Comments on: Signs point to a 128 GB Apple iPad coming soon

By: JohnP

JohnP — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:57:28 +0000

,, now the apple is trying to be more friendly to users albeit the costly way

they say that such manufacturer has a good deal of patents list but most of the time only for registration and not a significant portion is brought to user’s consumption even if every mac enthusiast are willing to empty their pockets,

and what about this latest move, maybe it now feels threatened by the competition (especially the USB-toting Microsoft Surface) thereby nullifying some of apple fanboys’ hard-to-swallow statements — that may contradict the need for space — that apple have always been gearing for cloud storage as the future for consumer mobile contents storage,

By: Beroweila

Beroweila — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:30:36 +0000

Depends. if Apple wants to really push the iPad-as-a-computer philosophy then they will drop the 16GB to then just carry the 32/64/128 at the current pricing structure & get rid of the silly yearly events which just make their products appear like fashionable toys.

Or they can go the Steve Jobs route & just go after profit margins to try and keep investors happy by releasing a 128GB on top of the current models. Wrong move.

Hopefully Tim Cook will wise up & take this company were Steve Jobs never could, into the world of adulthood. He’s already accomplished step 1 last year by calling the iPad just the iPad.

By: Martin Cohen

Martin Cohen — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:22:08 +0000

I would like a 128gb or 256gb Touch to replace the iPod Classic.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:01:04 +0000

That’s actually a great point and would make the entire product line more appealing at the same price points. Thanks!

By: beley

beley — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:54:56 +0000

Actually, every time they’ve bumped memory on the iPhone and iPad to date, they’ve simply dropped the current lowest memory model. Memory gets cheaper over time naturally, so occasional bumps in storage are normal. The 16GB model needs to go away in favor of the 32, 64 and 128 GB models.

By: Neal Jackson

Neal Jackson — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:25:29 +0000

Looking at the cost of storage alone is not a fair way to assess such a move, including its pricing, if undertaken by Apple. The value of storage is in its integration in a system, which increases its utility, so upping the price is both reasonable and fair.

Of course one can always debate the amount of increase, but $100 for a doubling of the memory here does not seem crazy. Consider that the price increase was $100 for 32GB in the last model. This is 2X increase that memory level, for the same money.

By: Nicholas Paredes

Nicholas Paredes — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:56:13 +0000

A 256G iPhone that could hold all of my music would be crazy great! I’ll pay!

And, a guess that costs on the components have come down, might simply mean that all of the devices would get a jump except for maybe a free iPhone…

By: DS

DS — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:48:01 +0000

Charging exorbitant rates for just storage bumps when storage is getting cheaper everyday seems really insensible.