UK iPad prices announced

overpriced like everything apple,you pay for the design and the name,imo
 
They sure aint cheap, but the Apple die-hards will still be queuing down the street to buy them.
 
The best use I have seen for the ipad was demonstrated on the Johnathan Ross show on Friday night.
Jake Gyllenhaal used one as a chopping block when preparing some food to cook and then added added it to the pan :D
 
Woblee said:
They sure aint cheap, but the Apple die-hards will still be queuing down the street to buy them.
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They will form an orderly queue behind EdinburghGary :)
 
I'll be one of the lucky retailers allowed to sell the iPad on launch night, here's what my package includes:

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Woblee said:
They sure aint cheap, but the Apple die-hards will still be queuing down the street to buy them.
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UK prices are pretty much the same as the US though, once you take into account VAT (which is included in the UK price, Sales Tax is excluded from the US one), the exchange rate etc, and they've been flying out the door over there.
 
hashcake said:
The best use I have seen for the ipad was demonstrated on the Johnathan Ross show on Friday night.
Jake Gyllenhaal used one as a chopping block when preparing some food to cook and then added added it to the pan :D
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A mate in the US got one recently and claims the best use he's found so far is watching porn in the bath. :D
 
I still want one for those many overnight trips on a plane where it is easier than a MacBook
 
Having played with an iPad, I'm hooked and want one.

I know we've (sort of) had a change of government but to my knowledge, there have been no new laws passed making the purchase of Apple kit mandatory so, all the Apple detractors on this site needn't stress, they can just leave this lovely piece of technology to the rest of us to appreciate it.
 
It's cheaper than I thought it would be, though still massively overpriced for what it is. I though the prices would be £=$ as is usual for many electronic goods. :nono:
 
redhed17 said:
I though the prices would be £=$ as is usual for many electronic goods. :nono:
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Apple and Adobe both have never been known for their fairness in pricing products for the UK market.
 
Not for me thank you. I cant see myself having a use for it, and at that price, i dont think i want a use for it.
 
Well, it's a tad more steep than I'd expected, but I can live with £599 for the 32Gig version + 3G.

Btw, T-Mobile are merging with Orange, and (after having renewed my contract with them today, they have stated they will do iPad packages) - T-Mobile do iPhones too (have done since Oct '09) - just ordered mine today.
 
Steep said:
Apple and Adobe both have never been known for their fairness in pricing products for the UK market.
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It is not just those companies, but many multinational companies sadly.

We're seen as a soft touch. Not only the UK, but Europe as well. Sony, Microsoft and games manufacturers tend not to set prices directly based on exchange rates. :bang:
 
SlimShaney said:
Kaouthia - what prices are iphones going for on T-mobile?
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Same as o2. Free with a £45/mo contract (1200 mins, unlimited texts, unlimited internet - but T-Mobile also offer one of their free "Boosters" on top, so I got unlimited free landline calls as well). It was £89 if I went with a £35/mo contract.

You can only get them from T-Mobile if you call them on the phone, you can't get them through their stores.
 
:cuckoo:If you buy one!!!!
 
JasonRS said:
UK prices are pretty much the same as the US though, once you take into account VAT (which is included in the UK price, Sales Tax is excluded from the US one), the exchange rate etc, and they've been flying out the door over there.
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Question is once all the Apple die hards have bought them, how many will sell to the general public? That seems to be the question on a lot of tech sites at the moment.
 
i think ill pass with them sort of prices
 
Amp34 said:
Question is once all the Apple die hards have bought them, how many will sell to the general public? That seems to be the question on a lot of tech sites at the moment.
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Well, the last Apple device I owned was an Apple ][e (which quit being sold around 1982), so I'm far from being a fanboy.

I did, as mentioned above, finally order an iPhone today, and I will be getting an iPad.
 
Amp34 said:
Question is once all the Apple die hards have bought them, how many will sell to the general public? That seems to be the question on a lot of tech sites at the moment.
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Who know's, but there's a lot of people with iPhones / iPod Touch that don't own a Mac.

Around 80 million iPhone OS devices have been sold and they're certainly not all diehard Mac fans.
 
I guess if you can picture yourself using it for something, you would be interested. I personally can't and that is not because of the price or the fact it is made by Apple (which I consider a good thing).

Yes it would be fun to play with, but with a substantial price tag, it would be quite a luxury.

The best use I have heard so far (maybe on here?) was to show clients shots, but as I'm not a pro photographer, even this use it not for me.

I don't imagine it will be long until they are available second hand as those that bought for the novelty value realise that there are other more useful toys.

