More iPad Cost Estimates Show Room for Price Cut

[Marcus Yam]

The mid-range iPad 3G to be the biggest money maker.

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[duckmanx88]

i would say that the cost of R&D always makes it expensive for early adopters but there just wasn't any R&D into the iPad. its just an giant expensive ipod touch

 

[Bert R]

"While Apple is expected to be getting more than double that back from the $499 price tag, the most profitable"

... yes? Go on?

 

[El_Capitan]

They should be moving the price up over $1000, I'm sure people that want it would actually pay that much.

 

[arlandi]

Apple to drop the price for its new and much hyped product? very unlikely. but i'd let them have the chance to proof me wrong...

 

[zoemayne]

I would get it for its e-reader feature if it truly can be read like an e-ink screen otherwise no.

 

[tipoo]

If the internal Apple memo is anything to go by, avoid buying it until they do cut the price, or go by the "wait for the second gen" rule. Or just get a cheaper netbook that does so much more, just sayin.

 

[Johny-O]

waiting for full 1080 and larger ssds before i would by one myself and ps not running apple sofware

 

[dman3k]

Surprise surprise... Apple making more money on a crappy product that only idiots will buy...

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I'm sure Apple had pricing changes all worked out in advance. Take what the market can bear. Adjust if necessary and still make a profit.

 

[wintermint]

Sure if people actually buy it [Course Apple fanatics will buy them; no offense]

 

[hakesterman]

Yes there was R&D with the Ipad, not as much as starting from ground zero but they did alot of
planning and developing with the Ipad. They had to come up with a new Chip " A1". They had to
research what size and style screen, they had to develope display formats and styles amongst other
things. They have spent alot of time R&D the Ipad don't kid yourself.

 

[darkknight22]

While Apple is expected to be getting more than double that back from the $499 price tag, the most profitable

wow. just plain sloppy.

 

[ominous prime]

If there was just so much R&D for the iPad to justify the cost, why not have a more capable system that can run OSX? And not the iPhone software?

Now I own an iPhone, and I will be the first to say I really enjoy it..as a phone, but it is a phone operating system, and I don't see how the same OS is viable for a tablet or any type of serious computing. Absolutely no multitasking capabilities.

 

[deadlockedworld]

Would you like to hire me as a proofreader?

 

[lejay]

[citation][nom]arlandi[/nom]Apple to drop the price for its new and much hyped product? very unlikely. but i'd let them have the chance to proof me wrong...[/citation]
And they did, with the iphone.

 

[pelomixa]

overpriced garbage, I'm so sick of reading about Steve Jobs and the stupid waste of my internet reading time, iPOS

 

[saran008]

[citation][nom]pelomixa[/nom]overpriced garbage, I'm so sick of reading about Steve Jobs and the stupid waste of my internet reading time, iPOS[/citation]
+1^

 

[sunzeal]

o they are really looting people, i am not going to waste my 200$ just for their profit of 1 ipad, cya apple.

 

[doc70]

[citation][nom]zoemayne[/nom]I would get it for its e-reader feature if it truly can be read like an e-ink screen otherwise no.[/citation]
No, it can't.

 

[Miharu]

Thank for stop talking about iPad.

It's just a sucker pad with low specs...
Job and media talk so much about that SUPER POOR PAD, my ears are about to fall down.

 

[jgiron]

no way Apple is going to lower the price.
Steve needs to continue his swing dance lessons to compete in next season's dancing with the stars.

 

[Guest]

What R&D is there to speak of?

The processor is just an ARM core, and they almost completely reused existing OS code... all that's left to do is choose a few components and mash them together on a board, and make a few tweaks to the OS to support the larger screen and such.

Anyone who justifies the $400+ dollars for this thing is out of their mind. Or a fanboy. Probably the latter.

 

[tommysch]

Plz, no more iFail news.

 

[jitpublisher]

While they may know the material "cost", it is apparent they don't have a clue about finding true LOH costs. I am not saying the Ipad pricing is good, bad, or perfect. You price something at whatever people will pay for it. But the costing these people are coming up with in no way represents the true cost of manufacturing.