iPad Don't buy an iPad

[Max(IT)]

What's so half-baked about it? 2048x1536 10" screen on a mobile OS was very impressive for the time, I don't recall any mass "gate" issues and it was as fast as the iPad 2.

iOS 7 is TERRIBLE on all iPads.

Compares it with the iPad 4 , that come just a few months after: much better LTE support, better CPU and much better GPU, much better front camera and lightning connector. The iPad 4 was what the iPad 3 was supposed to be.

It was a good tablet, for sure, with a fantastic display, but I can't see many happy customers around, especially when only 6 months later apple released the iPad 4.

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Or things that actually work as promised, instead of blowing up every couple of minutes.

You are keep ranting all around the forum about your defective iPad: why don't you sell it and go buy another tablet ? You will be happy ... especially with a Samsung tablet.

 

[darngooddesign]

Or things that actually work as promised, instead of blowing up every couple of minutes.

No version of iOS7 has blown up.

 

[Yebubbleman]

These iPad's get outdated too fast.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.

You're telling people who like apples that oranges are better.

Secondly, you're citing the most short-lived and the iPad generation most likely to last the second least amount of time from release to total usage obsolescence (the first least being the first generation model). Actually, probably third least if we also counted iPad mini models. The fourth generation iPad, the iPad 2, the iPad Air, and the second generation iPad mini will have all lasted longer from release to total usage obsolescence than your third gen. Does that mean that iPads don't last long at all? No. It just means that you were unlucky.

This all being said, it helps, in any situation, to compare your situation to the norm and to the situations of others, and to the disparity in frequency of yours to theirs before making such silly recommendations.

Similarly, if an OS update exists (7.1) that is known for providing substantially faster performance than the immediate predecessor (7.0.x), you ought to give that a shot before posting this.

 

[theBostonian]

Ah yes, the pesky RAM thing. People just all became software engineers overnight and "decided" the RAM quantity was the problem. Of course they had zero tangible data to support that but it sounded good. Truthfully, you are correct in stating that's it's an OS 7 issue and the next OS update will take care of many of the safari issues people are seeing.

I don't even think the second gen Air will have more RAM. With optimizations it probably doesn't need it. We shall see.

I agree with you, I don't believe the Air will have 2GB of RAM until DDR4 has become more mainstream... Which could be later this year but perhaps not early enough for Apple to work it into their new iPads...

I think they didn't include 2GB in the Air due to power consumption concerns? Can't think of any other reason...

 

[Tsepz]

Got my iPad 4 in December 2012, it's now April 2014, I'm still very happy with it, and have happily skipped the iPad Air to wait for the Air 2, which I'm hoping will have more RAM, I don't feel like my iPad 4 is outdated, having tried the iPad Air I wasn't blown away, just wasn't enough of an upgrade, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.

When you buy a gadget the best you can do is buy the best of whatever brand you want at that time of purchase, it's good to also keep up to date with that brands product life cycle, this goes for phones, tablets, TVs, PCs/Laptops, and even Cars.

I must say though, iPad 3 owners were the unluckiest of all as the release of the iPad 4 was truly an admission of the 3 being a lemon.

 

[Breaking Good]

I don't know about you. 1st gen. iPad runs iOS 5 pretty terrible. It was nightmare to use. I sold my iPad 1 for $50 because i wanted to get ride this crap as soon as possible. I brought an iPad mini first gen. back then. It was night and day.

That's a shame because I traded my wife's 1st Gen iPad in for a $200 gift card at Target last Fall.

I bought my wife an iPad Air and then took her iPad 4.

 

[Plutonius]

You are keep ranting all around the forum about your defective iPad: why don't you sell it and go buy another tablet ? You will be happy ... especially with a Samsung tablet.

I agree 100%. Count Blah should just sell his iPad and problem's solved.

 

[davedvdy]

To each their own, I'm very happy with the iPad Air.
I've had zero issues with it, and zero regrets.