Are you seriously suggesting Apple would lower their profit so that AFTER vat the prices are more similar? That's the most bogus thing i've ever heard. They're so profit conscious they won't even spend $5 per machine to add 512mb ram to maximise margins. Expect iPads in the UK to cost £££
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Are you seriously suggesting Apple would lower their profit so that AFTER vat the prices are more similar? That's the most bogus thing i've ever heard. They're so profit conscious they won't even spend $5 per machine to add 512mb ram to maximise margins. Expect iPads in the UK to cost £££
yes I agree the cost of an ipad in the UK will still likely be more than importing one.
This thread title should be changed to the UK ebay thread
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paying someone a premium over apples profit on eBay makes me sick
glad my cousin got me it else it would of been a long wait!Can someone clarify the GPS thing for me.
As I understand it the wifi only iPad does not have GPS but the 3g one does.
Will i need to have access to a 3g network for the GPS to work?
E.g. Would a golf yardage app works off the GPS and not the 3g?
As I understand it the wifi only iPad does not have GPS but the 3g one does.
Will i need to have access to a 3g network for the GPS to work?
E.g. Would a golf yardage app works off the GPS and not the 3g?
Very true. And from what we can gather, as soon as the iPad is available in the UK, the US versus UK warranty issue may well be sorted. Which is one of the main things preventing many people from importing right now. Well, it does bother me, anyway.
same as the iPhone I guess. GPS will always work just won't load the maps on google maps if u don't have a data connection
The wifi version does not have any form of GPS at all. The 3G version does not need 3G for the GPS to function. If you have got access to a 3G network it assists the GPS to get a quicker initial fix. Like already posted you need a network to load maps. Though I expect there will be app to run preloaded maps as there are on the iPhone.
Yes it will do. It uses a system called or similar to Skyhook. That uses known locations of wifi points to get an approximate location. However the GPS will pinpoint you to an accuracy of typically 30 feet or better. Not needed for most applications. But as I will be using the iPad for aeronautical apps etc. I need the real GPS.
No, I'm suggesting the price may come in similar to the cost to buy in US + US taxes, plus delivery, plus VAT. That's not bogus at all. You forget the posted prices on Apple's websites are MINUS tax. So if we in the UK bought one from US we would have to pay the US sales tax, then have all the other costs on top. There may well be not much in it.
Gonna seem like a rather stupid question on GPS
but is GPS used to determine where you are via satellite like tomtom , if so is that what is in the ipad . When you go on sites on the ipod and it says can we use your location is that using gps on the itouch also is maps apart of gps
but is GPS used to determine where you are via satellite like tomtom , if so is that what is in the ipad . When you go on sites on the ipod and it says can we use your location is that using gps on the itouch also is maps apart of gps
Yes GPS is a satellite based system as used by Tomtom and Garmin etc. There is a chip in the iPhone 3GS and the 3G version of the iPad that has a GPS built in. However there are other ways to determine location. Cell tower triangulation is one method which is only an approximation. Another method, mentioned a few posts earlier is using known locations of wifi points that you access. All these methods are used for location on the ipod. I have used the maps app on my iPhone in a city to direct me to a particular shop on foot. For that it has to know exactly where you are. Only satellites can do that.
GPS is the chip that allows for your device to be located via satellites. It's used by all the map applications on iPad/iPhone. The WiFi iPad and also iPod Touches can use WiFi networks in range to work out an approximate location, so it's not GPS, but it's similar technology but without satellites. Maps can use GPS if your device has GPS (iPhone 3G/3GS and iPad 3G), but otherwise it just uses WiFi to get an approximate location. Maps also requires a data connection at all times to be used, unlike TomTom etc.
Yes that could be feasible. The way I interpreted your previous posting was that Apple would drop the price of the iPad so that including VAT it would be similar to prices in the US + sales tax. I know all about sales tax btw.. live in NY/London and shipped 4 machines so far to people in Europe.
I did a few calculations. Consistently there is a bigger margin on all the machines sold in the UK, including ipods and just about everything. If they offer the iPad at anything other than the 'usual' Apple rate for UK stuff, it will cannibalise Macbook, touch, and iPhone sales.
Why would you spend soooo much more on a Macbook when you can get a cheaper iPad? Or then why would you buy an iPhone when you can buy one of the iPads and a cheap regular phone. Nope... they will put the prices in line with the rest of the products.
All in all with vat etc, my 32gb cost me 588, I think the 32gb will be at least 549.99 when it comes uk, jmo
I don't think so. I think the 16GB will be around £420. So from there I'd imagine the 32GB would be closer to £500 that £550.
Has anyone contacted USPS to see what the deal is on deliveries now that our Icelandic friends have gifted us several million tons of ash? Their website doesn't even reference the fact and the tracking service has been down all day. Can't believe I finally bit the bullet and ordered one only to have a volcano thwart my plans My tracking stated that it had left the US on Friday but god knows where it is now.
My tracking stated that it had left the US on Friday but god knows where it is now.
Maybe that's why Apple was saving $40,000,000,000! To erupt a volcano so that people who aren't American (and therefore in their view second class) can't get iPads
You can also check the status on the Parcel Force Tracker. Mine left the US on Thursday morning and hasn't updated either. I'm assuming it's somewhere in Europe, and I'm also assuming I won't be getting it anytime soon.Has anyone contacted USPS to see what the deal is on deliveries now that our Icelandic friends have gifted us several million tons of ash? Their website doesn't even reference the fact and the tracking service has been down all day. Can't believe I finally bit the bullet and ordered one only to have a volcano thwart my plans
You can also check the status on the Parcel Force Tracker. Mine left the US on Thursday morning and hasn't updated either. I'm assuming it's somewhere in Europe, and I'm also assuming I won't be getting it anytime soon.
Thanks, I didn't realise you could track through Parcel Force. Still says that it has left the US but nothing after that
At this rate we'll probably get ours just after the UK release Once the package is in the UK you pretty much need to use Parcel Force, as in my experience the USPS tracker doesn't update as frequently.Thanks, I didn't realise you could track through Parcel Force. Still says that it has left the US but nothing after that
I am humming and harring about importing one now. If I have this right, for a 32gb iPad with Apple case, via bundlebox priority shipping it's £584 (including US sales tax at approx 8%) + £50 if you have to use bundlebox's buy for me option (increasingly likely judging by reports of cancelled orders from UK debit/credit cards) which comes out at £634. Have I got that right?
If you take the formula of Apple's UK prices (add 24% to the US price) the 32gb iPad with case comes out at around £500.
Have I got that totally wrong?? If not then you are paying a premium to get it from the US, rather than saving money.
If you take the formula of Apple's UK prices (add 24% to the US price) the 32gb iPad with case comes out at around £500.
Have I got that totally wrong?? If not then you are paying a premium to get it from the US, rather than saving money.
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