Haven't quite decided, myself. I want to keep my 2. I love it, it has been great and I obviously don't need a 3. But, being a tech geek, I'm not sure. What are you doing, coming March/April when the new iPad is said to be released?
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Are you going to sell your iPad 2 or keep it?
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I'm most definitely keeping mine even though I am going to buy an iPad3.
I kept my original iPad which is working just fine. By adding the next model, i'll have one for every member of the family.
That's the ideal scenario in my household. We really enjoy them.
I kept my original iPad which is working just fine. By adding the next model, i'll have one for every member of the family.
That's the ideal scenario in my household. We really enjoy them.
iPad 1 owner who won't be changing yet.
I don't relate to all the people who sell at the perfect time" every year to get the latest and greatest.
It just seems so exhausting. Treating it with 'kid gloves' all year, selling on eBay, waiting a month, and trying to be one of the early buyers. . . . . Every year.
I am more of a "use it, love it and abuse it until it breaks kind of guy."
I also think it makes the eventual upgrade more significant/rewarding.
If I were totally loaded that would likely change however.
I don't relate to all the people who sell at the perfect time" every year to get the latest and greatest.
It just seems so exhausting. Treating it with 'kid gloves' all year, selling on eBay, waiting a month, and trying to be one of the early buyers. . . . . Every year.
I am more of a "use it, love it and abuse it until it breaks kind of guy."
I also think it makes the eventual upgrade more significant/rewarding.
If I were totally loaded that would likely change however.
If you have the option of buying at discount there's no argument.
I buy at 28% off or so. I sell at little lower than buying price.
Buying off of Amazon in the US or in black friday could be a great choice.
My Macbook Air is 19500 pesos retail, I bought for 14,400.
I can sell it in a few months for 15,000 and get the brand new mid-2012 one for less.
I've only had my iPad2 for about four or five months and I'm totally happy with it, so no plans of getting rid of it. When I eventually do, it will probably be because I've run out of space (mine is a 16GB but I still have more than half left). A USB port would be a strong pull factor, too, but I guess that's not likely to happen.
IP2 will go to the wife. IP3 will go to me...i hope....
That's pathetic. If I (which I never will) even attempted to give my wife an older device in turn for a newer one for myself, she will become upset. If I were to give an iPad to my wife, it would either be the new one (in which case I will keep old) or I will purchase 2 new ones (in which case both of us will get it).
Kept the iPad when bought the iPad 2, planning on doing the same. It's useful to have a couple when either one runs out of battery, or, *ahem* it has found itself in the bathroom... while someone *ahem* was on the toilet... and then someone else wants to use it. (C'mon, we've all done it...)
Well, why not? If she doesn't really care if she is using an iPad 2 or iPad 3. Perhaps it was even her idea! It saves money (which I assume they share) and they will both get what they want.
You don't know if he already suggested "I'm going to buy you an iPad 3" and that his wife's answer was "I've got a better idea. I'll take your iPad 2 and you take the iPad 3. I don't really care about the latest generation."
Don't make assumptions. Just because this scenario wouldn't work with your wife, doesn't mean it can't work with someone else's wife.
I'll be waiting til the 3 is jailbroken, then if I can afford 3G at the time I'll upgrade (the one regret I have about my 2 is wifi over 3G, if I can't afford that I'll keep my 2).
+1. I've seen this kind of post in other threads. Funny how people make assumptions about other people's situation. In my case, my wife would be perfectly happy with a hand-me-down iPad 2 should she want/need a tablet. It would serve her purposes very well. She doesn't care too much about having the latest and greatest (unlike myself) so long as it serves her purpose.
And to elaborate on the poll, I actually sold my iPad 2 in preparation for the iPad 3. Hope I didn't make a mistake by selling too early...but I got a very good price for it so took the chance.
I got my iPad 2 in May after searching and checking everywhere constantly for the model I wanted. I don't want to go through that trouble again with the iPad 3. Although it would be nice to have the latest and greatest, I already upgrade my phone every year (and being a poor college student, I can't afford to upgrade both every year). I'll replace my iPad 2 when it no longer does what I need it to (or if I can get a discounted iPad 3).
To each his/her own. He's not belittling his wife in anyway by doing that. If she wants a new one, get her a new one. If she is indifferent, it's still a nice gesture.
Collecting them all.
My wife and I both had the "ones"--she got an iPhone shortly afterwards and loved the portability of it and the fact that it did all that her iPad did--so, (thankfully) she saw no need to upgrade to the two when I did. Now, I simply hand down the previous models to the kids--everyone's happy. Can't wait for the third!!
My wife and I both had the "ones"--she got an iPhone shortly afterwards and loved the portability of it and the fact that it did all that her iPad did--so, (thankfully) she saw no need to upgrade to the two when I did. Now, I simply hand down the previous models to the kids--everyone's happy. Can't wait for the third!!
I'll sell it when the iPad 3 has a stable untethered jailbreak.
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What's pathetic is your wife can't be happy with something because it isn't the newest thing available. So it's either the top of the line or nothing? Wow sounds like you picked a winner.
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What's pathetic is your wife can't be happy with something because it isn't the newest thing available. So it's either the top of the line or nothing? Wow sounds like you picked a winner.
I understand that but you have issues if you're getting mad and insulted because you were given last years model. Wanting the newest thing is fine but I think it's crossing the line if you get mad and someone that GIVES you something and it isn't the newest model.
I guess it all depends on what the iPad 3 has to offer. If the upgrade is comparable to the iPhone 4S upgrade, I might skip it and hold on to my 5-week old iPad 2. I'm gonna need more than a Retina display to be enticed to sell my iPad 2 and buy the iPad 3. The great thing about Apple products, though, is that they resell for a good price, so the out-of-pocket expensse to upgrade wouldn't be too bad.
Not sure how old this thread is but I decided to comment anyway. I have an iPad 2 and I love it. The only things I don't like about it, is the display could be better. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but but I'm just royally spoiled with my iPod touch 4th gen display. But other then that, I love it! At first I wanted to sell it only because in a couple of year when iOS 7 or 8 comes out, it might run on the iPad 2, but it is probably going to be super leggy. However, after thinking about it, I realized that I will have upgraded by then. And I'm sure iOS 6 will run just fine on the iPad 2.
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I agree, if my wife (which I'm not married, but let's just pretend I was) was into say, sowing, and I liked it but she was the one who had the hardcore passion over it, I would want her to have the latest and greatest, and me getting a last generation sowing machine or something would be great, because it's more then enough I need. But to each is own, I guess
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I agree, if my wife (which I'm not married, but let's just pretend I was) was into say, sowing, and I liked it but she was the one who had the hardcore passion over it, I would want her to have the latest and greatest, and me getting a last generation sowing machine or something would be great, because it's more then enough I need. But to each is own, I guess