Stop Crying

[D.T.]

Wow i think i only got a $350 offer for my 64GB LTE. Maybe 32GB is more popular. I wonder if they dynamically price offers. If you are a new customer they give you more to hook you.

I think maybe just really good timing, I mean, I literally was doing it while the Phil was doing the intro to the new 4th gen.

I went back after the event, logged in (different browser even, so no cookies), and my subsequent offer was $250 >!>!

Have you used them before? Do you think they'll honor the $400 offer?

"Sorry sir, it arrived broken ... "

 

[Lindsford]

This should sum it all up


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjNgNDZzH5o

Everyone bitching about their iPad 3 should have to watch that.

 

[mrkjsn]

Wirelessly posted

For apples profits. Bad move for the consumers.

How is it bad for consumers? Please elaborate

Given what they did to iPad 3', i would venture to guess that Apple will release a retina version within a few months.

 

[robanga]

I think maybe just really good timing, I mean, I literally was doing it while the Phil was doing the intro to the new 4th gen.

I went back after the event, logged in (different browser even, so no cookies), and my subsequent offer was $250 >!>!

Have you used them before? Do you think they'll honor the $400 offer?

"Sorry sir, it arrived broken ... "

They will honor it yeah its locked in for 30 days. They are great to work with too. Sure you could probably jump through 40 hoops and get more money other ways but they really are great.

 

[D.T.]

They will honor it yeah its locked in for 30 days. They are great to work with too. Sure you could probably jump through 40 hoops and get more money other ways but they really are great.

Awesome, thanks for the reply! I have a low tolerance for hassle, that's why I never sell a car privately, heck, if that $400 is locked in, and it's unlikely they'll say it's not "mint", I might take them up on it.

 

[Tsuchiya]

Thanks for making this thread so I didn't have to.

There has been a ****ing pathetic amount of whining in this forum tonight. People need to get a grip.

 

[Lindsford]

Thanks for making this thread so I didn't have to.

There has been a ****ing pathetic amount of whining in this forum tonight. People need to get a grip.

I wasn't going to but the amount of people making threads about how hard Apple "screwed" them was ridiculous. I usually upgrade iPhones every year and iPads bi-yearly. I'm glad they upgraded it now because if they released this in march, I don't even wanna think about how many threads there would be bitching about how they had an entire year to release what came out today with such marginal upgrades

This isn't really an iPad 4, more like a 3S

 

[insoc]

With all respect, I just can't understand why are so many people complaining about how they just lost $100! I mean, $100 will buy you a fancy dinner at a restaurant, a ticket to WDW, a sweater, a pair of shoes, I mean, is NOT like you just lost your life time saving on Wall Street or even how you lost on the first year of your brand new car. I mean, it's just $100!

 

[Lindsford]

Another thing that comes to mind is how many people claim "it's not about the specs". Clearly for a lot of unhappy people it is lol.

 

[hkfan24]

Another thing that comes to mind is how many people claim "it's not about the specs". Clearly for a lot of unhappy people it is lol.

Exactly.

I don't understand why people get upset because Apple didn't "warn" or "give notice" to consumers in advance about an updated version coming out. How many companies really want to do that to their own product just to let it sit on shelves until an update releases? Technology evolves everyday and one day you have the newest stuff, tomorrow it's obsolete. It's the nature technology plays. It just looks more magnified from these forums point of view.

Apple doesn't owe consumers anything. In the end, it's a business. Some of you forget to remember the other half of the world that doesn't keep up with all the latest updates. Is it frustrating? Sure but Apple never set it in stone that they would only do updates once a year. Own a business and you'll understand why Apple did what it had to. Switching to the new lightning connector was a good idea in my opinion and they managed to just go ahead and add more pieces to it. It's as simple as that.

Nothing we can do. Ever. It's the way tech life goes.

 

[Booji]

Er no because until today we could expect a 1 year life cycle for our money.

This is not how it has "always been" it has always been a 1 year refresh. So dont give me this snarky **** .

The competition is only getting more fierce. The market demands constant innovation and change. 1 year is no longer the norm for technology cycles.

Don't worry, an iPad 3 will remain useful for at least two or three more years so you can full value of your purchase.

