2018 iPad teardown finds few major changes beyond A10 Fusion processor, Apple Pencil suppo...

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• Reply 1 of 8

  rob53 Posts: 3,251member

  April 3, 2018 4:02PM

  Does anyone even attempt to repair Google chromebooks or do they simply replace them?
• Reply 2 of 8

  GeorgeBMac Posts: 11,421member

  April 3, 2018 4:07PM

  My unscientific guess is:  The unlaminated screen and heavy adhesives work together to reduce repair costs:   I suspect the adhesives will reduce internal damage from drops while the unlaminated screen will be cheaper to replace.  And,both are perfect for grade school classrooms!
  
• Reply 3 of 8

  gmgravytrain Posts: 882member

  April 3, 2018 4:25PM

  Can't the schools put the iPad in some sort of rugged case? That should make the iPad be able to take more punishment without costing a lot of money. I had seen some tough cases for under $50. If a school could buy them in bulk it might even cost less. It's hard to compare a Chromebook to an iPad but if most schools want to use a keyboard, then I suppose Apple's iPad will be the big loser. For drudge work, I'd personally go for a device with a physical keyboard because that's what I've been used to for most of my life. I just can't figure how Chromebooks are so much cheaper than iPads. What kind of profit margins do Chromebooks have that companies can just keep making them year after year and take no financial losses?

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  fallenjt Posts: 4,054member

  April 3, 2018 4:33PM

  gmgravytrain said:

  Can't the schools put the iPad in some sort of rugged case? That should make the iPad be able to take more punishment without costing a lot of money. I had seen some tough cases for under $50. If a school could buy them in bulk it might even cost less. It's hard to compare a Chromebook to an iPad but if most schools want to use a keyboard, then I suppose Apple's iPad will be the big loser. For drudge work, I'd personally go for a device with a physical keyboard because that's what I've been used to for most of my life. I just can't figure how Chromebooks are so much cheaper than iPads. What kind of profit margins do Chromebooks have that companies can just keep making them year after year and take no financial losses?

  Tough cases may be found for under $20 on Amazon, like the one used by Amazon Fire table Kid edition. If a school puts hundreds of iPad in hands of young kids without protective cases, that school doesn't deserve this gadget.
  

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• Reply 5 of 8

  mjtomlin Posts: 2,673member

  April 3, 2018 6:20PM

  gmgravytrain said:

  Can't the schools put the iPad in some sort of rugged case? That should make the iPad be able to take more punishment without costing a lot of money. I had seen some tough cases for under $50. If a school could buy them in bulk it might even cost less. It's hard to compare a Chromebook to an iPad but if most schools want to use a keyboard, then I suppose Apple's iPad will be the big loser. For drudge work, I'd personally go for a device with a physical keyboard because that's what I've been used to for most of my life. I just can't figure how Chromebooks are so much cheaper than iPads. What kind of profit margins do Chromebooks have that companies can just keep making them year after year and take no financial losses?

  
  Chromebooks are basically the new netbooks... they are made of extremely cheap components and materials and sold at just above cost, if not under cost, more than likely subsidized by Google. It's the "free" Google services that make them attractive to schools. Those services have nothing to do with bettering students' education, but more to do with easing administration tasks and costs.
  
  A lot of people either forget or simply don't know that Apple offers leasing programs to schools that provides not only insurance, but also allows them to easily upgrade to new models when they become available, so schools are not paying $299 for each iPad unless they want to own them out-right. And as usual with Apple, their main goal to engage the end user with their platforms. This means offering services that are actually student focused.
  
  Unfortunately the public school system in the U.S. is no longer interested in educating kids as much as they are about cutting costs. This is about keeping the poor uneducated to ensure they remain destitute and can only get menial jobs that are of a subservient position to the rich and elite. And when they get out of line, they're thrown in jail. The U.S. has more inmates than any other country in the world - that's not as a percentage of total population, that's an actual count. China, a communist country that has 3x the population of the U.S. has less people in jail. The United States of America, "Less Educated, More Incarcerated" -- sorry for the rant. LOL

  
• Reply 6 of 8

  MplsP Posts: 3,931member

  April 3, 2018 6:50PM

  My kids’ school finally got smart and got better cases. That reduces but does not eliminate breakage. 
  
  This teardown makes sense - Apple basically to a solid design and transplanted a few chips to upedate it. Now they have a much improved tablet with minimal development costs and can sell it at a very competitive price point. 
• Reply 7 of 8

  foggyhill Posts: 4,767member

  April 3, 2018 9:41PM

  The breakage rate of Chromebooks is almost certainly 4-5 times higher but hey, they're cheaper to buy...
  

  
  

  
  
• Reply 8 of 8

  bestkeptsecret Posts: 4,265member

  April 4, 2018 7:25AM

  AppleInsider said:

  
  
  In comparing the new iPad to its competition in the education space, namely Google's Chromebooks, iFixit found that while the iPad's glass display is "more prone to drops," 

  "More prone to drops"? Does that mean that the iPad's glass display is sentient and is more prone to jump off the table and drop?

  "the iPad's glass display is more prone to cracking/ shattering when dropped". There, I Fix it their English!