saarek

tht said:

saarek said:

tht said:

Totally disagree with the takes in this article.

I hear people saying the lack of Ethernet is bad on the $130 Apple TV. When I hear that, I immediately think those people are crazy. Crazy for not understanding what the mass market is, crazy for not being introspective of their desires versus the mass market. The mass market does not have Ethernet. They aren't going to wire their house with it. If their house or home has it, they won't use it. It's WiFi all the time. This Apple TV is a Christmas gift fare for the mass market. Perhaps Apple needs to cut it to $100, but at $130, it's a great price for what you get relative to other TV dongles.

If you are buyer that wants Ethernet, you can get an Apple TV with it for $150. This used to be the price of the lower end Apple TV 4K. The new one is basically 50% to 100% more in everything: CPU, GPU, RAM and storage. And it is fanless to boot. That's a pretty good deal.

I would recommend the $450 iPad 10th gen over the $330 iPad 9th gen. There is 1 GB more RAM, a 10% larger display, faster CPU, GPU, and RAM. It's simply a better machine, and it's worth $120 more. There is perhaps 2 reasons for getting the 9th gen model: a buyer doesn't want to spend $450 and buyer wants the home button. The former will be solved with time, the latter is one of those things that can't be solved and people will have to live with it.

If people want better iPads, they spend more. Same as it always is. That ~11" iPad form factor now scales from $450 to $2100. The more the buyer is willing to pay, the more and better they get. From 10th gen to Air to Pro, the quality improves. The case gets thinner. The displays get better, the performance gets better, the stylus performance gets better. If you are just a news browser, iPad 10th gen is the way to go. You like to play games, step up to the Air. If the iPad is the primary computing device you plan on using for years, get the Pro or perhaps the 12.9".

Yes, but you’re forgetting that iPad gets updated every year. It’s just that usually Apple doesn’t add an extra 35%+ for the update.

You mention the upgrades that this new iPad offers, and you’re right, it is better.

But guess what, the iPad 9 was better than the iPad 8. It doubled the base storage, the display supported True Tone, CPU went to A13, front camera was improved, etc. But the one upgrade the iPad 9 didn’t have was a bend over and take it price gouge!

If they kept the same form factor as the iPad 9, with Touch ID home button and larger top and bottom bezels, and all they did was change the SoC and storage, I'd be more sympathetic, but they didn't.

They changed the form factor. It's basically a de-featured iPad Air, which is itself a de-featured iPP11, but it is new to the low end iPad line. That really is an added value. Then, there were big improvements for users in terms of the screen size and the amount of RAM. Those two things are big quality of life improvements. RAM is probably the single largest thing that makes the lifecycle of a computer longer. Going from 3 to 4 GB means less apps killed, less browser tabs killed. The larger display is also a big improvement. I notice the difference between my iPP10.5 and my kid's iPP11. This is a bigger jump than that, and the footprint of the device didn't really change from the 9th gen to 10th.

That's worth $120. Prior to this, to jump to the newer squared off, flat sides iPad form factor, it was a $270 jump to the iPA. It's now a lot less. You only recommend the iPad 9 if the person doesn't really care about the device and will only use it for browsing and playing time waster games. If a person wants better, does more than that? The iPad 10.

tht said:

Totally disagree with the takes in this article.

I hear people saying the lack of Ethernet is bad on the $130 Apple TV. When I hear that, I immediately think those people are crazy. Crazy for not understanding what the mass market is, crazy for not being introspective of their desires versus the mass market. The mass market does not have Ethernet. They aren't going to wire their house with it. If their house or home has it, they won't use it. It's WiFi all the time. This Apple TV is a Christmas gift fare for the mass market. Perhaps Apple needs to cut it to $100, but at $130, it's a great price for what you get relative to other TV dongles.

If you are buyer that wants Ethernet, you can get an Apple TV with it for $150. This used to be the price of the lower end Apple TV 4K. The new one is basically 50% to 100% more in everything: CPU, GPU, RAM and storage. And it is fanless to boot. That's a pretty good deal.

I would recommend the $450 iPad 10th gen over the $330 iPad 9th gen. There is 1 GB more RAM, a 10% larger display, faster CPU, GPU, and RAM. It's simply a better machine, and it's worth $120 more. There is perhaps 2 reasons for getting the 9th gen model: a buyer doesn't want to spend $450 and buyer wants the home button. The former will be solved with time, the latter is one of those things that can't be solved and people will have to live with it.

If people want better iPads, they spend more. Same as it always is. That ~11" iPad form factor now scales from $450 to $2100. The more the buyer is willing to pay, the more and better they get. From 10th gen to Air to Pro, the quality improves. The case gets thinner. The displays get better, the performance gets better, the stylus performance gets better. If you are just a news browser, iPad 10th gen is the way to go. You like to play games, step up to the Air. If the iPad is the primary computing device you plan on using for years, get the Pro or perhaps the 12.9".

The_New_tonton said:

Whatever idiot thought a larger “non-pro” iPhone would sell better than a smaller “non-pro” iPhone (Mini) should be fired.

Bring back the Mini and drop the Plus.