[ iPAD ] Look inside without having to void your own warranty..!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
17/03/2012 21:19

If you have an iPad and if you are like me - you'd like to see the inside of your miracle gadget. Alas, Apple glued it all together. Not a chance for careful end users. But iFixIt took apart a new iPad and took lots of pictures so you can see what it looks like inside - without having to void your own warranty...



▶ [ http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-3-4G-Teardown/8277/1 ].

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
17/03/2012 21:37

Hey, look what he's got...

▶ [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/6892968479/in/photostream ].

Turtle


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Message Posted:
17/03/2012 21:50

Can anyone explain to me why Apple have not been prosecuted for price fixing ?



There is virtually no competition on price on Apple products,.... isn't that illegal in the EU !

Smity



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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 12:30

You said it yourself Turtle

No competition, same with all the Apple goods

But as a family we have a total of 12 apple products from iPods to iMac

So for me personally they are worth the money, the service I have had in the past if a problem has arisen has been first class



Worth the money in my bok

Smity



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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 12:31

DC

Interesting viewing thanks

aussiejock



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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 14:51

Best products on the market my wife has a Macbook pro 13in and I have a Macbook pro 17in and two iphones and one ipod very expensive but as Smity said worth the money, I just love them,



Robert

Turtle


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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 18:00

I totally agree most of the Apple range is very good and I have some myself but in the UK the prices are fixed and thats illegal thats all Im saying.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 20:52

Turtle: Apple prices are fixed all over the world - in Apple Stores and in stores/shops from official Apple resellers. There you get the service and guarantee on what you buy there. All other offers of Apple stuff are sold by people who imported the stuff on the "grey market". No, thank you.

I even saw a post on C44 offering Apple stuff with a TWO years guarantee... Plain rubbish and cheating potential customers.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 21:06

Hans, price fixing in the EU is illegal.



A company can be fined upto 10% of its worldwide turnover if found guilty can you imagine what the turnover of Apple is worldwide,..... I do hope they have covered their a**e

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 21:12

Turtle, which company produces Apple stuff other than Apple? So Apple decides about the prices for the goods the Apple company produces. Apple "fixes" its OWN prices for its OWN products. I don't see the problem.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 21:18

Any retailer who sells Apple products has to sell at what Apple tell them,.... this is illegal its not allowed and if they start to discount then Apple pull the plug thus keeping product prices artificially high.



This is illegal practice and should be stopped.

aussiejock



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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 21:48

It's Apples product, and they can sell that product for any amount of money they desire, If it was too expensive no one would buy it, but their products sell faster than any of their rivals, I can't see how the prices are fixed, they set a price and that price is worldwide, same price in China as in Australia, or UK, and they can't keep up with demand, people sit out for days at the Apple store to get the next latest product. that's proof in itself that they have a desirable product that the masses want, price fixing is when rival Companies get together and fix a price on the same type of products that they all make, there is only Apple no one makes the same product as Apple, so it's not price fixing.



Robert

Turtle


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Message Posted:
18/03/2012 21:59

http://www.examiner.com/literature-in-lexington/justice-dept-to-file-price-fixing-lawsuit-against-apple-and-big-six-publishers



This is just the start, they won't get away with it for ever





Aussiejock, when apple tell a retailer what to sell their product for the are acting illegally and they will get their a**e kicked if they get prosecuted.

A manufacturer can only set an SSP (suggested selling price) or an RRP (recommended retail price) they can not tell a shop what to sell it for.

cyprusairsoft



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Message Posted:
19/03/2012 17:18

watch out for chinese copies which are very good but not up to scratch inside.

aussiejock



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Message Posted:
19/03/2012 17:46

Apple has contracted to make its iPad 2s and 3s in China,



the material cost for the 32gb iPad 2 WiFi + 3g - which sells for $729 - is about $325, or $335 including labor, which puts Apple's gross margin (ex shipping/handling) at 54%. Just using the simple math above, if the iPad 2 was made in the U.S it would cost $617.77, bringing Apple's gross margin down to 15.25%! Of course, Apple is not in the business of self-immolation, and given their relatively substantial pricing power, they could just make the iPad 2 more expensive, let's say, increasing the price to the point where their gross margins stayed intact, from $729 to $1,144.02! ( copy and past from the Atlantic website )



Robert