![]() ![]() ![]() I've always loved the idea of the iPad more than its execution, especially in the pre-smart connector days. My own history with the iPad is rather mixed. When I'd written that original piece, I had no idea that Apple would let the iPad price be cut so savagely. $349.98, even with New York's online sales tax, made the package a no-brainer. Best Buy discounted the 32GB, 10.2-inch iPad to $249.99, with the folio's price falling to $99.99. Either way, if you're patient enough to wait for deals, you can likely get an iPad with a fairly deep discount. Perhaps Apple knows the prices are a little too high but won't publicly dial them down, or maybe it made a deal with Amazon, Best Buy, and other stores. So I took it on trust that Apple would never deign to cut the price of the 10.2-inch iPad and its accessories.īut that doesn't seem to be the case these days, at least with third-party retailers. Even during sales holidays, it often adds on longer trials for Apple Music, or headphones, rather than slash sticker prices. Notable exceptions aside, Apple has always avoided discounting its products to juice sales (the $100 off the first iPhone being the one I could call to mind). It made no sense morally, or economically, to start gouging folks who may not be in the position to spend more. For a slate designed for school kids, I thought it was outrageous to charge that much to make a $329 tablet useful. After the launch of the seventh-generation iPad, I got mad at Apple charging $160 for the accompanying keyboard folio. ![]()
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