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What The Heck Happened To Apple's iPad Sales?
- kolektiv 13y agoIn my own case, I'm planning on buying an iPad. I'm not though, because I don't know when the next one is coming out. The "fixed-ish" release cycle can work against you in this way - I don't know how many people are currently holding off purchase, and how much inventory they're sat on, but it wouldn't surprise me if people are now trained in to significantly more spike-based cyclic buying patterns than they've previously been.
- NicoJuicy 13y agoApple won't become cheaper. They'll release a cheaper version for the asian market (not the richer countries). They are coöperating with car dealers / manufacturers with car / iOS integration and they'll hope their future money comes from there (difference car and iOS price is still huge, so people would easier buy an expensive iOS device) They'll release a new tv and new watch with again, higher margins then the rest. Some of their current customer base will still buy them. Overall market share will drop, margins will keep steady. In 3-4 years, apple sees that they have to release a low-budget device because their market share is insignificant and Android has a market dominance (on phones and tablets) Their bet on full integration on the car will be wrong, because Google was 10 steps ahead in that direction (AOPK and automatic driving cars anyone ..) PS. Bought an Android device, using Tasker and Autovoice with NFC... Beat that :)
- coldtea 13y agoNothing much. No new base model for a year, and a rumoured Retina mini around the corner made people wait out. Now, here's a better question: what the Heck Happened to good journalism?