 

[irDigital0l]

Once again this is nothing about ****ing specs.

This is the scenario

March 2011 - Buy iPad £569

March 2012 - sell iPad - £469 Buy new iPad £569

Now instead I can either

October 2012- Sell iPad £469 - Buy iPad - £569 - Down at least £100 after only 6 months of owning

or October 2013 - Sell iPad - £269-369 - Buy iPad - £569 - Down £100-£200 more than usual


Meaning I am either down £100 now or Down £100-£200 next time I upgrade compared to how I would have been if the upgrade was in March.

By devaluing the iPad now, I now have to spend out more then I would have if they had just waited 6 bloody months.

Once again I do not give a **** about being "outdated" I would gladly keep my current iPad, but now I am in a situation if I do keep it it will cost me EXTRA to upgrade down the line. Which is more money out of my pocket.

And whether I sell it now or next year I am now out at least £100 more than I would have been if they had waited till March.

Or if you actually didn't buy a new iPad every yearish....

Are you buying new products as a hobby or do you actually need to use them?

 

[Lindsford]

Or if you actually didn't buy a new iPad every yearish....

Are you buying new products as a hobby or do you actually need to use them?

I would assume Hobby.

 

[Beta Particle]

It's a minor spec bump. Big deal, go ahead and tell me it has a 2x faster CPU. Cool, but what's that really amount to in Real-World usage for what the majority of you actually use your iPad for?

Complex PDFs take upwards 5-10 seconds to render a page on the iPad 3, halving that time would be a significant improvement for me, bringing it more in line with the iPad 2 performance.

Lots of apps have jerky animations/scrolling on the iPad 3 which do not on the iPad 2. Even the UI has stuttering animations in iOS 6 on the iPad 3. (e.g. opening folders)

I will actually be able to get 4G coverage in my country, after being mis-sold it with the iPad 3. (have barely used cellular data as 3G is painfully slow here)

I might actually get more than one bar when on the WiFi in my house now that it supports 5GHz 802.11n. (my 2.4GHz reception is terrible due to a number of things causing interference)

The facetime camera may actually be usable now.



Normally I would be selling my iPad around late February/March, but now I either have to sell my iPad now and take a loss, or sell it later, when I actually had budgeted paying for an upgrade, and take an even bigger loss.

Perhaps for you, the changes may be small, but it fixes all the issues that existed with the iPad 3 being a product that was rushed to launch, to fit their 12-month schedule.

They should have made the decision to change to an October schedule then, back in March, by holding back the iPad 3 update, rather than releasing the iPad 4 halfway through the expected life of the product.


How will iPad 4 owners feel if they decide to release an iPad 5 in March? The "iPad 4" feels a lot more like an "iPad 3S" and it does not fit in with the rest of the new iOS product aesthetics. (aluminum unibody available in multiple colors)


Couldn't care less about the new lightning connector (unless it allows the iPad to charge quicker) and would have been even more upset if they had added 1080p AirPlay mirroring.

 

[Red05]

Really? because you don't get a year with the latest and greatest and you thought you would, or do you have a resale scheme in mind that they upset. I so don't get this mentality. Not saying you all are bad people, i just don't get the emotion around that.

What is causing them to "loose" you exactly?

I'm not going to complain about the iPad4 but I understand the sentiment of people who are upset by this. Part of Apple's marketing scheme involves getting people (like all of us in this forum) whipped up into a frenzy to get the latest and greatest of products. I can understand the frustration from those who spent $700 60 days ago when they could have waited those 60 days and spent the same amount of money for a much better product.

I'm sure I'll have an iPad4 by Christmas so I am not going to lose any sleep over it, but I do find that more and more Apple has turned into the exact same company Microsoft was back in the 90's which we all used to hate so much.

 

[robanga]

I'm not going to complain about the iPad4 but I understand the sentiment of people who are upset by this. Part of Apple's marketing scheme involves getting people (like all of us in this forum) whipped up into a frenzy to get the latest and greatest of products. I can understand the frustration from those who spent $700 60 days ago when they could have waited those 60 days and spent the same amount of money for a much better product.

