{"id":21769,"date":"2018-04-13T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T10:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=21769"},"modified":"2018-04-13T13:08:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T11:08:19","slug":"apple-returns-to-its-roots-with-education-aimed-cheaper-ipads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/apple-returns-to-its-roots-with-education-aimed-cheaper-ipads\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Returns to its Roots with an Education-Aimed Cheaper iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"

It might not seem apparent at first when looking at the price of the new iPhone X<\/a> or iMac<\/a>, but Apple wasn\u2019t always a company maniacally focused on high-margin products. Way back when, Macs were first released they were priced closer to the PC market\u2019s average, something that\u2019s changed considerably over the last few years.<\/p>\n

Their products were also aimed more toward schools and educational applications, but they\u2019ve veered away from that tradition over the last decade. In a bid to reverse that, Apple will be releasing a low-cost iPad<\/a> specifically aimed at schools, students, and teachers. Mac software provides a lot of potential educational value, but the hardware has become prohibitively expensive to the point where Google and Microsoft dominate in the educational arena.<\/p>\n

The unveiling of their entire strategy for their tablet range happened at an event in Chicago, where they created classroom settings to show off their software, like the Classroom app, which gives teachers the ability to coordinate activities between multiple devices; along with the iTunes U app that allows teachers to post lessons, assignments, and marks online.<\/p>\n

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Apple is working on expanding the utility of existing education-centred software, as well as creating new software to add to its offerings.<\/p>\n

A study by FutureSource Consulting revealed that devices running Google software held close to 60% of the market for tablets used from nursery schools to high schools in the States \u2013 a number that Apple is going to look to decrease significantly with their cheaper iPads.<\/p>\n

In terms of tech, the lower cost iPad still has a 9.7-in screen, the same cameras, touch ID sensor \u2013 but it\u2019s added Apple Pencil support as well as moving up to the A10 processor chipset. The majority of the features are familiar from other iPad models, so the technology isn\u2019t really the emphasis here \u2013 the strategy to appeal more to the educational market is.<\/p>\n

Its retail price is around $299 (around R3,600) stateside, and we\u2019ll need to wait a while to get precise pricing info for the South African market, but this attempt by Apple to get their products into a broader range of environments is a good shift, albeit slightly late.<\/p>\n

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It might not seem apparent at first when looking at the price of the new iPhone X or iMac, but Apple wasn\u2019t always a company maniacally focused on high-margin products. Way back when, Macs were first released they were priced closer to the PC market\u2019s average, something that\u2019s changed considerably over the last few years.<\/p>\n

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