[williadc]

Apple does make the product described in this article, aside from the fantasy price. It's called the iPad.

[wvenable]

Yeah I soon as I saw the price, this article fell apart completely.

The Neo has a great screen and an older iPhone processor. You can take the keyboard off a Neo add a touch screen but you still have to make a device that fits the battery and has all the same technology. You're back to at least a $600 tablet.

[hbn]

The starting price of the iPad is $349

[dawnerd]

I’m confused as well. Did the author not consider the existing product line? iPads are not that expensive for the base model especially during the holidays.

[conception]

I think the idea not explicitly said is it’d be MacOS not iOS.

[sroussey]

They should rename it the iPad Neo so we don't refer to as "the just iPad" or plain ipad.

[weikju]

And maybe the second generation could be the New iPad Neo ...

thankfully they quickly gave up on "new" after the 2nd iPad....