QOTD: How Much Would You Pay for an iPad?

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I agree with people about the subsidize part. If Apple dropped $200 off the iPad for a 3 year contract I think it would be more appealing.

Considering the chip inside, the display and the software I would rather it was $100 cheaper for the base model.

I would have no problem spending $400 on that neat device. Being a developer I would really have no great use for it either, I just think it's neat.
 
Ya, this kind of question often brings out the 12 year olds, and the people who have the maturity of a 12 year olds.

I know this, because their is only one person at my U that battles against the iPad, and he is also the most immature person in the world, and pretty much everyone hates him.
 
Nothing, I don't have a use for it. I'm not a complete dork, a computer and laptop is plenty for me....it's summer, time to go fishing, maybe check our some girls at the beach.
 
i wouldnt ever pay for any apple crap, and if i happen to win one or someone gave me one for free, id have to see if it will blend in my blendtech unit. then upload a video of it to youtube.
 
Personally I think it's stupid. I wouldn't ever buy one. I've read that other tablets in the past haven't sold and the only reason this one is because its Apple...

Why would I take a laptop? because its better...even if it was the same specs the laptop screen is hidden when not used.

iPad costs like $300 to make and charging double+

and I just don't like it period they should stick to iPods\iPhones which are easily jailbroken and unlocked thats how they make profit by selling them...and does Apple care? NOPE they sell the device not plans
 
I would never buy one. No port to TV, no Flash, and incomplete OS. And I would want one for what? Would have been cool if it was able to be hooked up to a TV. Then when you go on vacation you could hook it up to a TV and watch all the videos you would have bought if Apple wasn't so damm arrogant. I even own a iPhone 3G and had the original iPhone. I’m even eligible for a subsidiezed upgrade, but I’m going to wait to see what the Windows 7 Mobile Phones offer. Love the phone I think it's really cool and like all the features. But I'm sick of no flash, and since I surf a lot some of the sites I go to just suck. Wake up Apple and give us what we want, not what you think we want. Or is it real hard for your programmers to think outside their little apple box?
 
If purchased without a plan, I'd think not a dollar more than $200US would be fair for the base WiFi model with 16GB. Make it +$25US and +$50US for the 32 and 64GB models, and +$50US for 3G support, so $200-300US total. Probably lower would be good, since as it stands, the iPad has no purpose except to squeeze money from slavering Mac fanbois... The rest of us that don't simply hate Apple right off, but have sense, will recognize that there's no reason to buy an iPad when an iPhone can do everything the iPad does, AND take pictures and make calls.

So SURE, it's bigger. But it's less-capable. It doesn't have any more RAM, nor a more potent CPU/GPU to make up for it. Just a bigger screen; not even any soft/firmware update to give it better features, like, y'know, MULTI-TASKING? (like, say, to run iTunes to play music while you browse the web?)

So in short, it is LESS than an iPhone; any extra "merits" lie ENTIRELY within screen size... And just how important is that anyway? So in short: the iPad should cost less than the iPhone. Never MIND the fact that for web-surfing and generic tasks, a netbook is better; some DO have full-width keyboards, that provide tactile feedback without consuming screen space to be open, and can MULTI-TASK. Similarly, for barebones "it's a tablet" functionality, wasn't Freescale Semiconductor demo'ing a tablet they were gonna MSRP at $100US?

This all kinda boxes in the iPad from all angles; TBH, it's why I say that it doesn't really have a market outside of fanboys. They COULD carve what market niche they could if they priced it lower; offer something, basically, halfway between Freescale's tablet, and an iPhone. But it'd need an in-between price to go with it, NOT one that's way higher than an iPhone's.
 
$199 for the base model. I am amazed apple can get away with charging 100 dollars and more for additional memory. As with the iphone, 16gb version vs 8gb version should be a 20 dollar difference at most.

The actual difference in price for apple is absolutely minimal for a memory upgrade or 3g radio, it's where they make the greatest margin.

In addition, I refuse to pay for 3g on my iPhone AND on this, you should be able to link the iPad to ur iPhone's account.
 
umm yea even my PS3 has flash not like flash is going away any time soon i need it most websites use it so I would pay $0.00 for something with no real functionality i could ebay 4 ipod touches tape em together for grins and be happier Ipad is garbage (Now if google would make a similar device with android id consider)
 
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