New phone, old pad???

[025899]

Why is it that I "must" have the latest and greatest iPhone, but I can let the iPad get 2 or 3 generations old before I "need" a new one?

Rhetorical....Just wondering how people feel about when their devices are outdated.

 

[phreddyl]

i want new everything all the time lol...

 

[kataran]

Welcome to iMore

Lots of us feel the same way

Lastest phone. Tablet can wait

 

[RavenSword]

I think it's because a phone is something that's usually always on our person, so we use it more and want that experience always better and better.

A tablet is something you only use at certain time in the day.

 

[Highrisedrifter]

I am exactly the same way. Must get the latest iPhone 6 when it launches but my iPad 2 can wait, even though I probably use it more than the iPhone currently.

 

[boovish]

I still have my gen 1 iPad. But of course, I did buy a White TouchPad and then the TouchPad Go.

 

[Speedygi]

You only use the Tablet for reading, movies and web browsing mostly, that's why...

 

[rayz336]

My phone is with me all the time and my iPad is generally for media consumption so it doesn't need to be the latest and greatest

 

[Speedygi]

Also, people are probably paying for an iPad outside of the necessity that is the iPhone, and thus don't see a need to put extra expenses per year because of that.

 

[williamsbh76]

i want new everything all the time lol...

Damn straight!


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[smelton3]

i want new everything all the time lol...

How true...both iPhone and iPad have to be the latest.


Sent from my AT&T LTE iPad Air. White in color of course. Or my iPhone 5s. Gold of course.

 

[025899]

Nice to see a fair split between everything new and having new phone/old pad.

I always want a new phone, but I can almost never justify it. I got a friend at work with an iPhone 3 Jesus. He uses it to monitor the security cameras in his home, Twitter, Facebook (I think), company email, private email, a little gaming, plus phone, internet, and text. We make about $150,000/year, so it's not money.

I wonder how much of the new phone drama is ego driven. I don't do anything on my phone where retina display would be a deal breaker. I don't need the fingertip unlock. I'm not going to take any mind blowing photos, so I don't need a better camera. As I'm getting older, I do want a bigger screen if I can get it. And I have a great appreciation for extra RAM. RAM is the only reason I got an iPad 3 this month to replace my fist gen iPad.

In theory, I could probably go skip every other phone. Maybe skip two models.

In reality, I can't do that. I'll pay the $250=500-whatever just to get that one new feature.