iPad mini vs. iPad 3

joshuawalker · Feb 8, 2013, 10:17 PM

Hi everyone,

I'm looking into buying an iPad with cellular for boarding school - primarily for Pages, web-browsing and emailing. I don't plan to be storing large files, movies apps, so 16GB is enough.

I would have liked to purchase the iPad 5, but that isn't set for release for a few months, my possible options are the iPad mini or a refurbished iPad 3 (both are about the same price).

My question is: which would have the higher resell value come October when the new iPad/iPad-mini range is released?

Spink10 · Feb 8, 2013, 10:21 PM

All iPads carry crazy high resell value - iPad 3 (refurb) will hold more than because you are getting it a lot cheaper than retail. Depends also if iPad Mini 2 is retina. But the truth is - they will be about the same retail value.

Navdakilla · Feb 8, 2013, 11:26 PM

I would say the base ipads have the highest percentage resell value over the higher capacity.
I've been able to sell my older ipads when I've upgraded at about a 15-20% loss (depending on how and where I sold it).

Feb 8, 2013, 10:17 PM	#1
joshuawalker macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2013	iPad mini vs. iPad 3 Hi everyone, I'm looking into buying an iPad with cellular for boarding school - primarily for Pages, web-browsing and emailing. I don't plan to be storing large files, movies apps, so 16GB is enough. I would have liked to purchase the iPad 5, but that isn't set for release for a few months, my possible options are the iPad mini or a refurbished iPad 3 (both are about the same price). My question is: which would have the higher resell value come October when the new iPad/iPad-mini range is released?
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Feb 8, 2013, 10:21 PM	#2
Spink10 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Nov 2011	All iPads carry crazy high resell value - iPad 3 (refurb) will hold more than because you are getting it a lot cheaper than retail. Depends also if iPad Mini 2 is retina. But the truth is - they will be about the same retail value. __________________ cMBP 2012 15" 2.7, 8GB, Samsung 830 256GB, 650M 1GB, Hi-Res AG / MBA 2011 11" 1.6, 4GB, 128GB SSD / iMac 2011 27" 2.7, 12GB, 1TB HD, 6770M 512MB / iPhone 5 16GB / iPad 4 16GB / Time Capsule 2TB
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Feb 8, 2013, 11:26 PM	#3
Navdakilla macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Canada	I would say the base ipads have the highest percentage resell value over the higher capacity. I've been able to sell my older ipads when I've upgraded at about a 15-20% loss (depending on how and where I sold it). __________________ New convert, and never turning back!!!
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