If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
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If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
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Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#2For that to happen, I think there has to be room at the bottom for a product that will not cut much into the sales of higher priced iPads.
For laptops, it seems they had/found that room, but I doubt that room is there for iPads. The low-priced product will have to suffice for browsing, reading, and watching YouTube, and I think that covers the use cases for a large fraction of customers.
Of course, they could go for lower prices, hoping for that to increase iCloud subscription revenues, but long-term, there is a risk of (EU) regulations requiring better competition for that.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#3Apple does make the product described in this article, aside from the fantasy price. It's called the iPad.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#4Apple does make the product described in this article, aside from the fantasy price. It's called the iPad.
I’m confused as well. Did the author not consider the existing product line? iPads are not that expensive for the base model especially during the holidays.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#5For all of the Apple hate recently (with glass + MacOS bugs) - it's still great to be able to invest in high quality hardware. I made the switch to Mac, oh about 12 yrs ago, and sometimes forget how spoilt we are with really tight hardware + software integration.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#6I think the industry has already agreed to give this product category to Apple. Everyone needs a phone, but only specific types of users need a tablet. Apple's tablet is Good Enough for everyone, and they last forever. The o.g. iPad Air we bought in Nov 2020 is still chugging along and we use it... basically only to watch movies on airplane rides etc. And I am primarily a linux/android user, but this is the one Apple device I "use".
If/when it finally dies (we're on year 6) we'll just buy another one, I guess. The biggest risk for our single household tablet is Apple drops support for it. We have no plans to upgrade it ever, so long as netflix and youtube keep working on it.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#7I think the industry has already agreed to give this product category to Apple. Everyone needs a phone, but only specific types of users need a tablet. Apple's tablet is Good Enough for everyone, and they last forever. The o.g. iPad Air we bought in Nov 2020 is still chugging along and we use it... basically only to watch movies on airplane rides etc. And I am primarily a linux/android user, but this is the one Apple…
> The o.g. iPad Air we bought in Nov 2020
o.g. ?
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#8Apple does make the product described in this article, aside from the fantasy price. It's called the iPad.
I think the idea not explicitly said is it’d be MacOS not iOS.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#9I think the industry has already agreed to give this product category to Apple. Everyone needs a phone, but only specific types of users need a tablet. Apple's tablet is Good Enough for everyone, and they last forever. The o.g. iPad Air we bought in Nov 2020 is still chugging along and we use it... basically only to watch movies on airplane rides etc. And I am primarily a linux/android user, but this is the one Apple…
> The o.g. iPad Air we bought in Nov 2020 o.g. ?
It's kid slang for "original", apparently.
Re: If Apple makes an iPad Neo, it's all over
#10Apple does make the product described in this article, aside from the fantasy price. It's called the iPad.
Yeah I soon as I saw the price, this article fell apart completely.
The Neo has a great screen and an older iPhone processor. You can take the keyboard off a Neo add a touch screen but you still have to make a device that fits the battery and has all the same technology. You're back to at least a $600 tablet.