Posted by Phil Moore on Jun 30, 2013 in Entertainment, News |
The days of Apple keeping the aging iPad 2 around as a bargain bin model are over, as its current attempts at blowing out iPad 4 and iPad mini inventory have also seen the iPad 2 go missing almost entirely. Amazon has a whopping seven units left and Best Buy has none, pointing to the imminent retirement of the iPad 2 when the new iPad 5 is introduced. But will Apple moved the iPad 4 to the $399 mark, or will it drop the iPad 5 down to that price price so that its entire iPad lineup consists of the current model? The inventory-shredding of the iPad 4 suggests the latter.
The end of the iPad 2 is a long time in coming. It’s the only Apple tablet to still use the old thirty pin dock connector port, and for that matter the only one to have a number in its name. It lacks a retina display screen. And it sticks out like a sore thumb within Apple’s iPad lineup. But Apple wanted something in the $399 spot, and wasn’t prepared to go there with the iPad 4 even as it positioned the iPad mini beneath it. Now Apple can’t seem to get rid of what’s left of the iPad 2 fast enough as it prepares to debut the iPad 5.
The iPad 5 is expected to be thinner and lighter, but the rumors haven’t offered anything on pricing. The full size iPad has held the same pricing range from $499 and up since it first debuted. Is that about to finally change?
Phil covers tech for Stabley Times.
The days of Apple keeping the aging iPad 2 around as a bargain bin model are over, as its current attempts at blowing out iPad 4 and iPad mini inventory have also seen the iPad 2 go missing almost entirely. Amazon has a whopping seven units left and Best Buy has none, pointing to the imminent retirement of the iPad 2 when the new iPad 5 is introduced. But will Apple moved the iPad 4 to the $399 mark, or will it drop the iPad 5 down to that price price so that its entire iPad lineup consists of the current model? The inventory-shredding of the iPad 4 suggests the latter.
The end of the iPad 2 is a long time in coming. It’s the only Apple tablet to still use the old thirty pin dock connector port, and for that matter the only one to have a number in its name. It lacks a retina display screen. And it sticks out like a sore thumb within Apple’s iPad lineup. But Apple wanted something in the $399 spot, and wasn’t prepared to go there with the iPad 4 even as it positioned the iPad mini beneath it. Now Apple can’t seem to get rid of what’s left of the iPad 2 fast enough as it prepares to debut the iPad 5.
The iPad 5 is expected to be thinner and lighter, but the rumors haven’t offered anything on pricing. The full size iPad has held the same pricing range from $499 and up since it first debuted. Is that about to finally change?
Phil covers tech for Stabley Times.