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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan
I don't really disagree with what you say but MS included a Stylus with all their editions and they got slammed by almost every review site for not including the keyboard as well.
If it only runs iOS9 then it's essentially a giant iPad. The base model ($800) only comes with 32GB of RAM. In 2016! I can see some people on the fringe buying it but it doesn't seem like a solution that most consumers are even asking for or one that will suit the needs of businesses.
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Time will of course tell, but remember that people said the same about the original iPad: "It's just a giant iPhone. Who on Earth would want one?". Despite the scepticism (and the titters over the name) the iPad went on to essentially create the tablet market.
Perhaps it will be a commercial failure, but kudos to Apple for giving people the choice. How many threads have we seen on this forum over the years bemoaning the lack of large-screen tablets? Well, now there is one. Whether or not people will buy it in large numbers remains to be seen, but Apple have a pretty good track record of doing market research to find out what people actually do want.
I suspect that not many people will buy the 32GB version, but the appeal for business people will probably be the ability to read and mark-up documents on the go, and 32GB storage (not RAM!) is enough to store 3000 1MB documents.
Let's wait and see before writing it off as a failure before it even sees the light of day
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