I'm all for people have opinions on things. That's what these forums are for! But wouldn't any number of a bunch of other threads have covered this? Liiiiike....
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-happy-are-you-with-your-new-9-7-ipad-pro.1964991/
It's just kind of odd. Saying you didn't know if you needed to upgrade because "well true tone is nice and it has nice speakers, but I don't know!" Well...those were the upgrades. If you didn't think those features among the other new ones were worth it, why did you get it ya know?
There's a lot of psychology that goes on with purchases. Especially these days when you have the media and giant multi billion dollar companies telling you what to buy. Back when I was a kid, people didn't really buy things unless they had a strong need. "Back in my day" (when saying that, I get to feel old) you kept your tv until it died. Same with phones and everything else. Now people are spending hundreds of dollars on a product for a couple minor features they don't even know they need. And despite how fast tech seems to be moving, there aren't any quantum leaps in technology. Especially when you already have a product that just a month ago was the newest most current one. That's why on all these sites they ask this very question. "If I have an iPad Air 2, should I get the new iPad Pro?" And it's pretty much a consensus that unless you're dying for an updated speaker set up or a better camera, your iPad Air 2 is just fine. It's like if someone warns you not to put your hand in fire then you do it anyway, then you make a thread about it saying "damnnnn that was hot! I probably shouldn't have done that!" Then people look at you like dude. You were warned. How can you be that shocked? You should have thought this through. Are the people that tell him to be more careful in the future just a bunch of jerks?
I don't know. Maybe I bring too much of my own perspective with my comments sometimes and it can be jarring to some people. I can be a little too blunt sometimes.
I agree and I will go one step further.
All opinions here are valid and add a distinct perspective. No opinion is right or wrong per se, but they are definitely valid for them person making them and for others collecting them.
First and foremost, upgrades are about cost/benefit. If you already own a late version iPad (or any other tech), your benefits are reduced.
Second, each person will see the add-on benefits differently because:
- they have different financial conditions
- they use the device less/more often than you
- their unique uses (keyboard, pencil, movies, travel, LTE, in bed/on desk) will make them value more or less such benefits
As a general rule of thumb (ie works for majority of cases but definitely not all cases), one should not upgrade every year. It goes for cars, TVs, PCs, MacBooks, iOS devices, etc.
That is one of the reasons some people argue that threads of buyers remorse for one year upgrades are less useful than others. One should really think, ponder and question oneself prior to making such upgrades.
Does Apple put on a show to entice upgrades ? Yes that's their job, prerogative. Does anyone have to follow ? No. Nice to have is never must have.
In my case, I upgrade from iPad Air 1. Use lots for travel/work. I also skipped the iPad 4. Much better than iPad 3 but not a must have upgrade from iPad 3 (first retina model). The iPad 3 is being thoroughly used by my significant other until this date (and she will be happy to upgrade to the iPad Air). iPads are useful for 4 years or more, I still have iPad 1 working as AppleTV substitutes, by themselves or hooked to TV sets.
