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Apple Unveils 10th-Gen iPad With Complete Redesign, 10.9-Inch Display, USB-C, and More
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The final nail in the coffin for deciding that I do not require an iPad.
I just wish they would be publicly shamed for their greedy price increases. I'm sick and tired of company's being allowed to choose whatever price they want. This is getting ridiculous.
This just looks like a watered down iPad Air with an A14 chip. The better deal would be just getting the Air. They practically look the same.
I was waiting on buying an iPad for this one, but silly me thinking it would be $329 or even $349.
I just ordered a new iPad Air (64GB) from Amazon. At $519, or $70 more, it was a no brainer. I guess they don’t want this to cannibalize iPad Air sales. Mission accomplished, Apple! 🖕
I genuinely hope these price increases drives customers away from Apple products and onto other devices. I'm sure the Galaxy Tab S8 is much better than majority of these iPads that are being released. I'm also sure that Samsung doesn't take the p*** out of their customers with these price increases, nice of them to also throw in a few freebies as well. I mean increasing the iPad Air price a year after it's been released to 600+ is genuinely taking the mick out of everyone. This is pathetic behaviour from a company like Apple and the sad thing is they don't and won't ever care.
Only 64gb base storage? same old liquid retina 500nit screen? A14 processor? apple 1 pencil? no promotion or laminated display? That's a hard no for me.
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At first this looked great and I was considering buying it. I have a 5th gen iPad and have been itching for an 11 Pro or 10,9 Air for years but my use case doesn’t justify the price of these models.
However the fact that it starts at 64 and 256 makes it as expensive as the Air model is just ridiculous. 64GB for a computer replacement device (which has been used in the marketing) is not OK. And if you go 256 for the Air you have the same price as the base model Pro.
No Apple Pencil 2 support is also pretty lame. They could have had the adapter as a solution for Apple Pencil 1 users but for gods sake don’t sell that as the standard choice.
I was exited about this as I thought it was a super upgrade over the 9gen but I won’t be buying this sadly. My 6th gen will have to soldier on.
However the fact that it starts at 64 and 256 makes it as expensive as the Air model is just ridiculous. 64GB for a computer replacement device (which has been used in the marketing) is not OK. And if you go 256 for the Air you have the same price as the base model Pro.
No Apple Pencil 2 support is also pretty lame. They could have had the adapter as a solution for Apple Pencil 1 users but for gods sake don’t sell that as the standard choice.
I was exited about this as I thought it was a super upgrade over the 9gen but I won’t be buying this sadly. My 6th gen will have to soldier on.
That's the price it was at Apple this morning. I grabbed one a few weeks ago because I guessed the price would be adjusted with the release of the new iPads due to the poor exchange rate between the Pound and Dollar.
It seems like Apple is just trying to funnel most people up to the Pro line by playing games with storage and features…they hope that you will “just pay a little more” to get the exact configuration you want because by the time you add extra storage the price gap between the models lessens and the Pro lines begins to look like a “better deal” because it has more features.
As long as people keep buying from them and excusing their practices, Apple will continue doing it.
I think they’ve priced themselves out the market here.
£350 is accessible to most people. Kids asking for one for Christmas etc might get one. People already in the eco system will grab one for browsing etc.
£499 however is too much. No Apple Pencil 2 support either.
This is no longer a mass market device. Not at this price. Not right now.
£350 is accessible to most people. Kids asking for one for Christmas etc might get one. People already in the eco system will grab one for browsing etc.
£499 however is too much. No Apple Pencil 2 support either.
This is no longer a mass market device. Not at this price. Not right now.
Too big price increases in Europe this year.
My planned iPhone upgrade - cancelled.
My planned iPad upgrade - cancelled.
My planned iPhone upgrade - cancelled.
My planned iPad upgrade - cancelled.
As others have said all the prices in the UK of the iPads have increased in price. The iPad Pro 11 M2 is now £899 and the 12.9" model at £1249, the same price of a Macbook Air M2!. This is like some kind of bad joke from Apple. Amazingly there will be the usual Apple apologists who will actually defend this, even applaud Apple for doing it.
It's OK, Apple will sell you a dongle to allow you to charge it..
I regret waiting for this new ipad announcement because I could have just bought it during the summer when they had the education promo of a bonus $140 (Cdn.) gift card. I was hoping there would be a midnight coloured ipad or something MUCH better than this. But NOPE! Instead more greed infestation, more price increases. Disgusting. Purposely made an inferior product with outdated flaws like only support for the 2015 1st gen pencil. That's disgusting. Seriously, there needs to be tighter laws for this. This is DELIBERATE, SHAMELESS greed.
It seems like Apple is just trying to funnel most people up to the Pro line by playing games with storage and features…they hope that you will “just pay a little more” to get the exact configuration you want because by the time you add extra storage the price gap between the models lessens and the Pro lines begins to look like a “better deal” because it has more features.
Blows my mind as well. I’m wondering if Apple needed another year to figure out how to move the camera and still charge the gen 2 pencil on the pro model iPads. Next year… sigh…
I'll pick one up on Amazon in 6 months when they have to start selling them at $350. No way I'm paying $450 for this, I'd rather get an air.
iPad Air 5 selling at Amazon for $519 with M1, pencil 2, laminated display, P3. So $70 = M1 + pencil 2 + laminated display + P3. iPad 10 is overpriced.
They are stacking multiple layers of ridiculousness with the Pencil 1 issue. The hideous thing sticking out of a lightning port is hard to justify to begin with, but now the fact that they are still doing this after years of having a better alternative, and finally the fact that it needs an adapter is beyond everything I would have imagined Apple doing. Is the adapter flexible at least?
And the prices cannot be justified anymore, especially in Europe. I would have been in the market for a new iPad, but definitely no sale for me at this point.
And the prices cannot be justified anymore, especially in Europe. I would have been in the market for a new iPad, but definitely no sale for me at this point.
Even Apple doesn’t have the “courage” to announce these iPad prices at a live conference 🤣