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No, but Apple will drop the price on the iPad eventually. Not too much, though -- they'll probably keep the base price at $399 and add more memory.
by hugh3 16y ago
No, but Apple will drop the price on the iPad eventually. Not too much, though -- they'll probably keep the base price at $399 and add more memory.
- jfb 16y agoApple price points don't tend to change (this is by design). I would expect the next version of the iPad to have additional features (a front-facing camera is guaranteed) and more memory and probably a slightly better processor, but I wouldn't count on spending any less money.
- regularfry 16y agoInteresting point: have Apple ever completely misjudged a product price point and moved it rather than redesigning the product? I'm not enough of a student of their history to know any examples.
- rimantas 16y agoI'd say original iPhone comes close to that.
- jfb 16y agoI'd argue that they got the price right; they just weren't charging the right people. After all the carrier sweeteners are added to the pot, I would fully expect the margins on a subsidized iPhone to be equal to (if not greater than) those on a naked iPhone. But thinking that they could crack carrier dominance was a bit of a stretch, as laudable a goal as it was.