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Apple announced the iPad Pro today. The latest version of the iPad has a 12.9" display and will set you back about eight hundred bucks.
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They basically just copied everything that Samsung has been doing for years (split-screen, stylus). If I'm going to spend $800 on a tablet, it will be a Surface Pro 3 because at least you can use it for actual productivity tasks.
Digital pen enabled devices have been around for much longer than the Surface or Samsung SPen (Wacom) devices. But the spirit and current market motivation for this is the growth in larger Windows tablets and hybrids, almost all of which have some kind of pen technology.
Forget desktop performance; people who would want an Apple tablet probably aren't going to be looking for the best CPU. The fundamental problem with this competing against Surface Pro is the OS. I expect Apple to find out that their mobile tablet users aren't going to want a bigger device that doesn't run their desktop apps.Yes but Samsung was the one that started really pushing it with the current generation of tablets and phones.
Regardless, I don't see the iPad Pro competing with the Surface Pro. The notion that the A9X chip is going to compete with Skylake is ridiculous on its face. Desktop level performance? Maybe if you are comparing it against a 5 year old eMachine or a Mac but I don't see the A9X competing with even a Geforce GTX 960. And then there is the fact that it doesn't run the full version of Office.
Digital pen enabled devices have been around for much longer than the Surface or Samsung SPen (Wacom) devices. But the spirit and current market motivation for this is the growth in larger Windows tablets and hybrids, almost all of which have some kind of pen technology.
Look at the size of those, who are they for, giants? They need to be at least 3 times smaller.
They basically just copied everything that Samsung has been doing for years (split-screen, stylus). If I'm going to spend $800 on a tablet, it will be a Surface Pro 3 because at least you can use it for actual productivity tasks.
Yes but Samsung was the one that started really pushing it with the current generation of tablets and phones.
Regardless, I don't see the iPad Pro competing with the Surface Pro. The notion that the A9X chip is going to compete with Skylake is ridiculous on its face. Desktop level performance? Maybe if you are comparing it against a 5 year old eMachine or a Mac but I don't see the A9X competing with even a Geforce GTX 960. And then there is the fact that it doesn't run the full version of Office.
So...
32GB model = $799
128GB model = $949
128GB LTE model = $1049
Stylus add-on = $99
Keyboard case = $169
That is some serious profit margin they have going on there.
And some seriously stupid (with their money) fans that buy the crap.
They basically just copied everything that Samsung has been doing for years (split-screen, stylus). If I'm going to spend $800 on a tablet, it will be a Surface Pro 3 because at least you can use it for actual productivity tasks.
This is to general a statement. Im assuming Apple is looking for broad enterprise adoption with this (they pounded medical hard in their demo, and I know ipads are in airplanes) and an extra 100 dollars isnt much in those contracts.
I guess I am the odd man out ... as my eyes have gotten older I want bigger ... I won't get a phone smaller than 5" ... with that big a phone a 13" tablet is perfect ... I need to upgrade my 27" 1440P monitor to 4K next year (hopefully something in the 30s) ... and my projector I use for TV is 100" ... sometimes smaller is neither more convenient or better
So...
32GB model = $799
128GB model = $949
128GB LTE model = $1049
Stylus add-on = $99
Keyboard case = $169
That is some serious profit margin they have going on there.
This is to general a statement. Im assuming Apple is looking for broad enterprise adoption with this (they pounded medical hard in their demo) and an extra 100 dollars isnt much in those contracts.
Might be cheaper to buy some reading glasses
Look at the size of those, who are they for, giants? They need to be at least 3 times smaller.
It is the price of being an enthusiast ... you are not a computer enthusiast if your monitor is smaller than 24" (unless you have three or more then you get your status back) ... you are not a home theater buff if your viewing screen is smaller than 60" (same as you cannot be a home theater enthusiast with fewer than 5 speakers) ... c'est la vie ... being an enthusiast comes with its price (but also the rewards)
Sorry, next time I'll be sure to pass it by you first.
I was talking about your average consumer, not an industry. Though, it begs the question as to why you would spend so much on something that can be accomplished on a $200 android tablet....
So...
32GB model = $799
128GB model = $949
128GB LTE model = $1049
Stylus add-on = $99
Keyboard case = $169
That is some serious profit margin they have going on there.