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Originally Posted by theDreamer
Spikuh, you are looking at it from a tech side where you expect X features, but would you be willing to pay over 1,000 for an iPad with 16GB and wifi only with a retina display/front camera/etc. last year?
Apple has found the balance between bringing new features to market, not always first, and price. Now, Apple is by no means cheap but they are not top end on the price scale either. Many Android tablets, and soon Windows 8, are much pricier.
I will say, I have the original iPad, and really have liked the upgrades over the years the iPad has gotten and almost bought the 2 when it came out but I knew the better screen was coming someday and waited.
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Part of me doubts a 16gb wifi would run that high with those extras included, but then again I do not have access to the cost of materials, etc for the new one so I may very well be wrong. Reports on the iPad 16gb wifi had costs to Apple around the $270 mark and they sold it for $499. So they enjoy a very sizable markup on their products. That said, the other tablet producers may enjoy the same markup, I do not know.
To answer your question though, at $1,000, I would not buy even a fully loaded iPad much less the low end one.
Understand that I am in no way dogging Apple's products. I love my iPhone 4 and iPad 2. They are amazing devies and I would not trade them for better varients from another maker. However, their chosen upgrade path and rollout of features on newer models has always annoyed me since the iPhone 3g. To me, it shows their emphasis is on making as much profit as possible which makes business me happy but angers the techy in me.