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Apple: iPad prices could lower

Tom Warren
08 February 2010 - 18:31
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple could lower the price of the iPad if the new tablet device fails to sell well.

Credit Suisse analyst, Bill Shope, met with Apple executives recently and confirmed "management noted that it will remain nimble" regarding pricing based on consumer demand. Although the price points of the iPad were lower than many analysts expected it's still possible that the device will not gain much traction initially.

Apple originally introduced the iPhone at $599 and dropped the price to $399 a few months later. Initially there was a backlash from early adopters but Apple sent a $200 Apple credit to those who purchased the device before the price drop.

Reactions to Apple's latest gadget have been mixed. Based on reactions from Neowin commenter's, the expectation of the hyped gadget was not met by Apple. According to a poll of 1,000 Neowin members, 88% said they would not be purchasing the iPad when it goes on sale in March.

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Comments (44)

  1. Andrew Lyle - 08 February 2010 - 18:34

    so.. no one buy it and they will drop the price.

  2. manosdoc - 08 February 2010 - 18:38

    Andrew Lyle said,
    so.. no one buy it and they will drop the price.

    exactly.

  3. still1 - 08 February 2010 - 19:03

    Andrew Lyle said,
    so.. no one buy it and they will drop the price.

    again who cares... many are not going to buy again...
    "Apple originally introduced the iPhone at $599 and dropped the price to $399"
    don't you think $200 as an extra profit is a little too much

  4. jordan. - 09 February 2010 - 04:29

    still1 said,

    again who cares... many are not going to buy again...
    "Apple originally introduced the iPhone at $599 and dropped the price to $399"
    don't you think $200 as an extra profit is a little too much

    Who says that's all profit? For $399 it might have been selling at a loss like they do with game consoles just to gain market share.

  5. Dead'Soul - 09 February 2010 - 13:17

    Andrew Lyle said,
    so.. no one buy it and they will drop the price.

    There are lots of isheep to buy it when released. Just after 3 month, a price drop will happen.

  6. cabron - 08 February 2010 - 18:35

    If they really lowest the price, it will probably sell well. Not one in their right state of mind will buy this device for the price that they want with 16GB HD. Even the lowest form of netbook have minimum 160GB HD.

    Edit (cabron, 08 February 2010 - 18:37):

  7. Biglo - 08 February 2010 - 18:44

    cabron said,
    If they really lowest the price, it will probably sell well. Not one in their right state of mind will buy this device for the price that they want with 16GB HD. Even the lowest form of netbook have minimum 160GB HD.

    Yeah but you have to remember those netbooks have that are 160gb and have a lower cost than the iPad are not SSD so that is why they are cheaper. SSD are still a bit expensive which explains the price difference. If apple used a regular hard drive to the iPoad it wud be cheaper but it would be more thinker and have a higher chance of not working because the other hard drives have moving parts.

  8. cabron - 08 February 2010 - 18:50

    Biglo said,

    Yeah but you have to remember those netbooks have that are 160gb and have a lower cost than the iPad are not SSD so that is why they are cheaper. SSD are still a bit expensive which explains the price difference. If apple used a regular hard drive to the iPoad it wud be cheaper but it would be more thinker and have a higher chance of not working because the other hard drives have moving parts.


    I agree with you, but you need to understand that is 16GB HD, if they at least put as minimum 32 or 64GB it will be more attractive. But 16gb for $500 dollars, you have to be mentally ill if you buy it.

    Edit (cabron, 08 February 2010 - 18:51):

  9. hotdog963al - 08 February 2010 - 18:54

    cabron said,

    I agree with you, but you need to understand that is 16GB HD, if they at least put as minimum 32 or 64GB it will be more attractive. But 16gb for $500 dollars, you have to be mentally ill if you buy it.

    I've got 8GB in my iPod Touch and 4GB on my Netbook, don't need any more than that!!

    Edit (hotdog963al, 08 February 2010 - 18:54):

  10. cabron - 08 February 2010 - 19:16

    hotdog963al said,

    I've got 8GB in my iPod Touch and 4GB on my Netbook, don't need any more than that!!

    Did you bought your lovely ipod or netbook for $500 dollars? That's the point!

  11. Jose_49 - 08 February 2010 - 19:39

    cabron said,

    Did you bought your lovely ipod or netbook for $500 dollars? That's the point!

    Well said

  12. +Shadrack - 08 February 2010 - 20:24

    cabron said,
    If they really lowest the price, it will probably sell well. Not one in their right state of mind will buy this device for the price that they want with 16GB HD. Even the lowest form of netbook have minimum 160GB HD.

    Unless you want to use it to store and watch more than 2 movies at a time, and want your entire music collection on the device I don't think 16GB is an unreasonable amount of space. The device doesn't seem well suited to play music from. I don't think I would want to watch movies from it. The most I'd really like to do with it is use it as a glorified handheld web browser (and with the Flash limitation I don't really even want to do that). But I think that is what the iPad amounts to, a glorified handheld Web Browser and eBook reader. In which case 16GB is just fine IMHO.

  13. Biglo - 08 February 2010 - 21:23

    cabron said,

    I agree with you, but you need to understand that is 16GB HD, if they at least put as minimum 32 or 64GB it will be more attractive. But 16gb for $500 dollars, you have to be mentally ill if you buy it.

    I understand that, that is why I said if they lowered the price i would get it. 32gb would be great I had a 16gb hard for my iPod touch and it was no where near enough for me.

  14. +Euphoria - 08 February 2010 - 21:40

    Jose_49 said,

    Well said

    Right.. does your IPOD have a A4 CHIP and 10' IPS screen?

    You are trying to compare apples and oranges and then you are complaining.... get your facts straight.

  15. Subject Delta - 08 February 2010 - 21:48

    Biglo said,

    Yeah but you have to remember those netbooks have that are 160gb and have a lower cost than the iPad are not SSD so that is why they are cheaper. SSD are still a bit expensive which explains the price difference. If apple used a regular hard drive to the iPoad it wud be cheaper but it would be more thinker and have a higher chance of not working because the other hard drives have moving parts.

    Except the iPad uses standard flash memory, and not an SSD, and standard flash memory is generally cheaper than hard drives.

  16. Biglo - 09 February 2010 - 03:29

    Frank Fontaine said,

    Except the iPad uses standard flash memory, and not an SSD, and standard flash memory is generally cheaper than hard drives.

    Hmmmm I really didn't know that thanks for the input there.

  17. Mikeyx11 - 12 February 2010 - 10:46

    Frank Fontaine said,

    Except the iPad uses standard flash memory, and not an SSD, and standard flash memory is generally cheaper than hard drives.


    lol? Are you trying to be funny?

  18. +Glassed Silver - 08 February 2010 - 18:36

    wow, thanks for explaining economy 101...

    of cause they would, d'oh.
    this is not a matter of welfare.

    Glassed Silver:win

  19. Electric Jolt - 08 February 2010 - 18:40

    LMFAO... Apple has to lower the price, that's a first. Looks like those fools aren't smiling anymore that their monoply didn't work!

    I like the iPad, but for the price, no Apple, just no. :(

  20. +Kirkburn - 08 February 2010 - 22:21

    Electric Jolt said,
    LMFAO... Apple has to lower the price, that's a first. Looks like those fools aren't smiling anymore that their monoply didn't work!
    How does that square with:

    Apple originally introduced the iPhone at $599 and dropped the price to $399 a few months later.

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