Apple iPad Guangzhou accepts reservations

The fastest arrival at the end of this month, the domestic price may be as high as 4999 yuan

New Express News Apple iPad will be available globally this month. At present, Apple distributors in Guangzhou have launched iPad reservation services. Consumers can get the first time after the Apple iPad global listing on March 25 as long as they pay a reservation fee of 2,000 yuan. To spot. Some Apple dealers predict that the Apple iPad 16GB licensed price will be as high as 4,999 yuan, which is much higher than the US $ 499 (about 3,400 yuan) price.

iPad domestic price is not low

It is understood that the Apple iPad will be available worldwide on the 25th of this month. The reporter found that the introduction information of iPad has appeared on the official website of Apple China, but has not yet accepted individual consumer reservations; and some Apple dealers in Guangzhou are the first to provide consumer reservation services, the reservation amount is 2,000 yuan, and the next Consumers with deposits will get the first batch of Apple iPads to go public between March 25 and early April. Dealers said that Apple China has not yet announced the price of the iPad in the Chinese mainland market. If the official price is announced and consumers think it is too high and give up the purchase, they can also refund the booking fee. The dealer further revealed that there are already parallel importers selling a price of 4980 yuan for the iPad, and the lowest selling price of the iPad is expected to be 4999 yuan. "On the basis of the price of 499 US dollars, the shipping cost from the United States to China is included. As well as the value-added tax, the price of the licensed iPad may not be cheap. "

The number of the first iPads on the market is scarce

If there are no accidents, the first batch of users will be the first to experience the Apple iPad at the end of March or early April, but at the same time there is also news that iPad production will be reduced by 70%. Researcher Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek pointed out that iPad has bottlenecks or parts shortages and other unknown production problems, and its first supply will be reduced from 1 million units to 300,000 units. However, Ding Qi'an, the deputy general manager and spokesperson of Hon Hai, the main contractor of the iPad, believes that this is "unprofessional market speculation" and the company will not comment.

An Apple dealer told reporters that one of the functions of the ongoing iPad reservations is to assess market demand, "Apple will only prepare to supply when it receives an order, and the first batch of supply is determined by the order, Apple will not over Supply more, otherwise it will be bad if you ca nâ€™t sell it. From the current situation, the number of the first iPads arriving in Guangzhou will not be very large, but we can guarantee that consumers who booked iPads can get them at the beginning of the supply. To the machine ". According to dealers, many consumers have paid iPad booking deposits at present, but overall the enthusiasm of consumers for booking is not very high, and there is no situation of queuing for deposits.

Chinese users or missed 3G iPad

In addition, the Apple iPad currently accepting reservations only has a 16GB WiFi version.

The dealer said that the version with the built-in 3G function will not be available until three months after the WiFi version is released; and because the 3G version of the iPad uses a MicroSIM card slot, there is currently no domestic operator providing this standard SIM card, which means Domestic users may miss the 3G i-Pad.