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It's a classic Apple move to leak rumors of extremely high prices and then announcing only medium high prices that make people feel like it's cheap. The origin
by qgin 3y ago
It's a classic Apple move to leak rumors of extremely high prices and then announcing only medium high prices that make people feel like it's cheap.
The original iPad was rumored to cost $1500 to $1800. So when they finally announced it "only" cost $500 people couldn't believe how cheap it was in comparison.
- StingyJelly 3y agoExactly. I'd like to see that $70 heatsink.
- cubefox 3y agoThis says 9 USD for "heat spreader and fan": https://i.postimg.cc/gm6ZNFYw/File-20230521-171346.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/gm6ZNFYw/File-20230521-171346.jpg
- heliophobicdude 3y agoSolid state, active cooling system https://www.froresystems.com/ https://www.froresystems.com/
- MichaelZuo 3y ago10.75 W sustained heat removal at a constant 85C for the bigger version isn't that impressive. Even the M2 could easily draw and produce 30+ W of heat at full load. The best use case may be ultra thin devices without enough room for a fan, not as a fan replacement.
- rsynnott 3y ago> Even the M2 could easily draw and produce 30+ W of heat at full load. If they're operating at 30W sustained they're in trouble anyway; that would imply a battery life of probably about an hour.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoWell, even at 11W, it'd be unusuable past 10-15 minutes as the entire device will have heated up to a constant 85C, and rising.
- rowanG077 3y agoA fan is only a part of the thermal system. I would assume that quoted 10.5W is purely the frore system. Not the entire dissipation of a product. I'm still very skeptical of this product.
- MichaelZuo 3y ago'the frore system'?
- rowanG077 3y agoThe solid state cooling system the company called Frore Systems produces. The product we were talking about.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThe product is called "AirJet" or some variation.
- fomine3 3y agoI don't know why people expected iPad become so expensive. It's a big iPhone without cellular. Though capacitive 9.7 screen wasn't popular, it wouldn't cost so much.
- deafpolygon 3y agoIt's not. The iPad costs $449, or $329 for the last gen. That is their primary product, along with the Air is $599. The Pro is for the "pro" and tech enthusiasts.