Wednesday, October 24, 2012

iPad Mini Expensive !

Mini iPad was finally introduced by Apple. But with prices starting at U.S. $ 329 for Wi-Fi models of the iPad Mini is considered overpriced.
iPad Mini to come in price ranges that may make people grumble and we were quite worried,” said JMP Securities analyst Alex gauna

It is noteworthy that there is zero margin products compete with them now and present a challenge for Apple,” he said as quoted by Reuters on Wednesday (24/10/2012).
Tablet is like is Amazon Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7. Both Android tablets were sold for about $ 200 for both Amazon and Google to sell it without a large margin.

Yes, the price is high enough, Apple may indeed enjoy a substantial profit margin. However, quite a lot of people are sensitive to price so might prefer a tablet competitor.
“The price may limit sales. Yet from the perspective of profit, I guess with the price of $ 329, Apple will still get enough margin,” said industry analyst Brian Colello.
But there is also a sure iPad Mini sells. People like to pay a premium price for quality hardware and content and application ecosystem,” said Michael Yoshikami, an analyst at Destination Wealth Management.

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