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iPad Don't buy an iPad

Certain iPad buys are better than others.

iPad 1: Basically a prototype that didn't have enough power, bad buy
iPad 2: Fixed what was wrong with the iPad 1, pretty good product, good buy
iPad 3: Basically an iPad 2 with retina screen without much improvements in power to run the screen and effectively the redheaded step child of iPads, bad buy
iPad 4: Dismissed at first as nothing more than a lightning connector, then found to have fantastic power to drive the retina screen and then some, good buy
iPad Air: More processing power but still gimped with 1 GB of RAM, bad buy
iPad Air 2: Will have 2 GB of RAM and not have any issues, good buy
 
puma1552 said:
Certain iPad buys are better than others.

iPad 1: Basically a prototype that didn't have enough power, bad buy
iPad 2: Fixed what was wrong with the iPad 1, pretty good product, good buy
iPad 3: Basically an iPad 2 with retina screen without much improvements in power to run the screen and effectively the redheaded step child of iPads, bad buy
iPad 4: Dismissed at first as nothing more than a lightning connector, then found to have fantastic power to drive the retina screen and then some, good buy
iPad Air: More processing power but still gimped with 1 GB of RAM, bad buy
iPad Air 2: Will have 2 GB of RAM and not have any issues, good buy
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Now that is what I'm talking about, really could not have put it better myself!
 
s2mikey said:
There are lots of earlier gen iPads still cranking along just fine. And it's the battery that usually goes first and those can be replaced.
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Just the opposite in my case. My iPad 1's battery life is like when it was brand-new, but it's been horribly sluggish and crashy since installing 5.x. A clean install didn't help. I wish I'd never installed 5.x because the additional features aren't worth the performance hit.

I still use it for checking email and a few apps, but my main tablet is now a Lenovo Lynx. Windows 8.1 doesn't have the same selection of apps and probably never will, but that's fine because one thing I realized with the iPad is that most of my usage involved a browser.
 
UBS28 said:
Just buy a MBA, 13" rMBP or an ultrabook if you need something super portable since they last much longer. You think the latest iPad runs great now, just wait and see in 2 years on the latest iOS how bad it will run.
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All I can say is one size does not fit all. Just because the iPad doesn't work for you means its a bad device. I find it much easier to use an iPad while standing on a subway then a MBA.

Additionally, letting my kids use my iPad while in the car or over someone's house, I'd rather not let them use my laptop.

iPads are great at content consumption, and YMMV but for my needs and wants, it will last a long time.

My wife has been using an iPad 1 since it came out so, your supposition that it won't last is incorrect.
 
I know MANY who will be greatly dissapointed as their iPad 3 runs GREAT on iOS7.

Your statement is invalid for 99% of the users so I would look at why yours is running badly. :rolleyes:
 
Lucille Carter said:
I know MANY who will be greatly dissapointed as their iPad 3 runs GREAT on iOS7.

Your statement is invalid for 99% of the users so I would look at why yours is running badly. :rolleyes:
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Don't be so quick it's the rolling eyes. Lots of folks are having problems with ios7. My air crashes a lot, and a ton in safari. Seeing the black screen with the apple logo in response to a simple action is safari it other apps is not a good user experience. iOS on my 4s is painful due to the horrid battery life. A perfectly fine battery in iOS 6 turned into garbage overnight, yes all the battery zapping setting were turned off, and I attempted a restore , and I attempted a frsh install - all give bad bare trey performance in ios7.

In summary, your experiences do not equal everyone else's experiences. I fully understand people' anger and disappointment over iOS 7 and any 64bit CPU device running iOS 7.
 
Count Blah said:
Don't be so quick it's the rolling eyes. Lots of folks are having problems with ios7. My air crashes a lot, and a ton in safari. Seeing the black screen with the apple logo in response to a simple action is safari it other apps is not a good user experience. iOS on my 4s is painful due to the horrid battery life. A perfectly fine battery in iOS 6 turned into garbage overnight, yes all the battery zapping setting were turned off, and I attempted a restore , and I attempted a frsh install - all give bad bare trey performance in ios7.

