Submitted by Clemario t3_y93euf in dataisbeautiful
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f10101 t1_it45az3 wrote
Is there an outsized performance bump for this latest generation?
Clemario OP t1_it46vkh wrote
There’s a few changes… a bigger brighter display, all-screen design (no home button), more case color options, faster chip, better camera, USB-C, 5G support, 4K video. But the general sentiment is it’s a big price bump for what it has.
bubbybyrd t1_it4x2os wrote
The iPad Air 2 had incredible specs for it's time. It continued to have better specs than the original iPad line up until the 5/6 iPads.
IWasGregInTokyo t1_it57fwf wrote
Still using mine every day. Gave my wife my original Air and it definitely is showing its age.
Vislami1 t1_it65myi wrote
Air 2 is one of the best electronics I have purchased. Still using it daily
Doom7331 t1_it5xc1y wrote
US pricing is mostly fine with the new iPad, the entry level one still being an absolutely awful choice compared to last gen or a used iPad air.
Where pricing get's really fucked up for the new iPads is outside of the US, with huge price increases way above inflation rates.
m_deepanshu t1_it6kcp8 wrote
Yep, it’s a double whammy of inflation + currency depreciation against the dollar (which is again because of Fed printing)
Ok_Difficulty522 t1_it6jdoy wrote
Now do that same graph for my salary and compare the difference.
MamamYeayea t1_it77lkb wrote
In general salaries have increased more than inflation so the salary-adjusted price would be significantly “cheaper”
Wuzzy_Gee t1_it56llm wrote
The iPad 9th Gen is still available starting at $329.
Legoman718 t1_it7lbbj wrote
wait, the iPad Air and Air 2 was the base iPad for a while? well that makes things even more confusing
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Error_404_403 t1_itaw7rt wrote
Starting point should have been 2011, in which case the inflammation-adjusted price increase of this product would become apparent.
Did you actually try to conceal that?..
Lumpyyyyy t1_it5eclo wrote
*adjusted for increased corporate profits, using inflation as an excuse
Clemario OP t1_it3bk2t wrote
Apple announced the new iPad a few days ago and it came with a hefty price bump, and that got me wondering about the actual inflation-adjusted cost of the iPad over time.
This graph only looks at the "base model" iPads. For the sake of this, the iPad Air and iPad Air 2 will be considered "base", even though today the iPad Air is considered a separate line. At the time, the iPad Air was the successor to the 4th gen iPad. It wasn't until the iPad Air 3 (2019) was released alongside the 6th gen iPad that they started to really treat it as a separate line.