I'm thinking of selling my iPad Mini, and getting an iPad 4. A 32GB refurbished 4 goes for $450, compared to $600 for 32GB iPad Air. I've never had a "regular" sized iPad so for those of you that I have...are the 4s fairly portable? I've thought about getting a 32GB Mini 2, but it's $50 than a refurb 4 and I'd like a full size iPad for a change. It'd compliment my 15" MBP.
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iPad iPad 4 still worth getting?
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Depends on how you define portable. It fits easily in my backpack or messenger bag so to me, it's portable. For someone who only has a small purse, it probably won't be.
Buy one and try it out for size and weight. You should be able to find a preowned one at BB and you will have a week before the new Air is released to decide as you would be within the return window policy.
I think for those who KNOW their iPad use is primarily at home should consider an iPad 4.
It has the same retina display. Sure it's slower, and heavier, but if you're not moving around alot, why not save $150.
Of course, if you're going to watch movies in bed, you might want to go for one of the lighter iPad models.
It has the same retina display. Sure it's slower, and heavier, but if you're not moving around alot, why not save $150.
Of course, if you're going to watch movies in bed, you might want to go for one of the lighter iPad models.
I will say no for 2 reasons
Ipad air is lighter and newer look
2. 64 bit a7 makes it good for the next 4-5 years since 64 bit allows it to get all new stuff and ipad 4 lags a bit for me
Awesome. None of us truly know, but do you think I can get at least 4 years out of it?
Nope. Then again, I'm not really expecting the iPad Air to last that long either. I reckon you can probably get acceptable performance on year 3. Beyond that, even if an iOS update is offered, it probably won't run the latest OS all that well anyway.
It finally offered the necessary performance upgrade to actually support the increased 2048*1536 resolution.
Lightning connector (sucks to have multiple cables)
3x CPU performance
HD front camera
150m Wifi (compared to 65)
Yea, it's not outstanding but nothing to sneeze at, specially for 50 Euros upgrade.
Beside, what does iPad Air offer over iPad4 really? Less weight, different form and 2x CPU power. MiMo antennas but unsure if that's really faster than the 150m on the 4. And even if so, if this is really needed.
64 bit and motion processor are really not worth debating over. And i don't use the camera beside the front one for FaceTime, which is the same as on last gen iPad right?
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So you're saying the jump from from 3->4 was more significant than 4->5?!
Wow. I think you're in the minority if you think this.
The 4 was a great iPad, will be relevant longer and is much better than the 3 due to the latter's technical limitations, but unless you use lots of photo processing apps and were very heavy into iOS gaming, hardly worth upgrading to from a 3.
Ram limitations aside, the 5 is a much bigger leap year on year imo.
Not with 1gig of RAM it's not. Ask the iPad1 folks what it's like with a low amount of RAM.