iPad 2 Aussie Pricing Revealed – Who’s Getting One?

50 responses to “iPad 2 Aussie Pricing Revealed – Who’s Getting One?”

1. 

   Trjn

   March 23, 2011 at 10:04 am

   I have a MacBook Air and an iPhone 3GS (which I plan to upgrade when the next model comes out). In terms of portable Apple products, I think I’ve got my bases covered. Really, the iPad doesn’t offer anything that I can’t do with those two devices so the price would have to be considerably lower for it to seem worthwhile.

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2. 

   Daniel

   March 23, 2011 at 10:08 am

   Even if I had the money I wouldn’t be able to justify spending that much on something that’s just a gadget. I’ve never understood why people think it’s such a great and revolutionary invention, at least the iPhone is a phone and you can take it out on a bus without feeling like an idiot.

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3. 

   Xerxes

   March 23, 2011 at 10:10 am

   Yay for Archer!

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      Jesse Devereaux

      March 23, 2011 at 8:34 pm

      Yay!

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4. 

   Jason Cartwright

   March 23, 2011 at 10:10 am

   Actually thinking I might skip this release.. as much as I love technology, the new features aren’t really enough to warrant the $$$.

   If I sold my iPad 1, then that could subsidise the cost, but would be more likely to give it to the family.

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5. 

   Strange

   March 23, 2011 at 10:12 am

   I don’t need one and don’t really like them but I do have a weakness for shiny things and couldn’t help noticing how shiny and pretty the iPad is while sitting next to a lady mainlining Mad Men on hers during the plane trip from Miami to LA.

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6. 

   Stevorooni

   March 23, 2011 at 10:14 am

   I don’t have an iAnything, I’ve even avoided smartphones so far (I waste enough time on the internet so I don’t feel the need to carry it around with me!) but even the cheap model seems too pricey for what is essentially a toy.

   If stores started selling off the old model for $200 a pop then I’d snap one of those up.

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7. 

   Dave Goodfellow

   March 23, 2011 at 10:17 am

   Definitely getting one! Can’t decide between black and white though… Thinking it may be better to just get one then buy the other bezel from RadTech and do a DIY install.

   5pm launch is a bit weird…

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8. 

   Chuloopa

   March 23, 2011 at 10:18 am

   No thanks.

   I’m still living completely iFree, and i don’t see that changing anytime soon

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   1. 

      JTJ

      March 23, 2011 at 10:46 am

      this +1000

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   2. 

      The Cracks

      March 23, 2011 at 10:53 am

      Agreed.

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   3. 

      Tech Knight

      March 23, 2011 at 10:54 am

      Same here, but if they ever make a vacuum cleaner called the iSuck then I might cave and get it just for giggles

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   4. 

      Michael

      March 23, 2011 at 11:15 am

      iFree all the way baby.

      In fact, completely Apple-free. That’s not changing anytime soon…or at all.

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   5. 

      kaiden

      March 23, 2011 at 11:49 am

      i dont have any apple products either. the ipad is just too expensive for what it is, and without support for flash, it makes my browsing experience sad 🙁

      but i just want to play infinity blade 🙁

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      1. 

         Batguy

         March 23, 2011 at 2:51 pm

         Really? I have Infinity Blade and while it’s OK, you’re not really missing anything. If it was a PC game you wouldn’t give it a second look.

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   6. 

      James Mac

      March 23, 2011 at 12:28 pm

      my brother.

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   7. 

      Cody Pollock

      March 23, 2011 at 1:40 pm

      +(over)9000.

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   8. 

      Jo

      March 23, 2011 at 3:46 pm

      I own two idevices and I am proud to say I did not pay a cent for either of them.

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9. 

   Braaains

   March 23, 2011 at 10:18 am

   Personally, I’ve got no use for these at all. My wife, however, is starting to drop dark and mysterious hints about how she’d love to have something easy she can just pick up and surf the net on without having to start up the PC.

   If it does get to the point of getting a tablet, though, I’ll think I’ll wait and see what the next batch of Android/Win 7 ones are like.

   If nothing else I’ll save a fortune in black skivvies, berets and lattes by going for something other than an Apple.

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10. 

