More ipads sold per week than all mac models put together

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Ail said:

numonex said:

superchunk said:
If true, I really have no faith in humanity. I can't believe people would pay that much for so little. Sure the apps and user interface are nice, but for something that is supposed to partially replace a laptop, its so gimped and expensive.

Apple products sell on brand name alone. The IPad is an over priced piece of garbage. Just an upsized ITouch with a heavy price. But so many idiots will buy it just like the IPhone, IPod and ITouch. You can buy a much better lap top with functionailty and multi-tasking and runs Windows 7.

IPhone is over priced smart phone that has cost some people thousands of dollars in monthly phone plan bills.

IPod is not even a good MP3.  So many better and cheaper MP3s are on the market and they are even cheaper and better quality.

Apple  sells expensive cheaply manufactured products to millions of idiots.

I woudn't go that far, but I'm kinda surprised by the number of people purchasing an Ipad at its current price while there isn't yet really a killer app for the device. 

Sure there are a lot of Apps, but none really that compelling and at this point the Ipad remains more a gadget than anything else...

Makes me wonder if the same users won't start crying in a few months when the Ipad price drop, the same way early Iphone customers did when Apple first dropped the Iphone price......

 

There isn't going to be a price drop for the iPad like the one for the iPhone. Apple wasn't sure the iPhone was going to be a hit, and therefore they weren't sure if they'd have the economies of scale for a lower price. Since Apple always seeks a profit on hardware, they launched the iPhone at a high enough price that they were confident to earn a profit even with sluggish sales. Once Apple knew the iPhone was a hit, they slashed the price knowing that they could gain significant market share and still earn good margins.

The iPad is already priced for marketshare. Apple is confident out of the gate, and has explained to shareholders that it feels the lower margins on iPads are worth the first mover advantage on this new class of product and iPad margins will be more in-line with other Apple products down the road. I don't think the iPad will see a price cut for a couple years. At best, Apple might knock a $100 off the base SKU on the first anniversary while bumping the specs on premium iPad SKUs.