That doesn't help their sales though. If they are delaying shipment by 2 months there will be lesser iPad sales for 2 months as everyone will wait for the new iPad.This is making me lean more towards, announce in June and release in time for back to school.
(fun to speculate though)
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Anyone else doubting an iPP 2018 this year or June at Least?...
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That can go either way. They’ll ramp down production and clear inventory of the current models. Some people hate faceid. The ones who they lose (no IPP sales) get converted into the new arguably more expensive model.
The flip side is worse I think. Without an announcement potential buyers will compare the current 329 iPad with pencil to the current 10.5 and think they look the same. Sales will gravitate to the lower end model at lower margins.
Those who would buy a laptop to complement an IPP will still do the same. It’s a wash.
Those thinking of either IPP or a laptop will check the IPP idea (current model) and go to a laptop. Risky move. The laptop line is ***** right now, they might lose sales to win 10.
Many variables to balance but I think all in all it makes sense to announce in June and ship before back to school.
If you don’t mind Windows it seems like a good product, reviews give the hardware a very good review, Windows is the one thing that puts me off big time.
Not to me. I am all Apple except for computers which is Windows. You will pry my Windows PC from my cold dead hands.