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iPad 2 Sales Drop Significantly as Holiday Shoppers Choose Pricier iPads

jb007clone said:
The only reason people aren't buying iPad 2's is because they know it won't get iOS 8. Why buy a device that won't get upgraded and will be discontinued come the fall?
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I would hazard a guess that 99.9% of individuals buying an iPad have no idea and do not care about what the number is directly after "iOS".
 
jb007clone said:
The only reason people aren't buying iPad 2's is because they know it won't get iOS 8. Why buy a device that won't get upgraded and will be discontinued come the fall?
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How do you know that? They're still selling the ipad mini(original) which has the same cpu as the iPad 2, but with the addition of Siri, and 25% of iPad sales were of that device. I don't know either, but I think that iOS 8 will have some new features for the iPhone 6, but maintain backwards compatibility with the iPad 2. iOS 9 will likely leave it and the 32bit i-Devices behind completely.
 
Giantscruz said:
Who was still buying these things?

Did old people wise up or did stores stop pushing them as a reasonable option?

I understand that some people might not have money for the newest tech, but buying something that will only be supported for a small amount of time is not a wise alternative. Save up and buy a refurb or used one, it will be cheaper in the long run when you don't have to refresh so soon.

For whatever reason this happened, I am surprised. Many consumers seem to still be picking the lowest price in front of them, instead of the lifelong costs of a product. (See AT&T and Verizon carrier contracts for reference)
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Good points here, especially your last paragraph about people not taking into consideration ACTUAL costs of things! The hundred bucks you saved getting a new iPad 2 will be forgotten about very quickly versus the agony of an unsupported device. Just spend the extra $100 and get an Air or a gold refurbed 4th gen unit.

If the iPad 2 was being sold new for $300 or less then there is more validity to the choice.
 
Bought a retina mini in January. Been using iPad 1 since they were introduced. I would not have considered anything other than the Air or retina mini.
 
Eventually Apple has to flush those older models out of the channel. Heck, the local Target here has two of the 64g iPad 1's, AT FULL PRICE!

If I were Target, I'd blow those two out ASAP. They aren't going to sell at their original MSRP. I'd also, if I could, stop stocking the 2's and 3's... Eventually people will have to get the latest, or at most one generation off that model. To get a 2 would be ill advised and for only the basic stuff. IMO...

Plus as long as Apple has so much of 'the old crap' in the stores, it makes it hard to move 'the new crap'...

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citi said:
it is new.
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Well, 'new-ish'... ;-)
 
My sister has an iPad 1 she got handed down to her. She's frustrated that she can't update to iOS 7, which means she can't get a lot of the newer apps. When Best Buy had its "we'll give you $200 for any tablet" promotion again, I told her to either get an iPad mini, iPad mini WRD or iPad Air. She doesn't want the mini because she likes the bigger one.

I just made sure to tell her NOT to get the iPad 2. It will obviously be the next one to get support dropped, and I don't want her going through that again within a year or two after spending $200. I can only guess that the iPad 2 sells a lot in bulk. But I honestly don't get why Apple didn't make the iPad 3 the $400 iPad because it has a retina display and I believe has the same guts as the iPad mini.
 
Michael CM1 said:
My sister has an iPad 1 she got handed down to her. She's frustrated that she can't update to iOS 7, which means she can't get a lot of the newer apps. When Best Buy had its "we'll give you $200 for any tablet" promotion again, I told her to either get an iPad mini, iPad mini WRD or iPad Air. She doesn't want the mini because she likes the bigger one.

I just made sure to tell her NOT to get the iPad 2. It will obviously be the next one to get support dropped, and I don't want her going through that again within a year or two after spending $200. I can only guess that the iPad 2 sells a lot in bulk. But I honestly don't get why Apple didn't make the iPad 3 the $400 iPad because it has a retina display and I believe has the same guts as the iPad mini.
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The biggest issue is she can't update apps because of the lack of camera. A lot of apps require it, even if it's not being used. The ipad 2 and ipad mini are the same so there isn't anything to worry about...yet
 
Aaron from KY said:
How do you know that? They're still selling the ipad mini(original) which has the same cpu as the iPad 2, but with the addition of Siri, and 25% of iPad sales were of that device. I don't know either, but I think that iOS 8 will have some new features for the iPhone 6, but maintain backwards compatibility with the iPad 2. iOS 9 will likely leave it and the 32bit i-Devices behind completely.
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Having the same or better specs isn't everything. Remember the 3GS vs iPad 1 iOS 6 debacle? It's possible that the iPad 2 will get iOS 8, but 4 major OS updates (5, 6, 7 & possibly 8) is kind of pushing it. Most devices usually get 3 at most.
 
