Eileen89
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Being how there's 9 apple stores near me, I'm sure I can find one that's out that week.
Good luck with that.
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Being how there's 9 apple stores near me, I'm sure I can find one that's out that week.
I just got my ipad 3 last week. It doesn't bother me that a new one came out. It does everything I need it to do. I was already impressed with the speed, battery life, display and LTE on verizon. I'll upgrade when I feel this one no longer suits my needs. By then there will be a newer one.
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I just got my ipad 3 last week. It doesn't bother me that a new one came out. It does everything I need it to do. I was already impressed with the speed, battery life, display and LTE on verizon. I'll upgrade when I feel this one no longer suits my needs. By then there will be a newer one.
I don't like the timing of the ipad 4 release. Feels like my tech has been outdated without any kind of warning.... iHope this isn't a half yearly pattern.....
What has Apple promised you that they didn't deliver? If it still runs the same apps, runs as fast and as well as it did on Monday, how is it now, suddenly "outdated"?
And the "without any kind of warning" is simply not true. First, Apple has refreshed it's iPhone and iPad line AT LEAST annually... so tell me what difference 5 months makes? Second, there were rumors of an iPad (non-mini) refresh coming along side the iPad Mini release... Heck, android releases new hardware almost weekly... and many of the devices are still running IceCream Sandwich - the older operating system... it's the evolutionary nature of tech.
Sorry you're so disappointed... but the tablet that you have and were using happily on Monday is still the same, functioning and functional tablet that you were quite happy with then.
I honestly don't get all the carping.
No it's not about investment value. it's about having an incapacitated under powered device. Real technology versus status or value
I seem to sense that the real issue here is that those who have iPad 3rd gen are upset because they have "lost money" in the resale market. What that tells me is that they aren't buying the device (any device) for the purpose of having and using said device, but rather purchase their tech as "investments".
Was the iPad-3rd generation incapacitated and under powered on Monday? But since the announcement of the 4th-gen iPad it suddenly is?
No your presumptions are wrong. The A5x is fine for the iPad 2 but can't handle the demands of the Retina display on the iPad3 . It's not about the latest and greatest, it's about having a properly functioning device.
No your presumptions are wrong. The A5x is fine for the iPad 2 but can't handle the demands of the Retina display on the iPad3 . It's not about the latest and greatest, it's about having a properly functioning device.
No it's not about investment value. it's about having an incapacitated under powered device. Real technology versus status or value
No your presumptions are wrong. The A5x is fine for the iPad 2 but can't handle the demands of the Retina display on the iPad3 . It's not about the latest and greatest, it's about having a properly functioning device.
I don't think anybody is saying that the iPad 3 is underpowered. At least that's not what I'm saying. But by them announcing the fourth GEN iPad it does make your iPad 3 depreciate just a little bit faster and it seems like that's what it is more about.
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Kind of. I guess usually one has the feeling that you're not really losing any money. I have found that over the last few years, that the iPad seems to be the one that depreciates the most. So I guess this is just something to be expected now that I think about it.
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Then please help me understand what is incapacitated and under powered about the device that was perfectly capable on Tuesday morning and has not changed since Tuesday morning? It still uses the same connections to your existing devices (the 4gen doesn't, BTW), it runs the same software, displays the same video, etc, etc, etc... Either it works or it doesn't. Tuesday's announcement did NOT change that fact.
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Just a simple point of clarification... the iPad 2 has an A5 chip, NOT an A5X... the A5X was designed for and introduced in the 3rd gen iPad. The A5X was a bump in processor speed and included quad-core GPU for the retina display. #sourgrapes
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So for you, it's about an investment and resale value?
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Not sure that it "depreciates the most" as much as it's not a level playing field to begin with. When compared to the iPhone, you are paying somewhere around 1/3 to 1/2 of the retail (unsubsidized) price for the device. Of course you'll come out farther ahead in that situation.
BTW, I don't buy my devices with any thought at all to potential for resale value... in fact, I've only sold 1 or 2 devices ever. They get handed down to kids, grandkids, etc. I buy what I want, use it... and if/when someone needs/wants a device, I will buy the newest and pass the old one down.
About the money.. A little. About the tech... A little. It's a little bit of everything. But that doesn't make my device slower or less useful to me. Just sayin...