Pricing Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Corona introduces an SDK starter, will raise Pro price to $599

by Mike Schramm (Apr 4th, 2013)

Unity is probably the most popular tool for cross-platform development out there right now -- last week at GDC, I heard a lot from developers of all sizes about Unity and how it was helping them to build games for iOS and other platforms. But Corona also has a following out there. It's a ...

Apple Australia VP puts markup blame on media rights holders

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2013)

Yesterday TUAW reported that Apple, Adobe and Microsoft representatives would be meeting today with members of the Australian Parliament to address allegations that the companies charge an unreasonable markup on IT products sold in the country. That meeting was held today, with an Apple VP putting ...

Australia's 'Apple Tax' quantified by MacStories blogger

by Steven Sande (Mar 21st, 2013)

Tomorrow, Apple, Microsoft and Adobe face the Federal Australian Parliament inquiry into pricing of IT products. The companies are being asked about why prices for hardware and software Down Under appear to have a noticeable markup compared to those elsewhere in the world. All three companies ...

Apple subpoenaed in Australia to explain high price of its products

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 11th, 2013)

Apple, along with Microsoft and Adobe, has been subpoenaed by the Australian Parliament to explain why it has been charging Australian customers more for certain products than it charges customers in the UK, US and other Asian-Pacific countries. The Inquiry into IT Pricing has been going on ...

Does it matter if the iPad mini cannibalizes iPad sales?

by Erica Sadun (Oct 31st, 2012)

On October 23rd, Apple introduced its fourth-generation iPad, the iPad mini and a slew of Mac refreshes. Somewhat lost in the reaction to those launches and refreshes was what I think is the most interesting story of all: the iPad 2, and how competitive it has been in this market. Today, a bit ...

Square Enix considers dropping iOS prices

by Mike Schramm (Oct 26th, 2012)

The Casual Connect gaming conference is going on in Kiev, Ukraine this week, and while there, Square Enix's General Manager of Mobile for Europe Antony Douglas expressed that his company is considering lowering its prices on iOS. By itself, that's not a very surprising notion: Most companies ...

iPhone 5 unlocked U.S. pricing available

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 14th, 2012)

For brief time, Apple listed the non-contract prices for its iPhone 5 models on its website. According to a report in TechCrunch, the pricing is identical to the iPhone 4S and starts at US$649 for the 16 GB model. The 32 GB model adds $100 to bring the cost of the handset to $749, while the 64 ...

360iDev: The case for 'fair pricing' on iOS apps

by Mike Schramm (Sep 12th, 2012)

A few developers have talked before about the App Store's "race to the bottom" problem, and Joe Cieplinski has clearly been doing some thinking about the issue as well. In his talk at 360iDev this week, Cieplinski (a former English teacher and Apple Store employee who now works as a designer ...

Apple does not plan to appear before Australian price inquiry

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 2nd, 2012)

Apple is in hot water in Australia for refusing to appear in front of a House of Representatives inquiry into retail pricing, says stuff.co.nz. A report by the House of Representatives standing committee on infrastructure and communications claims Apple (and other tech companies like Microsoft) ...

Instacast pricing raises hackles: are apps bought or rented? [Updated]

by Richard Gaywood (May 17th, 2012)

Update: I made a mistake about Instacast's support for notifications in the original draft of this article. Please read my corrections at the end. My apologies, readers. --Rich The release of Instacast v2.0 ruffled some feathers recently. Vemedio, publishers of the popular podcasting app, have ...

When to get the best deals on Apple products

by Steven Sande (May 1st, 2012)

Our buddies at Dealnews sent a link yesterday to a fascinating post written by blogger Louis Ramirez. Over the past three years, they've been collecting pricing data from Apple and other retailers, and now Dealnews has come up with some guidelines on how long to wait after the introduction of a ...

$99 iPad app dinged by Wired, drops price 90% for the day

by Michael Rose (Aug 4th, 2011)

We love a good App Store pricing story, and this one has a happy ending (mostly). Yesterday Wired picked up the scent of Autriv's SignMyPad Pro, which has a rather breathtaking price tag of $99. Since the non-pro version of the PDF-signing app -- which shares almost all its features -- is only ...

App Store international pricing changes afoot

by Chris Rawson (Jul 13th, 2011)

Prices in several international App Stores are fluctuating today, as MacStories predicted earlier. Prices have fallen in the Australian App Store; Angry Birds used to cost AU$1.29, but it now goes for $0.99. Strangely, despite the recent weakening of the US dollar, prices seem to have increased ...

Colorware now painting iPad 2s

by Mike Schramm (May 4th, 2011)

Our friends at Engadget report that the fine folks at ColorWare are now ready to color your iPad 2 however you'd like. ColorWare's skinning process is super-high quality, and you can basically customize your iPad 2 however you want: coloring the Apple logo, back panel, or even front home button ...

iPad 2 launches internationally tomorrow, we check the prices

by Steven Sande (Mar 24th, 2011)

Despite frantic rumors to the contrary over the past two weeks, the iPad 2 will be launching tomorrow (March 25) in 25 other countries around the world. From the European continent to Australia, the UK to New Zealand. If you happen to be from the future and today is already March 25, the online ...