Most people were surprised at how affordable 3G Plans will be on the iPad. $14.99 for up to 250MB per month and $29.99 for Unlimited/5GB. Not to mention that you will not be tied to a contact so you cancel the subscription anytime.
According to poll results from various sources, most people either plans to purchase the 16GB WiFi iPad or the top of the line 64GB 3G iPad. But until the 3G iPad is released in early April, we won’t know for sure which version people prefer more.
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said at an investor conference that he expects the iPad to be a “largely Wi-Fi driven product.”
“When you think of the iPad and how that correlates with pricing, the iPad is going to be interesting to see the customer reaction to the iPad. Our expectation is that it is that there’s not going to be a lot of people out there looking for one more subscription revenue stream to put on our network, as a result of an iPad. We think it is going to be a largely Wi-Fi driven product. And that is why you see the pricing of the model to be one that is prepaid in nature.” Stephenson said, “We are going to be anxious to see what the customer response to this is and how customers use it. How much Wi-Fi versus wide area network, and what will have to happen with prices over time, I don’t know. It is going to be an interesting one to watch. We think it will be mainly a Wi-Fi driven product.”
So which version of iPad are you going for, 3G or WiFi-only? And vote on the poll in the sidebar!