Maybe I'll have dreamed up a reason to want one by then :)

Graham
 
The guy I know who bought one whilst in the States, works on Macs for a living and he says the iPad is more useful than his iBook now.
 
Amp34 said:
Question is once all the Apple die hards have bought them, how many will sell to the general public? That seems to be the question on a lot of tech sites at the moment.
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Where Macs are concerned I count myself as general public.

I have a Mac Pro - running windows 7 - no OSX for me.

I have an iphone 3gs, but I use an HTC hd2 as preference.

I will be getting an ipad, having played with one whilst I was in florida. So many uses....
 
Kaouthia said:
Well, the last Apple device I owned was an Apple ][e (which quit being sold around 1982), so I'm far from being a fanboy.

I did, as mentioned above, finally order an iPhone today, and I will be getting an iPad.
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Well you're slightly different, your plan for them is pretty sound for a start.:)

Either way, there will still be some who don't own macs buying them, question is, how many?

JasonRS said:
Who know's, but there's a lot of people with iPhones / iPod Touch that don't own a Mac.

Around 80 million iPhone OS devices have been sold and they're certainly not all diehard Mac fans.
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The question is will iPads grab the same sort of market? I think that's what the websites are asking. :)

What we need to remember is that unlike iPhones and iPods that are mainstream areas (phones and mp3 players) and mainstream prices the iPad is an expensive new(ish) product. Businesses have been using slates for years but they never caught on, partly due to price ad partly due to not being a market for them. So in that sense the iPad is an expensive luxuary. Will consumers spend £500 on one when they already have a laptop (and most will need a laptop, most spending less than £500 on them). Personally i'm not even sure the Android slates will sell a huge amount either, and they cheaper than the iPads by quite a margin.
 
Amp34 said:
Either way, there will still be some who don't own macs buying them, question is, how many?
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I would actually be pretty surprised if they were as big a hit here as they were in the US (relative to the size of the population, of course).

The percentage of the population in the UK that has the disposable income to justify buying something this for personal use (as opposed to purchasing as a tool in a professional capacity) is much much lower than it is in the US. Even in the middle of a recession, plenty of Americans have money to spend on "toys".

But, it also depends on how many cheaper "toys" the iPad could replace for your average Joe. Portable DVD players (with similarly sized and quality screens - about 200 quid), decent eBook readers (another 200 quid), and such. If you don't have to buy one of those due to the fact you have an iPad, it can make the price look a little more appealing - especially when you consider you get wifi and (optionally) 3G with it.
 
How many people are seriously considering buying an ebook reader (and then going for a iPad anyway as it has major flaws in the ebook department) and more specifically a portable DVD player. They have been out for years and how many people do you know with one? I can count the number on one finger. :p

So yeah I can't see it selling may outside of the US either (and as I said before that goes for the competitors as well).
 
I think multitouch tablets in general have access to potentially HUGE market given enough time. Given that a huge proportion of the population only comes online to post on forums, browse news, access facebook etc, using a touchscreen device has to be much, much easier than sitting at a desk using a computer.

Unfortunately, at Apples pricepoint I can't see a huge uptake from non-techies. The iphone is massively popular because although it is an expensive device, 95% of those buying them spread the cost over 18 months including their data/text/call contracts so it doesn't FEEL particularly expensive.

To shell out more than the cost of a low/mid-range laptop on a device which does less than a laptop will (I think) be more than many will want to bear.

I would love an ipad, but when they were announced I set myself a limit of £350 for the most basic version and I won't be crossing that line. Optimistic price perhaps, but beyond that the cost starts to get a bit silly.

I'll wait til they start appearing used on ebay and then re-think things :)
 
Amp34 said:
more specifically a portable DVD player.
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Funnily enough, my sister just called me half an hour ago to ask if I had one she could borrow, lol. She used to have one for her eldest son that ended up getting replaced with a DVD player and proper telly in his room when it died a couple of years ago.

I've received 2 or 3 of them as Christmas presents from various relatives over the years, but don't have any of them any more. It's easier to just copy the movies to the hard drive in my laptop and watch 'em on that while on the train or whatever. :)
 
apkent said:
Unfortunately, at Apples pricepoint I can't see a huge uptake from non-techies. The iphone is massively popular because although it is an expensive device, 95% of those buying them spread the cost over 18 months including their data/text/call contracts so it doesn't FEEL particularly expensive.
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I think that's the key problem with it. o2 have told me outright that (at least initially) the only place from which you'll be able to buy an iPad is from Apple direct. But, as one of the micro-sim 3G contract people, they expect that they'll be able to supply them after the initial rush (which may then mean that we'll start to see the price spread over 18 or 24 months like a regular mobile phone).
 
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