Exactly. Apple doesn't have an entry-level iPad anymore. Even the old 9th gen iPad got 80 euro price increase.
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Apple Unveils 10th-Gen iPad With Complete Redesign, 10.9-Inch Display, USB-C, and More
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A usb-c charging gen 3 pencil could be the answer as to how to move the camera to landscape in the pro model iPads.
This price is outrageous for an entry level iPad. I guess it is good that my 6th generation still works well for my needs.
If people continue to see value in their products even at the increased prices, they will continue buying.
I'm not sure why you think prices should be controlled mind, it should be up to the free market to determine prices!
It's not the entry level, it's another tier between the entry level and the iPad Air.
The price increases are disgusting in Canada too. Oh yeah there are always morons like that. The biggest ones are those who applaud apple for not providing chargers anymore with their phones, thus giving the customer an incomplete product. It's disgusting. We know apple is here right now reading all of this. They know they are on thin ice dramatically increasing their prices. So u know they are here right now monitoring their customers' reactions.
I think I dropped $3,500 to $4,000 on my 7100/66AV in 1995. Not totally sure as I bought the PowerMac and tons of upgrades piecemeal over a year. That's $6,800 to $7,700 in today's dollars and I was in high school (I got $8 an hour and worked 84 hours a week with overtime during summer vacation).
I get the sentiment. Prices now are worse than a few years ago. With the cost of groceries, cars and housing making Apple price increases hurt more. I try to remind myself how bad the prices of computers and electronics in general used to be. It seems like it was the late 90's when prices of electronics in general plummeted and we've been riding that wave since then.
I bought a 9th gen iPad for my son a few weeks ago at Costco for $279. Was waiting for this announcement in the hopes that I could refund the 9th gen and buy the new one. No way in h$ll I'm doing that now. Apple can steal someone else's money cause they ain't stealing mine ever again.
Why would anyone buy this iPad with 3 years old cpu, 64gb and obsolete pencil instead of a used iPad 11 M1? If you search and have patience you can find one under 500 at OfferUp, eBay or Swappa. Hope nobody buys this 10th-gen rip-off and price tanks.
Disappointing. Someone (I'm not saying any names) needs to be tarred, feathered, and run out on a rail. (Let's just say that person's name rhymes with "Jim Snapple", I mean "Book", "Jim Book".)
Remember when the M2 Air came out, how different the user atmosphere was here on macrumors? There was so much excitement and applaud for apple. But look at the user atmosphere now. We are all angry and disappointed. Apple, you screwed up. Your greed has blinded your logic.
The iPad lineup makes no sense now lol.
This new iPad is basically an Air 4… but somehow worse and more expensive. Well, it has a better front camera and 5G I guess lol.
And then they still kept the old design around too… at the same price
This new iPad is basically an Air 4… but somehow worse and more expensive. Well, it has a better front camera and 5G I guess lol.
And then they still kept the old design around too… at the same price
I think this time they went to far. Whatever forum you look at, there is everyone complaining about the price increases. New this time, there are rarely people who justify this through evolution or financial crisis. Even those die hard fanboys seem to turn away this time.
For me, i own a 5th generation iPad and planned to switch to a newer device this year. But seriously, i am out now, as i have to pay even 40€ on top for the last year basic ipad. And the new iPad is just ridiculously too expensive. This is the entry ipad, and now you have to pay so much for it, that makes an Android tablet an option now. I love ipads, but only when their prices are justified. Just for browsing, streaming and email, any tablet does the job.
So, if Apple does not change this, i my XR and my current iPad have been the last Apple products. I don't want the top model for 350, but i also don't pay 420 for last years model, and sure not this 5xx for the new basic iPad.
For me, i own a 5th generation iPad and planned to switch to a newer device this year. But seriously, i am out now, as i have to pay even 40€ on top for the last year basic ipad. And the new iPad is just ridiculously too expensive. This is the entry ipad, and now you have to pay so much for it, that makes an Android tablet an option now. I love ipads, but only when their prices are justified. Just for browsing, streaming and email, any tablet does the job.
So, if Apple does not change this, i my XR and my current iPad have been the last Apple products. I don't want the top model for 350, but i also don't pay 420 for last years model, and sure not this 5xx for the new basic iPad.
The A14 is still a beast.
M1 is based on A14. The jump from A14 to A15 was very small. Just like A15 to A16.The previous generation iPad.
iPad 10.9-inch (10th generation)
iPad has an all-screen Liquid Retina display, the A14 Bionic chip and four colour options. And it supports the Magic Keyboard Folio.
www.apple.com
iPads are now at the following pricing levels:
iPad 9th gen £369
iPad 10th gen £499
iPad Mini £569
iPad Air £669
iPad Pro 11" £899
iPad Pro 12" £1249
Is this the first time Apple have used a previous generation iPad to keep a lower price, the same way they've done with the iPhone for a few years?
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One step forward, two steps back.
Fragment product lines, and ridiculously conflate pricing strategies across them, whilst mercilessly taking advantage of inflation/adverse currency exchanges.
Nickel and dime the punters. Dongle for AP1 is a pathetic joke.
Apple’s MO these days sadly. Boo.
Fragment product lines, and ridiculously conflate pricing strategies across them, whilst mercilessly taking advantage of inflation/adverse currency exchanges.
Nickel and dime the punters. Dongle for AP1 is a pathetic joke.
Apple’s MO these days sadly. Boo.
Except for the first gen apple pencil apparently. That’s one of the weirder decisions Apple’s made recently
Biggest update is the price, especially for all of last years models.
Nothing to see here.
Nothing to see here.
Apple must have run out of Home buttons while at the same time had 10 times as many Apple Pencil 1 components stuck on their hands.