iPad Release Date & Pricing for UK Confirmed!

[ovek]

Well I've got mine pre-ordered

 

 

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[teejay]

There is so little margin in this product for both Apple and resellers that the prices for education and commercial are the same

 

Hmmm, not exactly a low margin item for Apple:

Cost to build iPad: iSuppli says as little as $229.35 | Crave - CNET

[Arthur]

There is so little margin in this product for both Apple and resellers that the prices for education and commercial are the same

Apple have the highest margins of any company in the computer industry. Last year their gross margins were around 33%!!!

[Alis_Klar]

Does not include Software, Intellectual Property Licensing etc

 

Wait a minute?!?! Are you telling me that someone out there is charging more to sell something than what it costs to build it???? Holy capitalism!!!!! This can't stand!! How can these companies sleep at night knowing that they are making money off of something in order to pay for things like R&D, a living wage, advertising, employee benefits, expansion

 

I do think that 499USD=338GBP (U.S. price) vs 429GBP (UK price)is annoying

Edited May 13, 2010 by Alis_Klar