Schools can pick the new iPads at a starting price of $299 each whereas it will cost $329 and up for others.
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And whether Google can compete in with Chrome OS remains debatable-despite the collaboration with Acer. Compared to Apple’s new handheld device, Chromebooks are more durable and secure.
Analyst Patrick Moorhead predicts the ongoing pricing gap will discourage most budget-conscious schools from switching from Chromebooks to iPads.
Drawing apps like Procreate and Affinity Designer are now more accesible to anyone without an iPad Pro, and users of this new iPad can also take advantage of its use outside of creative apps with support in native apps like Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and even Microsoft Office. They also announced updates to iWork, and introduced a new stylus called Crayon that can be used with the new iPad. Whereas, other people can get this in $329. The company normally charges US$3 per month for 200 gigabytes of storage.
Apple’s education-focused event last night was abuzz with speculation over a new, cheaper iPad.
The latest iPad packs a 9.7-inch Retina display, an A10 fusion processor (the same powering the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus) and 32GB of storage. Devices running Google’s operating systems held 60 percent of the market, and Windows PCs had 22 percent.
CHICAGO Apple wants to play a more prominent role in education, but it isn’t willing to cut prices to make the grade.
A new, cheaper iPad is here, but is it worth getting excited about, or is Apple behind the times? .
“We’ve been at this for 40 years and we care deeply about education”, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said at the event. However, this time the company chose to break away from tradition by hosting it in a high school in Chicago. The curriculum may include a lower-priced iPad and a variety of services tailored for students ranging from kindergarten through high school. Google and Acer unveiled a new device created to pre-empt the company’s latest handheld device designed for the education sector.
The software announcements aren’t Apple’s first stab in the education market.
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Of the 12.4 million tablets and laptops sold to primary and secondary schools in the United States a year ago, Chromebooks accounted for 58 percent of the market, compared with a negligible share in 2012, according to market research firm IDC.
