The price is simply wrong (for me). I haven't bought an iPad because I think they're overpriced. If either of these devices were £250 ($400) I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I did it when Amazon dropped the price of the Kindle.
And yet, because the iPad is priced quite aggressively, you are not going to find yourself buying one for quite a while, and competitors like Samsung are between a rock and a hard place.
It's kind of remarkable how Apple's used its old reputation as overpriced as a competitive weapon here. If you're expecting a wifi-only tablet to cost significantly less than an iPad, then the subsidized version of the same gizmo on a contract can't cost any more than a Happy Meal. Nobody can make money selling that device.
It's kind of remarkable how Apple's used its old reputation as overpriced as a competitive weapon here. If you're expecting a wifi-only tablet to cost significantly less than an iPad, then the subsidized version of the same gizmo on a contract can't cost any more than a Happy Meal. Nobody can make money selling that device.