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iPad Resales Jump 700-1000% Alongside Apple's Media Event
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Will they sell iPad 4 when Samsung Nexus 10 (with 2560 x 1600 resolution) will be announced next week? Or will they stay with inferior iPads?
From what I understand, the changes on the 4th Gen:
Lightening port
2X performance CPU
2X performance GPU
720P front camera
Expanded LTE support
50% thinner*
*OK, lied about that one ... woo!
is this just me or the only difference between iPad 3 and iPad 4 is... the lightning port !?
so hundreds of people reselling their new iPad, losing money in order to get the exact same iPad with Lightning ????
Argh, D.T. beat me to it.
I put my 3rd gen 64Gb black iPad 3 with 4G on eBay Saturday night and the auction is now at 610$ with 2 days letf so it will probably get to 650-700$.
So, I'll have the latest and greatest for what, less than 300$? I think it's a deal and I can afford it.
So, I'll have the latest and greatest for what, less than 300$? I think it's a deal and I can afford it.
You are really setting your side up to fail, lol! I would absolutely love to downgrade to iOS 4 on both devices, but as you should know, can't. Glorious Apple has decided that nobody, including the Apple "Genius'", can downgrade their own devices firmware. Yet another reason I left Apple for good. As said before, I spent $500 for 1.5 years good use, which is totally unacceptable to me...
Funny how you loved your iPad two days ago and now need a new one already. No wonder Apple makes so much.
Gazelle offered me 550, amazon offering 660 if you take a gift card. Anybody wanna buy 660 worth of stuff off amazon through me?
Take the $660, sell it for $600, $50 better than Gazelle, everybody wins
(I don't know the logistics of selling an Amazon gift card ...)After I purchased the new iPad in March/April or whever it was, I sold my iPad 1 for close to $400 on Amazon. I considered that a win-win in terms of holding its value despite the crashes.
After paying close to $900 for the iPad listed in my sig plus applecare+ it is a little disappointing to see that I can only get roughly $400 back from a 7 month old device.
I was able to sell my 2 year iPhone 4 for $260. Thats only a $140 difference for two completely different experiences. What a shame. Still feel like Apple burned us. I guess I'll be smart with my money and wait two years from my purchase date to see what is out then.
I was able to sell my 2 year iPhone 4 for $260. Thats only a $140 difference for two completely different experiences. What a shame. Still feel like Apple burned us. I guess I'll be smart with my money and wait two years from my purchase date to see what is out then.
Or, the convenience outweighs the cost of selling it directly yourself. It's like trading in a car to a dealer when you buy a new car. Is it ever really the best thing to do? Probably not but in some cases it just makes life easier, which can be worth the cost.
Also, sometimes you get great quotes on Gazelle or with other trade-in services that are as good a price as you could get reselling it yourself, albeit that is more rare for obvious reasons.
I'm not saying I'd use Gazelle or other similar sites but it doesn't always come down to ignorance.
It's good to see so many consumers are ready to dump old tech and jump on board with the insanely awesome new iPad 4.
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Take the $660, sell it for $600, $50 better than Gazelle, everybody wins
I didn't know I could sell it, when I sent them my 4s they just credited the money to my amazon account.
Frankly, I am somewhat concerned about the ethics of selling my massive POS iPad 1. I really don't think it would be moral to sell it without the buyer understanding it crashes literally every few minutes, but writing that on any sales ad would make the value drop too low.
Oh yeah, that's what I was saying, I don't know if you can/could, wasn't sure if it was like a voucher number that could be transferred.
Amazon is tempting, we buy so much through them, it would be as good as cash (heck, I've got like $100 worth of stuff sitting my cart at Amazon right now).
Surprised nobody has drawn a link between this and Win8/MS-Surface showing up on Friday.
Yeah, I doubt it but hey... it's there FWIW.
Yeah, I doubt it but hey... it's there FWIW.
If you "left Apple for good" wouldn't you not be here on MacRumors?
/Yes, that was an intentional double negative.