Apple quietly launched two new iPad on the official website.
One is iPad (10th generation) , and the other is iPad Pro replaced with M2 chip.
The brand new iPad (10th generation) uses a new aluminum alloy body, right-angle border, the Home button is removed on the front and changed to a full-screen style.
does have a lot of changes compared to the previous generation, but there are also several big points.
, on the one hand, still uses a non-full-fit screen, without P3 wide color gamut, and without anti-reflective coating. The screen configurations that the three mainstream tablets should have, such as
, are not given to iPad (10th generation) and .
can be called a "three-no product".
On the other hand, it is still used with Lightning interface charging. The first generation of Apple Pencil, but the interface is replaced with Type-C.
Apple's explanation for this is:
Most of the users who purchase iPad (10th generation) are old-fashioned iPad users, and they have the first generation Apple Pencil in their hands, saving users money in disguise.
Apple is so considerate, he really, I cried to death. The statement of
fruit is not unreasonable, but this design of adaptation and charging is too stupid.
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And iPad (10th generation) has also increased, coming to starting from 3599 yuan (US version 449 US dollars) .
If you add a special new keyboard cover, the price will be 5,598 yuan (US version 698 US dollars) . The price of
is really good.
However, there have been reports recently that Apple originally planned to launch a cheap version of the entry-level iPad.
Originally planned, the cheap iPad would be made of plastic body, and when sold, it was bundled with plastic version of keyboard accessories, with a price of less than US$500 (approximately RMB 3,654) .
, which is indeed much cheaper than the existing iPad (10th generation) + keyboard.
Just let me see it. It is quite interesting to use plastic to make the iPad body.
On the one hand, the plastic body is not easy to bend in metal, and it is relatively durable (unless you use special plastic) .
iPad Pro 2021, the picture source is the Internet
bought it for children to use, but it is not so easy to break if it accidentally falls.
, and the plastic material is relatively light, so it is not so easy to have a sore hand when you hold it.
According to foreign media reports, Apple has this idea to take away the market share of K12 (preschool education to high school education) from Chromebook.
You should know that in American schools, Chromebook sales account for much higher than other notebooks/tablets.
Taking the data in 2017 as an example, Chrome OS's market share in K12 has reached nearly 60%.
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In the past two years, due to online teaching, the shipments of educational Chromebook products have increased significantly.
is obvious, Apple is very envious of this piece of fat meat.
In 2019, Phil Schiller , then president of Apple marketing, also made extreme remarks that "students using Chromebooks will not succeed."
In fact, the original entry-level iPad is more or less targeting the K12 market, but the high price makes it a bit disappointing.
At present, Apple has not brought out the plastic version of iPad, but it is not ruled out that it will be really done one day.
Some foreign netizens said that when they saw this message, the first thing they thought of was the iPhone 5c.
was released in 2013's iPhone 5c, and can be called the most special iPhone .
Compared with the common metal body iPhone, iPhone 5c uses polycarbonate material (PC plastic) .
polycarbonate has the freedom to dye, giving the iPhone 5c an eye-catching appearance.
However, compared with the iPhone 5s' next generation behind the A6 processor, Touch ID and other configurations, the iPhone 5c hardware looks unattractive. The most important point is that the iPhone 5c is priced at 4488 yuan, and the iPhone 5s is priced at 5288 yuan.
is 800 yuan cheaper, but the configuration is reduced by a huge margin.
Not surprisingly, the sales of iPhone 5c are very bleak.
new machine was released for 72 hours, and the average activation rate of 5c in various regions was only about 17%.
Compared with iPhone 5s, 5c is simply a complete loss.
Of course, Apple seems to have understood the importance of price wars in recent years.
like iPhone 11, iPhone 12, and iPhone 13, are all released on three-party channels.
iPhone 11
itself is not very expensive, and with various platform discounts, the price will look good enough. The low-priced gameplay of
has even made iPhones in recent years the top spots.
020 & 2019 Top ten smartphone sales
If the cheap version of iPad comes out, it will probably have a significant impact on Android tablets.
If Apple really follows the idea mentioned by the leak, it will build a cheap version of plastic iPad, and the other configurations are similar to the current iPad (10th generation) , would you pay?
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