Hey haters, calm down…
January 27, 2010I’m here to talk with you about the iPad.
Yes, it’s called and iPad. It’s funny. So was iMac, and iPod when they first came out. We’ll get used to it.
But furthermore, let me break it down for you:
At $629, the iPad comes with 16GB of memory, and $30 unlimited data contract.
The iPHONE first came at $599, with 8GB of memory, and a $70-90 contract depending on how much data you wanted.
Let’s see those numbers again side by side:
629–16–30
599–8-70
And that’s not accounting for inflation because god knows thing’s weren’t this cheap three years ago.
Oh but mmfok, the iPhone is a phone
Let me remind you that in the States, there’s a thing called Google Voice, which with any data plan essentially means free calls and free texts. For THIRTY FUCKING DOLLARS, NO CONTRACT.
Yes, I know it’s not a magical device that prints money, or cures cancer, but most of you are merely giving a knee-jerk reaction to the massive amount of hype that preceded this release (which was no fault of Apple’s, as they didn’t release any information until today.) But look at those numbers above, and tell me again the iPad sucks. Maybe it’s not marketed directly at you, or fulfills all your needs, but there’s no denying it’s a good product.
And I’m not finished.
Yes, lack of flash support is glaring, but guess what? HTML 5 is coming, and that means within a few years flash will be marginalized anyways.
Unfortunately, despite my support for the iPad, I’ll have to wait for the fourth generation iPhone I suppose due to the fact that we don’t have Google Voice support. June/July can’t come soon enough. I’m also looking forward to the impending second generation/price drop always a treat. That’s when Apple products take off anyways. Second/third gen.
mmfok
I don’t support your apparent “by the numbers” comparison. My disappointment isn’t because of the price. Sure it’s a good price for a big screen iPhone. I didn’t want a big screen iPhone, I wanted something more like a computer. The iPad is too bulky to justify it’s existence. The usefulness per square inch is far lower than an iPhone or a laptop because an iPhone isn’t as useful but small where a laptop is large and more useful. This is large and less useful? Worst of both worlds? This is not a knee jerk reaction, this is me looking at a netbook that can’t multitask, has no keyboard, and looks like it’ll be awkward to use. How is one supposed to hold it?
P.S. – The iPhone was acknowledged as greatly over priced soon after it’s launch and was dropped soon after, so comparing to launch price is misleading.
P.P.S – Talking about the “few years” that it will take flash to become marginalized as if that’s nothing doesn’t make sense because at the rate that technology changes a “few years” means that we’re not going to be using the iPad when HTML 5 is legit.
P.P.P.S – Very tired. Sorry for my overly harsh comment.