Current Events > The most expensive iPad Pro is $2400 in Canada

(+) Yeah! (+)

I am speechless
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What's a computer?
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not too surprising, what are new console games going for up in the tundra these days?
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And the highest priced MBPs are upwards of 7k/8k

Nobody talks about those too often because nobody buys them
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I don't understand why they're pushing these and the Macbook Airs still either.
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Bio1590 posted...

I don't understand why they're pushing these and the Macbook Airs still either.

You would be surprised. The number of iPads sold by Apple are higher than the number of laptops sold by any other OEM in the same period in respect to the last few quarters IIRC, so they are moving quite a bit of product.

Add to that iPads sales completely over-shadow any competition still making tablets these days. They pretty much have that market cornered entirely.

tldr
people want them
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Right I'm not saying people don't want the iPad lol, I'm saying it's now at a point where the iPad Pro and Macbook Air are kind of competing against each other which I've seen a lot of sites ackowledge.
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Bio1590 posted...

Right I'm not saying people don't want the iPad lol, I'm saying it's now at a point where the iPad Pro and Macbook Air are kind of competing against each other which I've seen a lot of sites ackowledge.

It's hard to say, if I had to guess I would probably make the claim that they are actually not competing against themselves but instead attempting to compete with different demographics.

There's a large number of people that have grown up with smart phones and actually do almost everything on their iPhones, so having a tablet with a keyboard might make more sense to them.

It might help explain why they are keeping the prices of their laptops out of the sub 1K USD zone and giving their pro line of tablets that position (as an introductory price) as well- to reduce cannibalizing their own market.
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But at least healthcare is free!!!!!

Lmao
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happibivouac posted...

What's a computer?

>run ads with 00s babies using an iPad and not knowing what a computer as if it were a VHS tape or corded telephone
>then brag at your presser that the iPad is the most successful computer ever
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Bio1590 posted...

Right I'm not saying people don't want the iPad lol, I'm saying it's now at a point where the iPad Pro and Macbook Air are kind of competing against each other which I've seen a lot of sites ackowledge.

I actually can't decide between both myself

Way I see it, iPad Pro is more flexible overall
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AvantgardeAClue posted...

Bio1590 posted...

Right I'm not saying people don't want the iPad lol, I'm saying it's now at a point where the iPad Pro and Macbook Air are kind of competing against each other which I've seen a lot of sites ackowledge.

I actually can't decide between both myself

Way I see it, iPad Pro is more flexible overall

Why do you see it that way?

I don't like lifting my hand to interact while using a keyboard tbh. I've tried it before and I always want to go back to having a mouse for almost everything.
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I COULD use an iPad as a laptop replacement but Id probably hate myself.

For me the iPad is a stopgap device between my phone and something with an actual keyboard.
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SweetieBelle462 posted...

But at least healthcare is free!!!!!

Lmao

Imagine thinking cheaper iPads is better than having free healthcare....imagine being this guy lmao
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We've deployed a few of these at work now, and with the otterbox they're ridiculously massive. At that point might as well get a laptop.
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Kombucha posted...

AvantgardeAClue posted...

Bio1590 posted...

Right I'm not saying people don't want the iPad lol, I'm saying it's now at a point where the iPad Pro and Macbook Air are kind of competing against each other which I've seen a lot of sites ackowledge.

I actually can't decide between both myself

Way I see it, iPad Pro is more flexible overall

Why do you see it that way?

I don't like lifting my hand to interact while using a keyboard tbh. I've tried it before and I always want to go back to having a mouse for almost everything.

Looks like the 11" Pro with LTE, 512 GB drive and a keyboard folio is $100 cheaper than the Air of the same drive size. Air has a 13.3" screen though so at thay point it really is pick your poison.

But yes the new Pros still lack mouse support.
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voldothegr8 posted...

We've deployed a few of these at work now, and with the otterbox they're ridiculously massive. At that point might as well get a laptop.

The new ones for this year don't ship until November 7th.
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Make the iPhone XI compatible with the Pencil 2. That could work.
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Bio1590 posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

We've deployed a few of these at work now, and with the otterbox they're ridiculously massive. At that point might as well get a laptop.

The new ones for this year don't ship until November 7th.

Doesn't change the fact that the big sized ones are over the top.
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The only real advantage I see in owning an iPad over a traditional laptop or macbook is if you're a serious artist of some kind, but that's it.
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SweetieBelle462 posted...

But at least healthcare is free!!!!!

Lmao

What does a $2400 iPad have to do with health care?
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Kombucha posted...

The only real advantage I see in owning an iPad over a traditional laptop or macbook is if you're a serious artist of some kind, but that's it.

LTE models would be a big selling point too, I think Microsoft is starting to push their Surfaces that are LTE-capable.
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apocalyptic_4 posted...

SweetieBelle462 posted...

But at least healthcare is free!!!!!

Lmao

What does a $2400 iPad have to do with health care?

This is someone who thinks having a serious medical problem and needing admission/surgery costs a couple hundred bucks.
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Bio1590 posted...

Kombucha posted...

The only real advantage I see in owning an iPad over a traditional laptop or macbook is if you're a serious artist of some kind, but that's it.

LTE models would be a big selling point too, I think Microsoft is starting to push their Surfaces that are LTE-capable.

Yeah my current iPad has LTE and it's been useful on trips sometimes but I use it way less than I had originally anticipated. I suppose if it was my main machine it would get used way more.

It's also worth noting that in the US you can get unlimited LTE for $29.99 a month now on AT&T (no contract, etc) for iPads. That was a special that existed back in 2010 for 3 months- was revived somewhat recently.
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