Earlier this week, we heard rumors from Chinese news blog Sina Weibo that the upcoming third generation iPad would also come with a hefty price increase, due to the high resolution display.

The tablets were expected to go up approximately $80, giving the baseline 16GB WiFi iPad a price tag of $579 instead of $499. That price increase? Not true, says 9to5Mac.

In fact, Apple’s iPad prices won’t be shifting at all – not exactly a surprise, since Apple doesn’t often do price hikes. The entry level 16GB WiFi model will cost the standard $499, while upgrading to 32 or 64GB of storage adds $100 and $200, respectively.

The WiFi + 3G models are also the same price, at $629 for the base model and $729/$829 for the upgraded models.

As a side note, it appears storage configurations will remain the same, without the introduction of an 8GB iPad that DigiTimes claimed was in the works this week. It looks like it will be the standard 16/32/64 setup.

 

　　新浪科技讯 北京时间3月3日午间消息，苹果预计将于下周发布下一代iPad平板电脑。美国科技博客9to5Mac周五曝光了下一代iPad不同配置的定价信息。

　　此前有传闻称，由于配置的提升，下一代iPad在美国市场的售价将普遍上调70至80美元。不过最新信息显示，下一代iPad的定价将与iPad 2保持一致，而保持同一档次的产品定价不变也符合苹果的传统。

　　消息显示，下一代iPad仍有16GB、32GB和64GB等3个版本。Digitimes网站本周报道称，苹果可能会将配置调整为8GB、16GB和32GB三种。不过这样的情况不太可能出现。

　　不同配置的下一代iPad定价如下，其中WiFi+3G版在美国将由AT&T和Verizon无线运营。

　　Wifi版16GB：499美元

　　WiFi版32GB：599美元

　　WiFi版64GB：699美元

　　WiFi+3G版16GB：629美元

　　WiFi+3G版32GB：729美元

　　WiFi+3G版64GB：829美元 (维金)

这个截图没有可信度啊