I'm sure I'll have an iPad4 by Christmas so I am not going to lose any sleep over it, but I do find that more and more Apple has turned into the exact same company Microsoft was back in the 90's which we all used to hate so much.

Apple whips them into a frenzy?I dunno look at what products a lot of people own here. The need to have the latest and greatest of everything is treadmill that is near impossible to stay on, unless you are pretty wealthy.

 

[Mak47]

Er no because until today we could expect a 1 year life cycle for our money.

This is not how it has "always been" it has always been a 1 year refresh. So dont give me this snarky **** .

The product has existed for 2 and a half years. "Always" means nothing with such little time to really determine any kind of pattern.

I just love how people are never, ever happy. If it's not whining about Apple holding back features and tech for too long, it's about them releasing it too soon.

 

[Red05]

Apple whips them into a frenzy?

Ever seen the line outside an Apple store on the day of a major release? I'll wager I'm not the only one in here who has waited in those lines a time or two.

I dunno look at what products a lot of people own here. The need to have the latest and greatest of everything is treadmill that is near impossible to stay on, unless you are pretty wealthy.

And yet so many of us in this very forum are doing precisely that.

 

[vish26]

If Facetime HD was so crucial, why did you buy an iPad without Facetime HD?

Like I said earlier all I knew was from the Rumors that it was mere going to be a Lightning Connector Update to the Existing iPad-3 I did not have a faintest idea that it will get a HD Front Camera !! I was caught on a wrong foot there !!

 

[Xanthos]

It's a minor spec bump. Big deal, go ahead and tell me it has a 2x faster CPU. Cool, but what's that really amount to in Real-World usage for what the majority of you actually use your iPad for? My 3rd gen works just fine. I'm glad they updated it with the new dock connectors. It needed to be done. Like it or not. What better time than before the holidays where people buy a ton of them. It's a good move. Angry Birds and Safari will still work on your iPad 3. Videos will look just as good as before, and the world will keep turning.

Real world usage huh?

Do you know that the iPad 3's LTE only works in the US?

 

[bembol]

I don't get why they are shocked. If you're going to change it to Lightning you might as well change a few other things, hence the Spec Bump. It makes sense.

 

[jmpnop]

Another thing that comes to mind is how many people claim "it's not about the specs". Clearly for a lot of unhappy people it is lol.

Thats the way Apple fanboys argue. Comparing to an Android tablet hardware doesn't matter, software is more important. If Apple releases a spec bump, they feel like someone has robbed their kidney because their iToy is no longer the latest and greatest.

 

[Ntran]

When will you idiots realise it is NOTHING to do with the spec bump, it is the fact that it dramatically devalues something that we just bought.

When I buy an iPad I sell it when the next one comes out so I pay about £100 for the upgrade.

Now if I choose to wait till iPad 5 it will cost me £200-£300 to upgrade due to the devaluation, if I upgrade now I am paying out money just 6 months after for slightley better specs. Either way I am ****ed.

If Ipad 4 is just a slightly upgraded version of Ipad 3 then why would you bother upgrading? If you don't then what you are CRYING about? Also don't expect to sell your old Ipad a year later with $100 down. When Apple introduces a new product, it also reduces the price of the old one by $100. I don't see any reason why someone has to buy your old iPad instead of the brand new offered by Apple. Grow up dude

 

[Deliro]

iPad 3 owners, stop crying about the NewER iPad

I have an iPad 3, which I am happy with.. And I was a little surprised that Apple refreshed the iPad already. But my surprise isn't anger. And I really cannot understand why current iPad 3 owners are so angry. Look for most people they will NOT see twice the performance.

Additionally, if Apple can put out better hardware quicker, in my eyes that is better for the consumer. So is it really that important to your egos to have Apple STALL on releasing new product so your ego can claim you still own the top of the line? Really....

I'm a PC owner for years and I'm used to this sort of thing. When I buy the top of the line graphics card do I feel angry when they release a iteration a mere month later? Nope.. Not in the slightest..

So enjoy your iPads and understand that technology rapidly evolves. Don't like it? It's YOUR choice to slap down your credit card, isn't it?

 

[iHeartapple2]

I agree! I think the reason some are complaining is that they like to tell everyone they have the new iPad and now they can't say that anymore!