@Yourbigpalal83, I hear you on your frustration. That being said, I would suggest trying to look at if from this "rosier" perspective:
- You traded it your iPad late last year to lock in a higher trade-in value, which was probably a good move - I bet today, you wouldn't have the same trade-in value as you previously got. Even more so once the new ones are finally released
- The $ you got for the trade-in + whatever amount you've saved up has made it so you can more easily afford the new iPad Pro once it's released. You may even have gotten some interest if you put that in a HY Savings Account or something similar
From a financial perspective, you've kept that $ earmarked for it, and had good discipline not spending it on something else, like you said you've had many opportunities to do so. I would chalk that up to good financial discipline and financial planning.
The only thing you've lost is 1) not having an iPad since late last year (could be frustrating depending on how regularly you used it, although hopefully not that bad given you took a shot at trading in early), and 2) mental anguish from having to wait so long.
You've properly planned financially to be able to afford a nice spec'd version of the new iPad Pro once it comes out, and thus won't be having to put it on a credit card / finance it without the money already in-hand, and can hopefully buy it with a clear conscience! I would chalk that up as a win, and hopefully a year from now when you've had your new iPad for many months and the newness has worn off, you'll see this delay as a net-positive. I've found that people rarely remember the "pain" from #2 / waiting longer in hindsight. But if you didn't have the money, had to financing it on CC, and pay interest on it for many months later, you definitely feel the pain of payments!