    Dutch

    March 23, 2011 at 10:23 am

    32gb wifi for me. My wife teaches at a laptop school (preference towards iPad), and I hate to say that I have been enamoured with the device since she brought it home. Here’s to another $700 being spent on something I don’t really need!

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11. 

    Kris Butler

    March 23, 2011 at 10:23 am

    damn… i’m tempted… but i dunno…

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12. 

    Michael

    March 23, 2011 at 10:25 am

    “I don’t have an iPad. I’m still not convinced I need one.”

    No-one *needs* an iPad. You can continue breathing perfectly fine without one.

    If you’re not convinced you’ll have a use for one, then don’t buy one. Easy.

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13. 

    me

    March 23, 2011 at 10:26 am

    I’d much rather an Android equivalent.
    The biggest reason for me to get a tablet would be to watch divx movies when I go traveling (don’t want to waste my time converting a video format that should be supported). I also enjoy iview and livestream so again Apple is a terrible choice for me.

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    1. 

       thistler

       March 23, 2011 at 10:43 am

       There is an official iView app for iPad. I can see my gf using it to watch Little Dorrit and Pride and Prejudice which nicely frees up the playstation for games of an evening.

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    2. 

       Steve M

       March 23, 2011 at 1:44 pm

       Just because the default movie player on iOS won’t play certain files, doesn’t mean you can’t play them on the device. There’s quite a few video player apps in the App Store.

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14. 

    Adam Ruch

    March 23, 2011 at 10:31 am

    I also can’t imagine what I’d actually use it for, other than MAYBE reading e-books. Everything else I can use my iPhone for, but the screen is just too small to read long documents.

    So really I’d be paying 5x the price for something I’d use as if it were a Kindle.

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15. 

    AmbroseIV

    March 23, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Noooooo!

    Mark Serrels: more hipster than man.

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    1. 

       James Mac

       March 23, 2011 at 12:35 pm

       He probably has an Apple Lisa, y’know… the ones they were making before they sold out.

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    2. 

       5footassasin

       March 23, 2011 at 12:46 pm

       Wont be too many years before the PC users will be the hipsters lol 😀

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16. 

    Matthew Kermeen

    March 23, 2011 at 10:37 am

    Last week I bought a netbook with a 250 gig HDD for $350. It doesn’t have a touchscreen, but it connects to our WLAN which is pretty much the only requirement I personally have for a portable computer.

    The only real downside, as I see it, is that I can’t play Angry Birds on it. I will have to console myself by buying other things with the $600 I did not spend on a piece of technology that will be superseded by… oh… let’s say October. Calling it now. Next gen iPad in October 2011.

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    1. 

       Nicholas Sims

       March 23, 2011 at 1:30 pm

       Yes you can, Intel released it on their PC app store.

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       1. 

          Matthew Kermeen

          March 24, 2011 at 12:55 pm

          So I officially have no reason to pay for an iPad. Awesome!

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17. 

    thistler

    March 23, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Totally getting one. I might hold off a bit seeing as I should be getting a 3DS next week and it’s slightly obscene to be spending so much money on presents for myself. If you already have an iphone I recommend not getting the +3G version of the ipad, seeing as you can now use your iphone as a personal hotspot to share internet.

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18. 

    os42

    March 23, 2011 at 10:53 am

    My android tablet is on its way… why would I want an iPad? Having found out that you need a Mac and a 4 Gig download to develop iPhone apps, I’d rather spend money on a platform I can work with.

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19. 

    Jimu Hsien

    March 23, 2011 at 10:58 am

    I’ll get an iPod touch when my classic kicks the bucket.

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20. 

    tpc

    March 23, 2011 at 11:10 am

    I wouldn’t mind getting an ipad, I don’t currently have one but I think I’m going to avoid this and wait for the next one. To be honest, the ipad2 seems more like a slightly updated ipad1 rather than a proper upgrade.

    They would have been better off calling it the ipad1.5 or using the naming convention of the second iphone, an ipad3GS 😉

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21. 

