On Tuesday, Apple opened its popular Christmas shopping season lineup mystery, stock prices continued to fall. Stock analysts are predicting Apple's current quarter results similar to Google, not perform as expected, mainly due to lower-than-expected iPhone sales, iPhone 5 production delays. Apple will release quarterly earnings after the stock market closed Wednesday.
But analysts are to consider iPad Mini Apple wealth tremendous impact, especially iPad Mini pricing. The mini tablet market has become the focus of competition, a large number of competitors to enter the field, Apple can not become an outsider.
iPad
Mini priced at $ 329, compared with $ 30 iPod Touch, iPod Touch to
configure the same A5 chip, its storage capacity iPad Mini twice. Configured
7.9-inch display iPad Mini price compared to the Google Nexus 7 high $
130, Google Nexus 7 storage capacity is only half of the iPad Mini, but
with similar screen size, faster processor.
Apple
should have launched the $ 299 iPad Mini (storage capacity of 8GB
instead of 16GB), but even if the price is $ 299, still the same
configuration of Google Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0 16GB the Kindle
Fire HD $ 100 . The iPad Mini lighter, thinner, and the application of more, but for most users to pay more than $ 100 is not worth.
As
expected, Apple executives iPad Mini release day trumpeted its design
magic amazing functions, directed at the Google Nexus 7 plastic shell,
the display area is narrow.
(Jony Ive) Jonny Ive, Apple's chief designer praised magical iPad Mini design is an engineering masterpiece. He said that the iPad Mini is not a scaled-down version of iPad, but a condensed version of the original products crafted. According
to Yves perspective, the user should buy the iPad Mini, because the
product is concentrated essence of the large size of the iPad, and has
the advantage of beautiful curve design, ultra-thin, ultra-light and
durable nature.
Apple
one piece aluminum body and ultra-thin and ultra-light are worth
showing off, but the price is high, the processor speed is slow and low
display resolution and will have a negative impact on the buyers.
The
crux of the matter is that Apple will not reduce profits become a more
competitively priced product in the field of mini Tablet PC iPad Mini. Amazon
will be sold at cost price Kindle, profit through the store; Google
cheap sales Nexus 7 aims to open up a market for Android devices and its
advertising platform. Apple has let Wall Street form an inertial thinking - for high profits of the company by the hardware.
Apple
chief marketing officer Mayfair Schiller (Phil Schiller) to the media,
said: "iPad is undoubtedly the most successful areas of the Tablet PC,
most economical product price has dropped to $ 399, people are keen on
select iPad now launched more economical small size iPad, priced at just $ 329, I think that most customers will be excited about. "
Director
of market research firm IHS Tablet PC and monitor Rhoda Alexander
(Rhoda Alexander) iPad Mini is expected to be a big success. She
said: "7-inch tablet field in full swing, most vendors have been
providing competitively priced products. IHS expects Apple to the small
size iPad positioning success, appeal to new users and old users,
thereby stimulating iPad Mini sales rapid growth, other companies will face brutal competition. "
Those
authorized Apple brand, looking for a product the customer will iPad
Mini a soft spot between the 4-inch iPhone 5 and 9.7-inch iPad. Apple introduced the iPad Mini, which means large-size iPad and iPod Touch share or been eroded.
Google,
Samsung, Amazon and other Android tablet computer manufacturers in the
low-end market share will therefore drain, but these companies will be
in the high-end market attack; Google and Samsung is expected to launch a
10-inch Nexus tablet computer next week.
According
to market research firm IDC, said the next few years, the Tablet PC
shipments growing exponentially, to grow to 261 million units in 2016
from 117 million units this year, Apple's market share is about 60%,
followed by Google Android platform and Microsoft Windows 8. Tablet PC tide will be in the future, Apple is facing fierce competition.
There
is no doubt that Apple will certainly take positive measures, it is
possible to configure the next-generation A6 processor and retina
display iPad Mini, launched in 2013 prices and the current version.
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