Apple makes $208 minimum on each iPad

[IVIYTH0S]

well i bolded it... figure it out

yah I mean you changed it but it would have been fine as it was lol

[sdy284]

my view on it was the ipad isn't just using an adapted iphone OS... it's just a big butt iphone, lol

[IVIYTH0S]

my view on it was the ipad isn't just using an adapted iphone OS... it's just a big butt iphone, lol

that can't make calls , it's like an ipod touch with internal 3G tethering. (because god forbid it to have usb out's to use another cellphone for tethering )

[ClayMeow]

my view on it was the ipad isn't just using an adapted iphone OS... it's just a big butt iphone, lol

While there are definitely R&D costs, it's not nearly as much as some people :cough:applefanboys:cough: want to believe because most of said R&D was already done years ago for the iPhone. How much R&D is there in creating a larger screen? Not much. They developed a couple of new apps and that's about it. Apple may have been innovators long ago, but not any more.

[tkrow21]

I wonder how much Intel makes on a Core i7 Extreme.

[_TheAlexO]

I wonder how much Intel makes on a Core i7 Extreme.

 

 

and how much they make off this

[minigeek]

I wonder how much Intel makes on a Core i7 Extreme.

and how much they make off this

 

O.o the production of the i7 extreme should be about the same as any other i7..... woah, thats one hellova profit (good thing we dont get ripped off with that kind of BS )

idk about the xeon, but those seem WAY overpriced

Edited February 2, 2010 by minigeek

[Zertz]

They have huge margins and people still buy, sounds like a good plan

[IVIYTH0S]

They have huge margins and people still buy, sounds like a good plan

hey as long as they still have chips like mine that are priced (relatively) low but clock high I'm not complainin. Let the rich basterds personally fund their progress

[Kamikaze_Badger]

As long as they're getting away with it, I say let them. I'm not a yuppie who needs a giant neutered iPhone to show off at business meetings, and I won't blow the money on it and bother giving them such a huge profit. Capitalism at its finest.

[fire_storm]

This shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone.

 

Most company's nowadays have figured out how to make something cheaply and then jack up the price very high to make a large profit.

[psycho_terror]

I reckon Apple might be breaking even or even making a slight loss at the start, just to gain the market share

after the frosty reception this thing got, i don't see it lasting long enough for that strategy to work out. if they gain any market share it will only be in a market they already own, ie the "trendy apple fanboy" market.

 

i almost think this is a test from steve jobs. up to now apple products have been pretty seriously overpriced, but still at least functionally equivalent to other devices on the market. if ipad sells then it's proof that people will buy overpriced apple products, even if they suck.