Apple Announces 128 GB iPad 4 Priced at $799, $929

[zakislam]

It took the firm seven months to produce 100 million units.

Apple Announces 128 GB iPad 4 Priced at $799, $929 : Read more

 

[neon neophyte]

no.

 

[swordrage]

(Not) trying to act like a fanboy here, but people are complaining about the $999 price of the surface pro..

 

[Guest]

another 64 GB of SSD cannot cost a full $100

 

[jakes69]

apple really running out of idea.

so what is new with ipad 4 beside bigger storage?

$800 for a regular tablet...Jesus...I rather get a Surface Pro in that case.

 

[soundping]

Wow, I mean wow!

 

[robochump]

Android fan boys posting in Apple related article again? Like clock work...lol.

 

[ddpruitt]

So everyone's moving to the cloud and Apple is abandoning it?

This another product designed for people who know or care zip about electronics. 128 GB is overkill, I have a hard enough time filling 32GB. Just store on the cloud or carry around a portable drive if you need the space. Oh wait forgot can't do that with an iPad.

 

[LEXX911]

iTurd and crApple are one overpriced scam POS for a tablet that run on a crappy iOS. Instead of adding a MicroSD slot they just scam the idiots into buying their over hype crap.

 

[robochump]

[citation][nom]jakes69[/nom]apple really running out of idea.so what is new with ipad 4 beside bigger storage?$800 for a regular tablet...Jesus...I rather get a Surface Pro in that case.[/citation]

Nothing. Just the typical Apple stability and quality but more storage. Just another option and why do some people think Apple has to reinvent the wheel every time they release a product upgrade? Just pulling from rear end to say anything negative at this point.

 

[robochump]

[citation][nom]LEXX911[/nom]iTurd and crApple are one overpriced scam POS for a tablet that run on a crappy iOS. Instead of adding a MicroSD slot they just scam the idiots into buying their over hype crap.[/citation]

Apple doesn't want MicroSD because it can introduce software that can corrupt the iOS environment. Apple wants to keep iOS as stable as possible by making sure everything installed is not malicious. Also how is Apple over-priced when most competitors cost the same or more? Feel free to explain, but I doubt you thought that far ahead. lol

 

[neon neophyte]

wrong. apple doesnt want microSD so you are forced to buy this overpriced garbage

 

[robochump]

[citation][nom]neon neophyte[/nom]wrong. apple doesnt want microSD so you are forced to buy this overpriced garbage[/citation]

Who is forcing consumers to buy exactly? I dont recall Apple herding people at gun point to buy anything...lol. Someone is mad....lol.

 

[neon neophyte]

people who want more storage are forced to buy this instead of just buying a cheap microSD card. we were talking about why there is no microSD... dumbass. "lol."

 

[Supercrit]

Apparently 128GB of flash memory costs more than $300 for Apple.

 

[Guest]

Apple doesn't want the ability to plug in more storage because then they wouldn't be able to come out with the new 128 gig version, or the new 64 gig version before that, or the new 196 gig version in a few months.. Or the new bigger battery version, or the new every few months at a massive price premium.

Things like more memory didn't use to warrant a new version, customers could just buy more memory and stick it in themselves. Not with apple, more memory means buying the new $800 version of the same thing you have, instead of a $20 memory chip...

It goes against apples very business model. Their business model is marketing, they know how to work their target audience. They know how to extract lots of dollars from a majority of tech illiterate people(not everyone is, but the majority of apple customers are). Their core business is marketing, not hardware/software, and they do it very well.

 

[toadster]

but how much space is available after you load everything? oh wait....

 

[Maxx_Power]

The price of a good computer!

 

[Pinhedd]

[citation][nom]jakes69[/nom]apple really running out of idea.so what is new with ipad 4 beside bigger storage?$800 for a regular tablet...Jesus...I rather get a Surface Pro in that case.[/citation]

The iPad 4 uses the A6X SoC, which is much beefier than the A5X found in the iPad 3. It has approximately twice as much CPU and GPU power, and twice the memory bandwidth

 

[hoofhearted]

Now if Apple did something like make it able to run all of their MAC OS apps, then they might have something to justify the price. Otherwise they are just gouging for storage in line with the Surface Pro release date. Weak!

 

[jn77]

Where are my samsung phones and tablets with 128gb of storage and a micro SD card slot? !!!!!!

 

[neon neophyte]

i dont think there are any phones with 128gb of internal storage yet.

on the plus side samsung has started making 128gb nand chips for that very purpose.

at least with most android phones you get a microSD slot and can have as much storage as you like.

 

[sliem]

Next: 256GB iPad for $1199 wifi and $1399 cellular.
128GB iPad mini for $629 wifi and $829 cellular.

 

[drapacioli]

[citation][nom]swordrage[/nom](Not) trying to act like a fanboy here, but people are complaining about the $999 price of the surface pro..[/citation]

True, but the iPad doesn't ship with the full Mac OS X OS or its capabilities, while the Surface Pro DOES ship with a full version of Windows 8 Pro and can truly run any program your desktop can, provided it has adequate processing and graphics power. I still think the price for both are outrageous, though

 

[ericburnby]

Meanwhile the Surface Pro 128GB version only has 83GB left over.