In summary, your experiences do not equal everyone else's experiences. I fully understand people' anger and disappointment over iOS 7 and any 64bit CPU device running iOS 7.
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Sorry but you are STILL in the minority and most have great performance with iOS7!
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Lucille Carter said:
Sorry but you are STILL in the minority and most have great performance with iOS7!
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
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You'll have to bring a bigger bullhorn to drown out those of us who actually has constructive criticism for apple's products. If you don't like reading honest experiences of others who are having a less than acceptable interaction wih iOS devices, perhaps you can avoid threads like this. Contributing nothing but "my experiences are great" in response does little.
 
Count Blah said:
You'll have to bring a bigger bullhorn to drown out those of us who actually has constructive criticism for apple's products. If you don't like reading honest experiences of others who are having a less than acceptable interaction wih iOS devices, perhaps you can avoid threads like this. Contributing nothing but "my experiences are great" in response does little.
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Correct. So many people looking towards 7.1 right off the bat after experiencing 7.0. Why was that? :)

It does not matter if it was not the majority, there were enough bad experiences shared about 7.0 to shake up Apple.

My local Best Buy has more open box Ipads that I have even seen.

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puma1552 said:
Certain iPad buys are better than others.

iPad 1: Basically a prototype that didn't have enough power, bad buy
iPad 2: Fixed what was wrong with the iPad 1, pretty good product, good buy
iPad 3: Basically an iPad 2 with retina screen without much improvements in power to run the screen and effectively the redheaded step child of iPads, bad buy
iPad 4: Dismissed at first as nothing more than a lightning connector, then found to have fantastic power to drive the retina screen and then some, good buy
iPad Air: More processing power but still gimped with 1 GB of RAM, bad buy
iPad Air 2: Will have 2 GB of RAM and not have any issues, good buy
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Nice post.
 
puma1552 said:
Certain iPad buys are better than others.

iPad 1: Basically a prototype that didn't have enough power, bad buy
iPad 2: Fixed what was wrong with the iPad 1, pretty good product, good buy
iPad 3: Basically an iPad 2 with retina screen without much improvements in power to run the screen and effectively the redheaded step child of iPads, bad buy
iPad 4: Dismissed at first as nothing more than a lightning connector, then found to have fantastic power to drive the retina screen and then some, good buy
iPad Air: More processing power but still gimped with 1 GB of RAM, bad buy
iPad Air 2: Will have 2 GB of RAM and not have any issues, good buy
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Haha this is perfect!
 
UBS28 said:
These iPad's get outdated too fast. I bought my iPad 3 about 1,5 years ago and it's too slow already. It stutters during normal operations. However it manages to run the latest games like Infinity blade III supersmooth, so it has plenty of power for normal operations like typing or scrolling. It's just Apple crippling iPad 3 with the latest OS.

Atleast on a Macbook Pro from 4 years ago, I can install Windows 8 or go back to an older OS X if Apple cripples my 4 years old MBP with a new operating system. ( many users did go back to snow leopard when Apple released OS X Lion for example)

Just buy a MBA, 13" rMBP or an ultrabook if you need something super portable since they last much longer. You think the latest iPad runs great now, just wait and see in 2 years on the latest iOS how bad it will run.
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Nonsense, total nonsense.

I'm already past the two year point and my iPad 2 runs smoothly and quickly on iOS 7.0.4.
 
ninety5eclipz said:
I also believe taking care of them goes a long in making them last longer and run smoother. For me, I never charge unless below 20%. I never throw it on the charger and let it charge overnight. I charge in the evening before bed and remove it once it's fully charged. And as much as a pain in the butt it is, every 6 months I set myself a reminder and I do a factory reinstall without backing up first. I just manually keep track of apps and such and put everything back on myself. I've found this tends to make things run much better. Whether my way is the right way, well I don't know. It works for me.
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Might be a bit of overkill. I charge mine at various levels, totally charge it overnight. Sometimes it sits on the charger for 2-3 days straight. I use backups all the time. In fact I don't think in the almost two years I've had my 3rd gen iPad (bought it at launch) I've ever set it up new. First time was from a backup of my gen 1 iPad. Only restores have been when a new iOS comes out. But even those are from a backup.

