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The 3rd Gen iPad is not obsolete!
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you did get screwed.
the 2013 Accord has a substantial increase in mpg's as well as interior quality which the prior generation (your generation) was notoriously lacking. your generation is ripe with cheap plastic, bad assembly design, and a 5 speed transmission that seems lost trying to find the right gear.
where you did get a better deal was the fact that your generation of Accord still has a double wishbone suspension in the front. for the 2013 in an attempt to cut costs, Honda replaced it with a McPherson strut. i'm not sure how much you know about vehicle suspensions, but in addition to reducing costs it also reduced the vehicle's turning ability. the McPherson strut allows for 0 camber movement during a turn where as the double wishbone suspension allows the wheel to tilt positive camber which means that the full tread is still in contact with the ground. on the McPherson strut, the outer edge will have more contact.
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Apple artificially shortens the lifespan of its products through feature rationing to the devices it feels it wants to promote and leaving them off of the devices it wants to die out.
Siri is a perfect example
how long the iPad 3 will be supported will have nothing to do with the capability of the A5X chip, but rather everything to do with what Apple wants you to buy at the time of the iOS or feature introduction.
i bought the iPad 3 on October 3 and qualify for Apple's unofficial 30 day return period so i will definitely be upgrading to the iPad 4 with the A6X chip. the A5X is an epic fail for the Retina combined with a graphics intensive app. it can barely play Metal Storm so in all honesty the support for the iPad 3 might be very limited in the near future from a gaming perspective. the A6X will be a godsend to the Retina iPad
"iPad 4" is the improved "iPad 3"
People need to stop thinking of the 4th gen iPad as a new iPad entirely. They took the iPad 3rd gen and made a few nice improvements. I'm sure mainly to differentiate and uphold their pricing for the iPad mini. It's not iPad 3 or iPad 4, they are both just "iPad." Apple's not asking you to think of this as a new iPad.
People need to stop thinking of the 4th gen iPad as a new iPad entirely. They took the iPad 3rd gen and made a few nice improvements. I'm sure mainly to differentiate and uphold their pricing for the iPad mini. It's not iPad 3 or iPad 4, they are both just "iPad." Apple's not asking you to think of this as a new iPad.
If only someone would sell a stick-on to cover the 30-pin, and make it look like I have a lightning connector on my old iPad, I could go out in public again and hold my head up without feeling embarassed.
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This is true.
It's so cumbersome to always be covering up the 30 pin connector slot with my opposite hand.
Especially while attempting to juggle two bowling balls and an orange.
This is true.
It's so cumbersome to always be covering up the 30 pin connector slot with my opposite hand.
Especially while attempting to juggle two bowling balls and an orange.
I agree with your assessment that the iPad 3 is under-powered for retina. My best example is Zen Pinball. When I get past a certain point in the game, where lots of bonus lights are on and multiple balls are in play, the flipper response becomes sluggish (I have no such problem on the same tables on my Nexus 7). It appears to be a CPU limitation more than GPU.
I'm sure the iPad 4 would play silky smooth throughout the game. However, I am not making any more Apple purchases. Next purchase is the Win8 Pro convertible.
I'm taking $650 credit from Amazon for my 3rd Gen 64GB VZW LTE. $179+tax hit to upgrade but I think A6X, Lightning and less heat are worth it to me.
with apple putting ipad 2 internals in the mini it actually means that software will likely be optimized for less powerful devices for longer, ipad mini gives your full size ipad(other than original ipad) at least an extra year of software optimization consideration.
I still chuckle when I see the heat "issue" brought up.
I've never felt my iPad get hot, in fact is barely gets warm. Then again, I never use my iPad above 50% brightness regardless of the task I'm doing. The screen is far too bright at 100% for long term use, I have no idea why anyone would ramp the brightness up to 100% unless outside in blinding sunlight.
I've never felt my iPad get hot, in fact is barely gets warm. Then again, I never use my iPad above 50% brightness regardless of the task I'm doing. The screen is far too bright at 100% for long term use, I have no idea why anyone would ramp the brightness up to 100% unless outside in blinding sunlight.