Aaron from KY said:
How do you know that? They're still selling the ipad mini(original) which has the same cpu as the iPad 2, but with the addition of Siri, and 25% of iPad sales were of that device. I don't know either, but I think that iOS 8 will have some new features for the iPhone 6, but maintain backwards compatibility with the iPad 2. iOS 9 will likely leave it and the 32bit i-Devices behind completely.
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Probably not... Do not forget iPhone 5C and iPhone 5 and iPad 4 out there. IPhone 5C is highly unlike to get single OS update... So iOS 9 probably will still support 32 bit OS
 
The resolution of the 3GS is lower than the iPad 1 so it makes sense that it would have higher performance despite the slightly faster A4 on the iPad 1.

However, what is interesting is.. 3GS got iOS6 but the iPod 3rd gen (running the same internals as the 3GS) did not
 
pagemaster said:
Buying a refurbished model does not work for me, I want the iPad to be new.




And that is the part where I can't understand why people would not get the iPad air. I can understand that the price can be tempting, I saw some iPads in my area going of $369 before tax and Target was giving a $60 gift card. But the A5 chip is how many generations behind?

I know a friend who bought a iPad 2 and an iPad mini all within the last 12 months, his wife also got an iPhone 4S....
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Some people always say that "I don't need the newest thing" and is proud of saving $50 in buying tech that's 3 generations behind. If I'm running a company, I really love this kind of customers. I may give them a further discount of $10.

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JAT said:
I would hazard a guess that 99.9% of individuals buying an iPad have no idea and do not care about what the number is directly after "iOS".
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My not-so-tech-literate dad complained that "that system upgrade version 7 made my iPad 3 so slow now" a while ago.
 
Michael CM1 said:
My sister has an iPad 1 she got handed down to her. She's frustrated that she can't update to iOS 7, which means she can't get a lot of the newer apps. When Best Buy had its "we'll give you $200 for any tablet" promotion again, I told her to either get an iPad mini, iPad mini WRD or iPad Air. She doesn't want the mini because she likes the bigger one.

I just made sure to tell her NOT to get the iPad 2. It will obviously be the next one to get support dropped, and I don't want her going through that again within a year or two after spending $200. I can only guess that the iPad 2 sells a lot in bulk. But I honestly don't get why Apple didn't make the iPad 3 the $400 iPad because it has a retina display and I believe has the same guts as the iPad mini.
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Because iPad 3 performs the worst in actual usage: high resolution retina display coupled with an old CPU with overloaded GPU.
 
citi said:
The biggest issue is she can't update apps because of the lack of camera. A lot of apps require it, even if it's not being used. The ipad 2 and ipad mini are the same so there isn't anything to worry about...yet
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I took a look at specs and I think the reason the iPad 1 got dropped was it only had 256MB of RAM. The iPad 2 has 512, and somewhere between there and the Air it went to 1GB. The camera issue wouldn't surprise me, but the main problem is she's stuck on iOS 5. If something requires iOS 6 or 7, she just can't update the app.
 
citi said:
The biggest issue is she can't update apps because of the lack of camera. A lot of apps require it, even if it's not being used. The ipad 2 and ipad mini are the same so there isn't anything to worry about...yet
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Some apps obviously don't need the camera to work but they require it. It is a technical method for them to exclude support for iPad 1 and any iPod Touch older than the 4th generation.
 
zhenya said:
D for reading comprehsion, F for completeness.

As I already said earlier, the iPad 3 was discontinued yet the iPad 2 lives on, able to be bought new today.
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C for writing clearly, D for accepting responsibility, E for politeness.

You wrote in an ambiguous way that could be interpreted either in the way you meant, or the way others have understood. The fact that several people (including me) misunderstood should indicate that. Yet, even though many people misunderstood - its their fault -right? Why respond with such angst - why not just apologize and clarify what you meant?
 
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