Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Returning iPad 3 and Buying Back iPad 2

Double utter insanity.

If you really need the cash difference, you never should have upgraded. What did you think the 3 was going to do?
 
iphone joe said:
I'm returning my iPad 3 and buying back the iPad 2. I feel the new iPad just isn't worth the upgrade. Anybody else doing the same?
Click to expand...

No. Please, PLEASE understand that you will not notice a difference from one technology to the next unless it is a nearly complete &/or new interaction or technology.

Did you notice the difference between Wireless G and N networks (Wi-Fi)?
Did you notice the difference from last years 2.0Ghz Intel processor to the new 2.2Ghz?
What about 2gb of ram vs 4gb?
Audio CD vs MP3?
Dolby surround on DVD vs Dolby True HD on Blu-Ray?
5.1 home theater system vs 7.1 home theater?

The general answer is NO. On paper most things, especially computers, needs graphs and charts for people to 'know' there's a difference. If your computer is only upgraded every 2-3 years you will notice the upgrade most of the time.

A lot of us were happy with our original iPad even when the iPad 2 came out. Know why? All they did was offer it in white and add a camera. The better A5 chip and ram let Safari remember web pages better but other than that... what else? Nearly nothing. But now the 3rd gen iPad has a ton of upgrades and we see the difference now. This years discussions sound exactly like last years and more than likely, they'll sound exactly like next years as well. What will be different? The iPad 2 owners who didn't upgrade will go "Oooh, ah!" while 3rd gen owners will go "meh."

The new iPad is easily worth $100 more than the iPad 2. The camera is substantially better than the one in the iPad 2. More ram, retina, quad-core graphics and the same battery life. Resell value will also be higher. Some of you actually talk like there was no upgrade to the unit at all.
 
Last edited:
I own an iPad 1, haven't even seen the iPad 3, and even I think this is madness. It's not like you gain anything with downgrading, and if you couldn't afford the added money, why did you buy the iPad 3 in the first place?
 
Drag'nGT said:
No. Please, PLEASE understand that you will not notice a difference from one technology to the next unless it is a nearly complete &/or new interaction or technology.

Did you notice the difference between Wireless G and N networks (Wi-Fi)?
Did you notice the difference from last years 2.0Ghz Intel processor to the new 2.2Ghz?
What about 2gb of ram vs 4gb?
Audio CD vs MP3?
Dolby surround on DVD vs Dolby True HD on Blu-Ray?
5.1 home theater system vs 7.1 home theater?

The general answer is NO. On paper most things, especially computers, needs graphs and charts for people to 'know' there's a difference. If your computer is only upgraded every 2-3 years you will notice the upgrade most of the time.
Click to expand...

Wireless G v N? No you are right. The bottle neck is not in the home router. I ran a G for a long time and even streamed Netflix just fine through it. G was faster than the overall connection between me and Netflix.

2.0 - 2.2GHz processor? No one can tell . . the difference is small . . Maybe is you run some intensive job and time it you might notice.

2GB or 4GB of RAM in my computer? Yes, big time. I use the memory and run 8GB in my work machine due to 2 Virtual Machines running. So for me it's critical.

The rest? I could care less about 🙂
 
Drag'nGT said:
No. Please, PLEASE understand that you will not notice a difference from one technology to the next unless it is a nearly complete &/or new interaction or technology.

Did you notice the difference between Wireless G and N networks (Wi-Fi)?
Did you notice the difference from last years 2.0Ghz Intel processor to the new 2.2Ghz?
What about 2gb of ram vs 4gb?
Audio CD vs MP3?
Dolby surround on DVD vs Dolby True HD on Blu-Ray?
5.1 home theater system vs 7.1 home theater?

The general answer is NO. On paper most things, especially computers, needs graphs and charts for people to 'know' there's a difference. If your computer is only upgraded every 2-3 years you will notice the upgrade most of the time.