And it is ticking along just fine. Probably the only 'maintenance' I do is powering it off once a week for about ten minutes
 
Count Blah said:
OP is partially correct. You have to know "when" in the hardware cycle to buy an iPad. The ipad2 really was the absolute best version to buy. The 4 was also good. But the 1 had horribly low RAM, which prematurely caused it to be less useful. The 3 was quickly replaced because the COU/GPU was not up to snuff. It was adequate, but not enough. The air(5) is artificially low in RAM, especially given the move to 64bit. The next version of the iPAd will have 2gigs of RAM, and will last as long as the iPad 2, where as the air will have a similar fate to the ipad1- enough to do a fair job, but horribly constrained by low RAM.

TLDRN Version - get the next iPad when it gets upgraded to 2 gigs of RAM. The air is lacking enough RAM for true longevity that the ipad2 enjoys.
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That is exactly what I think. And i am hoping for a 32GB base model too. It has been 4 years already.
 
puma1552 said:
Certain iPad buys are better than others.

iPad 1: Basically a prototype that didn't have enough power, bad buy
iPad 2: Fixed what was wrong with the iPad 1, pretty good product, good buy
iPad 3: Basically an iPad 2 with retina screen without much improvements in power to run the screen and effectively the redheaded step child of iPads, bad buy
iPad 4: Dismissed at first as nothing more than a lightning connector, then found to have fantastic power to drive the retina screen and then some, good buy
iPad Air: More processing power but still gimped with 1 GB of RAM, bad buy
iPad Air 2: Will have 2 GB of RAM and not have any issues, good buy
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iPad 1: 1st-gen curse
iPad 2: ≥ iPad 1
iPad 3: Compromise (weight, charge time).
iPad 4: ≥ iPad 3
iPad Air: Lighter yes, CPU is faster yes. Shhh! still 1GB RAM and normal home button.
iPad Air 2: Touch ID ladies and gentlemen. We sold iPhone with Touch ID last year. Why didn't we think of this before?:confused:
 
My 1st gen ipad 3G is still working fine and the battery still lasts about 6 hours per charge. Not bad for a nearly 4-year-old device.

BUT, the iPad Air i just bought is so much faster. and the cameras, facetime, iPhoto, pages, etc, etc, are totally worth it ... to me.
 
UBS28 said:
These iPad's get outdated too fast. I bought my iPad 3 about 1,5 years ago and it's too slow already. It stutters during normal operations. However it manages to run the latest games like Infinity blade III supersmooth, so it has plenty of power for normal operations like typing or scrolling. It's just Apple crippling iPad 3 with the latest OS.

Atleast on a Macbook Pro from 4 years ago, I can install Windows 8 or go back to an older OS X if Apple cripples my 4 years old MBP with a new operating system. ( many users did go back to snow leopard when Apple released OS X Lion for example)

Just buy a MBA, 13" rMBP or an ultrabook if you need something super portable since they last much longer. You think the latest iPad runs great now, just wait and see in 2 years on the latest iOS how bad it will run.
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Didn't you know when your iPad turns 1 year old Apple send a gremlin to slow it down:roll eyes:
Just buy a new one each year problem solved:eek:
 
Velin said:
I know what your problem is. You've "upgraded" the iOS, probably several times now.

Instead, what you need to do is a clean wipe and fresh install of the latest iOS. Then do a fresh install of your apps, do not restore from backup.

How do I know this? Had an iPad 3 and experienced the exact same thing you did. Exact. I even did a post on this forum stating a fresh install of 7.x is necessary on iPad 3, and a mere upgrade will perform as you describe.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1640156/
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Too bad iOS has to be so much like Windows 98.
 
Love these OP's that rant once, than run from their own thread, never to be seen again to reply. Probably got embarrassed for no support for the useless rant :D
 
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