Increasing iPad Pro pricing would be foolish. I know this forum well, and I love my Apple products, but Samsung Tab S7 and S7+ prove there are indeed very affordable alternatives that provide the user with a very valuable experience.
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Wedbush Analysts Say 'Spring Loaded' Event Will Debut New iPads With 'Modest Price Increase,' Along With 'a Few Surprises'
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I think I might be with you. I was already going to 256, so maybe that will be the story. But that would, technically, be a price decrease, or same pricing, if they go that route.
I wonder what significant changes means for the 11" if it's not getting the mini LED display.
The weights are much closer when you factor in the Magic Keyboard, which I would be using. I don’t need the battery life to be exactly the same as the M1 MBA’s, but I would like to be able to get through a day with the iPad Pro (my current 12.9 only lasts about 7 hours of general use).
I really do love the iPad Pro form factor and I don’t have any issues working in iPadOS, so I am quite likely to order a new one. Hopefully they’ll get some extra hours out of the battery due to improvements in the A14X chip and mini-LED screen.
I could see the 12.9 Pro going up due to the screen improvements, but haven't really heard anything the 11 is getting to really justify another price increase.
And a raise for every one but CEOs?
No doubt. But tech is what we bought while locked indoors. And you think this creates pent up demand? No that demand is for travel, eating out, etc. But I’m sure it’ll still follow the formula and be out of stock.
I concur but those people also want to get their hands on the new shiny on day 1.
People are prepared to spend money on all things because they have it and still cant travel, dine out etc. Ooh, Apple has new stuff = bought. New trainers, oh the price has doubled = bought. The price of a lot of consumers items is shooting up and still sell outs.
I'm fine with a price increase on the iPad Pro. It's a premium product using premium components that likely cost more. I'm still purchasing one.
iPad Pro is getting stupid speedy.....
I only buy the pros for the better screen. Hope the new screen is substantially better or I’ll have to step back to air next purchase
I only buy the pros for the better screen. Hope the new screen is substantially better or I’ll have to step back to air next purchase
This whole ‘report’ smells like BS. I could have believed it, up until they said we would be getting a ‘preview’ of new AirPods and a new entry-level iPad. First, Apple never previews device upgrades. Why? It will tank the sales of the current device. The only exception was the Mac Pro but after 6 years on the market the only people who were buying the trash can were those who really needed it and Apple knew that.
As far as the entry-level iPad is concerned, Apple *just* updated it 6 months ago along with the iPad Air. It was a pretty big bump from the A10 to the A12. Where would Apple go with it?
If Apple increases the price I think it would only be on the cellular model due to 5G. See what they did to the iPhone 12.
As far as the entry-level iPad is concerned, Apple *just* updated it 6 months ago along with the iPad Air. It was a pretty big bump from the A10 to the A12. Where would Apple go with it?
If Apple increases the price I think it would only be on the cellular model due to 5G. See what they did to the iPhone 12.
Yeah I’m leaning towards iPad Air also, now that the differences with the iPad Pro are getting close. I have my MBP for more extensive tasks.
That might be a bit dramatic. They may be slowly pricing you out of the “Pro” products, but not the entire eco system. The Air is still a formidable device and there’s no better deal for a tablet in town than the entry level iPad. Both of which I think are very competitively priced. You may just be at a turning point now where you’ll have to question the need for an iPad Pro.
If the price increase is true on the WiFi models as well I’ll just get the Air. The only two pluses the Pro has is Face ID and the 120Hz display. Is that worth $150-$250?
I'm looking forward to a new Mini but not if it's just a Mini 4SS.
Can we talk about landscape cameras please... that would get my attention and make me overlook a "moderate" price increase.
Can we talk about landscape cameras please... that would get my attention and make me overlook a "moderate" price increase.
If this is the case, it is very likely that I will exit the iPad Pro market and seek alternatives. I think I will stop using any iPad in the future, which is not impossible. Just get the bigger iPhone and a MacBook, which I already have. Use paper for paper notes and a MS Surface Pro for digital whiteboard notes, or just get a digitizer tablet for the Mac like many professors, which are given for free by the university anyway. This can save me some VM software and Windows licensing costs too. Yeah, it was a good iPad run for our family, but bye-bye. Oh think about the cost of a new Apple Pencil 3 and that exorbitantly overpriced magic keyboard. Just no.
Exactly.
$799 for 24 months is $33.33 per month. $1099 for 24 months is $45.79 per month. You are talking $12 per month. Barely a pizza cost once per month in difference these days. Sure $300 in price, but $12 per month.
Huge difference in getting people to accept that vs $300 more in price. It is not equivalent when talking iPads where most buy them outright at the time of purchase.
A phone is just different too. Something you use dozens of times every day. I can justify the cost since I use it so much (plus safety reasons), and to make money. iPads not so much for most- they are more occasional consumption devices.
Micro-LED would be awesome, and an increase in performance would be cool.
But unless the OS is improved/gives more features, I don’t really think there’s a need to upgrade, is there?
But unless the OS is improved/gives more features, I don’t really think there’s a need to upgrade, is there?
Same here. I have the 10.5" and the only change I'm looking for would be 5G cellular in the new iPad Pro. In fact, I would've gone with last year's new Air had they included 5G and ProMotion. Been waiting to see what the new Pros look like, since they will surely include 5G. I just hope it's built on the X60 and not the X55 (given how late in the lifecycle of that modem it is now).I personally have no interest in an even more expensive iPad. My 10.5" iPad Pro already sits on the shelf due to it being a bit more unwieldy than I would like. I could get on board with an iPad Air Mini or iPad Pro Mini, but until one of those materializes, I'll continue using my XS Max as an iPad Mini stand-in.
I'm eager to see what new Mac designs Apple comes up with now that they aren't tethered by Intel CPUs and chipsets. A new iMac could easily be my first foray into desktop AS. After owning multiple generations of iMac, I finally got tired of looking at more or less the exact same design sitting on my desktop since my 24" C2D iMac and sold my latest 27" iMac. I replaced it with a 2018 Mac Mini (i7/16GB RAM/1TB SSD), which is serviceable, but something less than a proper mgical experience (and considering what I paid for it, it should be really freaking magical).
What upsets me more is that Apple has been neglecting the 10.5" since the 2018 iPad Pro came out. It's like the odd-duckling of iPad Pros. The 10.5" is basically an iPhone 7 in an iPad Pro case. Yet, for example, the iPhone 7 got spatial sound with AirPods Pro. The 10.5" iPad Pro does not support it. The hardware inside is basically the same, and if anything, the 10.5" iPad Pro CPU is more capable, being an A10X instead of the regular A10. It's infuriating that an iPad "Pro" that had a higher MSRP and has equivalent hardware to a specific iPhone is getting fewer features than its iPhone counterpart.