    Wisp

    March 23, 2011 at 11:24 am

    I have wanted one since the original gen for interesting takes on music making purposes. That coupled with the fact I use my iPhone around 6 hours a day means having one of these would make my life a lot nicer and filled with less frequent charging. Definitely getting one :3

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22. 

    mottey

    March 23, 2011 at 11:34 am

    Can’t wait! I was suprised how much use I get from my iPad everyday: I read books & check my mail/news on public transport in the morning, used quite often in meetings at work, movies/tv on a plane flights or some casual gaming in the evening…
    Personally, I find I get my moneys worth out of this device.

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23. 

    Spandex Armstrong

    March 23, 2011 at 11:44 am

    No thanks. Im set on my 3ds next week, then getting a new 360 the week after.
    Maybe down the track id consider one

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24. 

    Stex

    March 23, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    I can relate to most posters here, I never thought I’d make any use of an IPad, I saw it just an oversized IPhone, until the day my gf gave it to me as a gift and obviously i couldn’t let that go to waste.

    but now, I use it almost everyday, I carry it around everyday with me, I can’t seem to live without it, I have Telstra 3G plan on it via my company and wifi whilst im at home or out and about.

    It’s no doubt rather convinient in times when I don’t want to use my laptop, slow and big, whilst Ipad is already up and ready for use.

    I use it for work, RDP,Telnet and SSH for work, I use it for my car to play music, I use it to check my e-mails for both personal and work, for internet when im on the road, play games whilst i wait at any place I’m bored waiting for instance doctors and restraunts, I use it as my GPS system and much much more… pretty much an all In one for me..

    That’s just my thoughts ! 🙂

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25. 

    Ponton

    March 23, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    I want one, but not willing to spend that much…
    although when/if minecraft comes out for the iPad ill probably be ordering one the same day.
    *curse you minecraft addiction*

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26. 

    attila

    March 23, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    For couch surfing and ebook reading I have been very happy with my ipad. I am probably going to upgrade and hand the existing one to the gf. The one thing that does bother me on the current ipad (apart from flash, which is annoying but not a deal breaker) is the crappy amount of RAM and therefore constant page refreshing with tabs. The new seems to avoid this with the 512MB. Should have been a gig though.

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27. 

    Jackson Thurtle

    March 23, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    I have an iPhone 4. I have a DS. I have a powerful PC. Why could I possibly need this device?

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    1. 

       mottey

       March 23, 2011 at 3:37 pm

       “Why could I possibly need this device? I have an X.”
       Sure, you’re probably just not interested in the device but for me I own those same devices and an iPad for reasons like:

       14hr plane flight (or even 30min train ride).
       * Hard to watch movies & read books on an iPhone 4.
       * Can’t do any of those things on a DS.
       * Can’t do any of those things on a powerful PC.

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28. 

    Nathan Bennell

    March 23, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    I picked up a first gen iPad for $440 with a fre case thrown in at JB Hifi.
    Considering the savings I made vs the specs of the iPad 2 I’m quite happy with my purchase.
    It’s great for having something handy to surf the web, but I mostly use it as an ebook/pdf reader and to supplement my 4E DND nights.

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29. 

    Casey2

    March 23, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    Having a 3 yr old with a left-side hemiplegia, we use constraint therapy to get him to use his left hand more. The iPad is a seriously good therapy tool because of the large display, multi-point touch and sensitivity.

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30. 

    Kyle_Katarn

    March 23, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    So the new iFad has camera’s and half an inch thinner?

    ZOMGMUSTGOOUTNBUYONENOW!!!!!!!!!!!

    Pfft, please, the original was just a waste of money, and now this one is a waste of money with a camera and half an inch thinner.

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31. 

    Lillee

    March 23, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    A “post PC” device that still needs to sync with PC to even activate it. Pfffft keep trying

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32. 

    Zachary Clarke

    March 23, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    By no means am I the kind of person that dislikes apple and their products (I own an iPhone for starters) but I just don’t get the iPad… it just seems like it costs to much for something that is still, basically just a bigger iTouch. I know it is a bit more powerful and has a larger screen but I still think it is a waste of money.

    Maybe the iPad 3 will sway me over.

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33. 

    Ben

    March 23, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    I will be skipping it. I already have an iPhone 3G and a laptop. When next iPhone comes out I will upgrade to that.

    iPad is nothing special to me. Just an overpriced gadget that doesn’t do anything an iphone or laptop can’t do..

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