My point was that Apple regularly accepts returns for stuff that's long past the 14-day window and sometimes even past the 30-day window if the customer is truly unhappy with it.
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My point was that Apple regularly accepts returns for stuff that's long past the 14-day window and sometimes even past the 30-day window if the customer is truly unhappy with it.
Don't upgrade yet, wait for another few years until Apple introduces the Ipad 10 so that you won't get scammed
lol....are you really serious with that quote??
u buy something, a nwe model appears and its the fault of the company...oh wait...u havent bought! u r 'applehater'
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+1 to that
I'm gonna try and see if they can switch mine, even though I've had mine for two months. There is absolutely no signs of wear and tear on mine.
Scammed??? Did they promise you that there would be no more updates this year? Did they sell you something that didn't work or now doesn't?
Nope, nope, nope. No scam
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Yes.
Apple should've allowed iPad 3 users a discount in buying the updated new new iPad to show their good faith. But anyway, when they dropped the number from the name I should've known. Bummer.
After this early update incident, I found that iMore and John Gruber are the 2 most reliable news sources. iMore first reported that there will be another big iPad coming , and John actually guessed this one year earlier... I'm not sure if Apple really thought that last year.
After this early update incident, I found that iMore and John Gruber are the 2 most reliable news sources. iMore first reported that there will be another big iPad coming , and John actually guessed this one year earlier... I'm not sure if Apple really thought that last year.
Returns go through The seller, not the manufacturer
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If I sell my iPad 3, does AppleCare transfer, or do I have to cancel it?
On second thought, I have AC+. I can smash my iPad at any time and get a new one. I should wait until after the new year and see what my chances are at getting a new model...
Apple care stays with the device and is for the same device. Even if you break it you are getting an iPad 3, not a 4 or 5 and you can't pay the difference etc. and yes they have factories still making older items for service swaps
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Try not 'forcefully' requesting it.
Generally rule of retail, if you want an exception don't go it demanding it like an entitled asshat.
Say what you will, 2 generation of a product from any company within one calander year will raise eyebrows. Apple had become a parody of itself it seems.
If anything they should have retained the 3rd gen as iPad Retina, and the 4th gen as Retina Pro or some variation. And not phasing out a 7 month old product.
It's a bit rich to say the least.
If anything they should have retained the 3rd gen as iPad Retina, and the 4th gen as Retina Pro or some variation. And not phasing out a 7 month old product.
It's a bit rich to say the least.
Please refrain from speaking for anyone but yourself because you don't know what anyone else is thinking or feeling
For example, I have zero issues with them doing the update now and the only bad taste in my mouth is from the 'on tap' I had with dinner
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Official policy is 14 days from the announcement. Managers have leeway to go out to 30 days for customer service. Many do it, particularly in big cities cause they don't want to deal with pissy customers in their faces.
Apple are past masters at ***ing off the pro market, but they should not believe they can get away too long with doing the same to their consumer market.
I bought the iPad 1, 2, and 3rd generation. I thought I was Apple faithful. Thanks for letting me know I am not. This 4th gen iPad isn't tempting me at all. It would be a great upgrade from a first or second gen iPad, but I'll wait for the next one, and then I'll see what it has to offer.
If anything, this move has saved me money. Even if I'm destined to buy next year's model, it will probably be released in the fall. So I will get a year and a half out of my current iPad (or two and a half years, if next year's model doesn't seduce me). I'll also get another year of use out of the 30-pin cables and speaker dock that I already have.
I'm an Apple user, and and Apple fan. I guess I'm not Apple faithful, though.
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Hear, hear! Speaking for the masses when you're really just expressing your own opinion makes the world see you as a fool.
Everyone knows that.
Good idea, And while you're at it, could we get a year window for those who got scammed by Apple back in 2011? I had no frikkin idea they were going to release a 4 inch version of an iPhone for basically the same price.
It's almost as though Apple doesn't want me to upgrade my six-month-old iPad 3 to the iPad 4, any more than I want to do it.
However, if you want a discount on the 4th gen iPad for being a 3rd gen iPad owner, it's easy to get. Sell your 3rd gen model, and use the proceeds towards the purchase of the 4th gen iPad.
