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Apple Unveils 10th-Gen iPad With Complete Redesign, 10.9-Inch Display, USB-C, and More
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That’s last years iPad. And still £50 too much.
Who’s paying £50 more for year old tech than they’d have paid yesterday? Not saying it’s not a capable device, it’s apple, of course it is. But the £50 price increase makes it £50 too expensive.
I last bought an iPad new when it was the Air 1 and it was the 128gb version I bought and I remember paying over £600 for that at the time (Jan 2014) direct from Apple so actually you could argue for 256gb you’re paying a similar price some 8.5 years later.
It doesn’t matter if it’s last years, it’s still the entry level.
Yes inflation has a lot to answer for! We all suffer as our money is devalued.
So now you can't charge the Apple Pencil through the charge port anymore? I guess that'll end the complaints over "bad design". Or will it? I don't even know anymore.
Anyone in the UK who waited.for the 10th Gen and decided it's just too uncomfortably costly, John Lewis still have the 9th Generation for £299 delivered with a 2 year guarantee.
It'll do for me and most people I guess, and I would imagine with today's price increases it'll probably go up in price soon.
Ta,
It'll do for me and most people I guess, and I would imagine with today's price increases it'll probably go up in price soon.
Ta,
Kinda mad at still using the Pencil 1, plus using the A14 while the new AppleTV has an A15. Um… why?
This is a base model iPad. Of course it's not going to have or support the latest/greatest of everything. If you want 100% features, then you have to pay for a higher model. Pretty much works that way with any product in the world out there 🤷🏼♂️
Yes 1000% agree I have been making this point as well. This is an experiment for them to see how their customers react to this new greedy price. They are no doubt all over the internet observing us as we react.
they should have used the Air 3 / Pro 10.5" design and keep the price low
this is really a step into a wrong direction ... they've literally put an extra effort to make it worse
hence the different pin location or the lack of Apple Pencil 2nd gen magnet ...
this is really a step into a wrong direction ... they've literally put an extra effort to make it worse
hence the different pin location or the lack of Apple Pencil 2nd gen magnet ...
It’s not reaction that matters, it’s sales. People will scream bloody murder, and then buy the damn thing all the same!
No one is going to pay iPad Air price for A14 instead of M1, iPad 9 pencil, iPad 9 un-laminated display. iPad 9 colors, relocated camera and just a new keyboard.
It’s like they are doubling down on the original “stick the pencil into the iPad” stupidity.
I don’t use a pencil and found the Air 5 pink disappointing, so would be very interested were it not for the outdated processor and the insane UK pricing.
Times are hard, iPads are luxuries and luxuries have to be curtailed. Especially with the imbecile Truss continuously moving the goalposts. I can’t see them selling nearly as many as they used to. Had there been a price freeze I still think sales would have fallen.
Times are hard, iPads are luxuries and luxuries have to be curtailed. Especially with the imbecile Truss continuously moving the goalposts. I can’t see them selling nearly as many as they used to. Had there been a price freeze I still think sales would have fallen.
The economic outlook is totally out of Apple’s hands. They can only shore up their own house.
This is the equivalent of Apple releasing the iMac G3 in 1998, and then the mouse and keyboard use ADB instead of USB, and require adapters to use.
Maybe not the magnets, but the charging coils. That’s actually a good point, and might explain why the new iPad doesn’t support the Pencil 2 and why the iPads who support the Pencil 2 will be keeping a portrait camera. It’s still stupid though. They should design a camera-compatible Pencil 3. And the iPad mini should get a landscape camera anyway.
Had it in my basket for a while, today’s announcement made me pull the trigger.
I'm surprised I had to go to Apple's site and look at the specs page to find out whether it has a headphone jack.
It does not.
I feel like this should have been in the article and am very surprised it's not a top comment.
It does not.
I feel like this should have been in the article and am very surprised it's not a top comment.