Is Apple losing its touch? Read my analysis of Apple's flaws in the past year.
Press Release:
CUPERTINO, California―March
19, 2012―Apple®
today announced it has sold three million of its incredible new iPad®, since
its launch on Friday, March 16. The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display,
Apple's new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with
advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video, and still
delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin
and light. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G supports ultrafast 4G LTE networks in the US and
Canada, and fast networks around the world including those based on HSPA+ and
DC-HSDPA.**
"The
new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold―the strongest iPad launch
yet," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide
Marketing. "Customers are loving the incredible new features of iPad,
including the stunning Retina display, and we can't wait to get it into the
hands of even more customers around the world this Friday."
The
new iPad is already available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany,
Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and the US Virgin
Islands and will be available in 24 more countries starting at 8:00 a.m. local
time on Friday, March 23 through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com),
Apple's retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers, including Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and
Sweden.
The
new iPad Wi-Fi models are available in black or white for a suggested retail
price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US)
for the 64GB model. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G for either AT&T or Verizon is available
for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the
32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad is sold in the US through the
Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and select Apple
Authorized Resellers. Additionally, the incredible iPad 2 is now offered at a
more affordable price of $399 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and just $529 (US)
for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model.
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There are many complaints stating that Apple hasn't issued any major design
refreshes in the past year. Two examples of this happening are the new iPad and
the iPhone 4S. It leads people to speculate that Apple has lost its design
touch, even though Apple's stock has gone up by 2 percent to 604.50 per share.
I would link this drought of renovation to Steve Job's death, who was a vital
element to the trademark design practiced by Apple in most of its product.
What
to do you think, comment below!
-Magikaltech
1 comments:
The iPad is all hype. I for one am not going to get one.
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