Well, if you don't care then keep your first iPad. That doesn't mean that other won't care though.
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To people saying that iPad 2 isn't faster than iPad 1
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Well, if you don't care then keep your first iPad. That doesn't mean that other won't care though.
Well, it's not a money thing. But since I'll mostly just browse the web with it, I wondered if I might as well save $150 and go with the refurb iPad 1.
but if you go for the iPad 1, you will miss out on some new features on iOS5 when it's released later in the year...
Not if you buy the iPad 3 along with it.
Hopefully that one will actually be a decent upgrade
Speculations should not be presented as facts. Besides, any new features not available ob iPad 1 would probably be based on the new hardware. So if you don't need a camera, what difference does it make if iOS 5 has new features that take advantage of it?
YET. Remember how many awesome games there were for ipad 1 when it first came out? Not very many. This is the new standard and developers will develop based on the latest platform. When the iphone 3GS came out, there was an introduction of apps that the first 2 couldn't run properly. Iphone 4 showed this again. Not that you have to chuck out your first gen, it is a great product, but is now no longer the standard.
I foresee in maybe 2 years, the first gen ipad will start to become "too old/slow" for apps released at the time. Newer models will have higher res screens and maybe a whole new chipset architecture. Once again, no reason to call it obsolete or anything right now, but with anything electronic, isn't this the natural progression?
we don't know for certain yet, gotta wait for the announcement
with new iOS software there is stuff only available on the newer devices, it's pretty much a fact as there is proven history for it.....
Agree with this. Spent two weeks with iPad 2 (had to return them both) and now have an iPad 1. As much as I hate it (will likely have to dive back into trying to find an iPad 2 with a good screen) the whole experience on the iPad 2 is faster. Yes, this is completely subjective but after using the 2 (my first iPad) and going to the 1 I am wanting the 2 back. Web, apps, games, screen animations, etc all better/faster/more fluid IMO on the 2.