The 3rd gen model has a "feature" that the new one doesn't, which is compatibility with the old cables and docks. You're likely to find a healthy market of first-generation iPad owners, or even iPhone and iPod Touch owners who are willing to upgrade to the 3rd generation iPad and get more use out of their peripherals.
The best part is that you'll leave Apple out of that part of the equation, and you'll pay a lower net price for the new one than if Apple offered a modest discount for your trade-in.
Well nikhsub, I agree with you and there are many others. Some of these "it's all okay that the ipad 3 was replaced in just 6 months because Apple can shaft me and I like it" people could do with a lesson in consumer rights. They sound like they work for Apple with some of the lines they use. Corporate speak.
Ugh. That would be terrible! This is clearly a minor refresh. Slapping a "Pro" label on it would be ridiculous.
I can imagine the derision such a move by Apple would receive on message boards like this one.
I hope you've finally learned your lesson about "yearly" hardware updates. They were a false sense of security all along. Apple has been signaling for many years that they don't want to be chained to a yearly update cycle. And they've been doing it in many ways:
- They stopped participating in MacWorld, because they were expected to give a keynote announcing new products that might or might not be ready for release.
- We're still on iLife '11.
- Mac Pro?
- The iPad no longer has a number printed on the box.
- The iPhone 4s broke the yearly cycle of being released in June, and came out in October.
- This year the iPhone 5 came in September, a humiliating slap in the face of the people who bought the 4S the previous October and felt compelled to upgrade their 11-month old phone.
- Now Apple has literally* stomped on the faces of those of us who bought the third generation thinking Apple would have the decency not to improve the iPad for at least one revolution of our planet around its star.
*No, I don't mean "literally" in the literal sense. I mean "literally" in the figurative sense.
They won't. They still have the first iPhones as a replacement and also the first iPad. Apple doesn't upgrade or downgrade your devices due to their supplies. It will be the same.
I just got an iPad 3 LAST WEEK, sent from a class after it ended as a reward. Think I could switch that for an iPad 4? I REALLY HOPE SO…
Note again. LAST WEEK.
It sounds like this was FREE iPad that was given to you last week. Without a receipt, Apple has in their system a way to bring up purchases; the serial number will be used. I've done this. Now, if you discover was purchased >30 days, I'm pretty sure Apple won't accept it. Though it is a gift, Apple saw it as a purchase. The original customer simply waited when to give the iPad. So, now you have to find out if it purchased >30 days ago, "last week" doesn't matter Apple regards to sale/purchase.
Also, this was a FREE iPad! Just enjoy the one you have. The one given to as a reward; it may or will have some sort of sentimental value. The iPad 3 & 4 are the same except for A5 and the A6X chip. If you want a "fast" iPad to play a lot of games then go to 4. But, I doubt you would hardly notice anything else between the 3&4 during normal usage and browsing.
Yes, and the "lightning" port (blech!
) unless Apple is yet to enable it yet on iO6, maybe. I have a 64GB Black VZW iPad, I don't use it much, it just lays on my coffee table or its dock. Of course I want the best and the newest thing out there, but a change like this hardly makes want to pick it up and use it regularly again.
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This changes things
Not gonna jump on the I hate Apple bandwagon, they have the right to update their products. However, I have to say many people will think twice before investing in Apple products again, not to invest in another product, but simply to hang around and see if somethign else is coming up very soon. Wonder how this will affect the long term relationship Apple built with its customers over the past decade.
Didn't Apple give $200 credit to the original iPhone adopters after announcing the 3G? Anyone remember why?
I think my next iPad is going to be a Mini, Retina Mini, which should be released in the next... 3 months. I will replace my PC with a Surface (not RT) if Windows 8 takes off, and that will be my big (work) tablet.
Not gonna jump on the I hate Apple bandwagon, they have the right to update their products. However, I have to say many people will think twice before investing in Apple products again, not to invest in another product, but simply to hang around and see if somethign else is coming up very soon. Wonder how this will affect the long term relationship Apple built with its customers over the past decade.
Didn't Apple give $200 credit to the original iPhone adopters after announcing the 3G? Anyone remember why?
I think my next iPad is going to be a Mini, Retina Mini, which should be released in the next... 3 months. I will replace my PC with a Surface (not RT) if Windows 8 takes off, and that will be my big (work) tablet.