is a market for Apple products with proven last gen tech (seee SE) that cost less.
I am all for Apple creating entry level tech at cheaper prices; this and SE show that there is a market for Apple products with proven last gen tech (seee SE) that cost less.
Soon there won't be an iPad under $1,000! (Kidding here. I hope!) I wanted to get 'a' pro, when my 4 got to be unusable due to lags. HAH! I had to swallow hard at the prices. Instead, I got the last 256g Air 2 they had, on clearance. And it was GOLD! SOLD! I mean, they had me at 'clearance', and didn't even need to say 'Gold'... The price was UNDER the cost of the next lowest memory size. Didn't have to think about that at all.
But I dread the future, post Apple Care. What will I have to sell to get the 'Next Lat Year's Greatest' iPad. A kidney?
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AND the keyboard SUCKS! Noisy? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE KEYBOARD! STOP TYPING FOR A SECOND!!!
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Dell?
Pretty much. Funny how kids realize this more than adults sometimes.
85% of the people are going to put these in case so you'll never know what form factor it is anyways...
So when they don't change the form factor, people complain and when they do, people complain.
There seems like there would be a limited number of flat form factors.
And the Air 2 "option" is just the form factor? (I think that's what you're saying)
I stand by my statement. The industry doesnt owe you or I a single thing. We are consumers first and foremost. No one is holding a gun to your head and telling you to invest in APPL. Although right now youre silly not to...
Probably for you to understand, your banking relation has to send you a letter they switched to a biscuit factory and put your savings in a tin to remain crisp...
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