A lot of us were happy with our original iPad even when the iPad 2 came out. Know why? All they did was offer it in white and add a camera. The better A5 chip and ram let Safari remember web pages better but other than that... what else? Nearly nothing. But now the 3rd gen iPad has a ton of upgrades and we see the difference now. This years discussions sound exactly like last years and more than likely, they'll sound exactly like next years as well. What will be different? The iPad 2 owners who didn't upgrade will go "Oooh, ah!" while 3rd gen owners will go "meh."

The new iPad is easily worth $100 more than the iPad 2. The camera is substantially better than the one in the iPad 2. More ram, retina, quad-core graphics and the same battery life. Resell value will also be higher. Some of you actually talk like there was no upgrade to the unit at all.
Click to expand...


Did you notice the difference between Wireless G and N networks (Wi-Fi)? Hell yes I do! Surfing the web? no. Transfering files, oh yeah.

What about 2gb of ram vs 4gb? Hell yes. 2GB makes my PC ungodly slow.

Audio CD vs MP3? Depends on the bit rate.
 
taedouni said:
Four times the pixels and LTE speed....lol
It is so worth the upgrade.
Click to expand...

And a more powerful graphics engine, twice the RAM, a camera that doesn't completely suck...

Very nice new specs. I'm loving mine. When I pick up my 2 it looks lame and blurry.
 
MrXiro said:
It makes the loading of my home share files faster, smart guy. Probably because they are still cached.
Click to expand...

You didn't appear so sure of this in another post in a different thread, smart guy:

MrXiro said:
Accessing my home share is much faster. Not sure if it's the RAM but my iPad loads the library for all my videos at least twice as fast now.
Click to expand...

Hint: it's not the extra RAM. The bottleneck is the network connection, not the size or speed of your RAM.
 
AFPoster said:
Same speed between 2 and 3, the dictation is the difference and Retina.
Click to expand...

Not true. The GPU is significantly faster. Whether the developers use it to provide retina resolutions or keep iPad 2 resolutions and add visual effects, is up to them. Look at Infinity Blade II. Same old resolution but with better effects.
 
The ipad 1/2 have always been borderline unusable in my opinion. at least since being used to the 4/4s retina screen. There has always been the joke that the ipad is just a big iphone, and I think that was somewhat true with the 1/2. the resolution is kind of insulting and the fact that it wouldn't run phone retina apps at retina resolution added insult to injury. What is the point of browsing webpages on an ipad when I can get the same amount of information on the screen with my iphone.

I have sensitive eyes and get eyestrain easily, so it is the easiest $100 I spent. I took my gf to apple to compare the two side by side, and she said it best 'you just can't go back'. Now before you think i'm a snob, I am no pixel people lightbleed checker 🙂
 
iphone joe said:
I'm returning my iPad 3 and buying back the iPad 2. I feel the new iPad just isn't worth the upgrade. Anybody else doing the same?
Click to expand...

I know plenty of new iPad users who bought discounted iPad 2s rather than the 3. For most it was about the money but for some they just did see enough value in the newer version or fell victim to the slow charging, too hot hype.

It's all good to me. Old or new doesn't matter as long as the person is happy with their purchase.

Cheers,
 
IllIllIll said:
You didn't appear so sure of this in another post in a different thread, smart guy:



Hint: it's not the extra RAM. The bottleneck is the network connection, not the size or speed of your RAM.
Click to expand...

Been using the same Airport for the last two years. I'm no engineer, nor an expert at this but I know my experience with my devices.

But glad to see you obsess enough about it to go through all my posts to find that other post. 😉
 
MrXiro said:
Been using the same Airport for the last two years. I'm no engineer, nor an expert at this but I know my experience with my devices.

But glad to see you obsess enough about it to go through all my posts to find that other post. 😉
Click to expand...

Wasn't obsessing about anything. Didn't even bother to do a search, I just happened to see your other post in the other thread.

I'm not denying your experience. I'm saying your attribution of it to more RAM on the iPad 3 is wrong.
 
IllIllIll said:
Wasn't obsessing about anything. Didn't even bother to do a search, I just happened to see your other post in the other thread.

I'm not denying your experience. I'm saying your attribution of it to more RAM on the iPad 3 is wrong.
Click to expand...

Do you always up vote your own posts? LOL...smh.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back