All iPads Why Apple Selling Fewer iPads Is Actually A Huge Achievement

[whooleytoo]

My iPad 2 isn't going anywhere till at least 2016. Its a great tablet, still does pretty much everything that an iPad Air does, just a bit slower.

Yeah, I upgraded from the iPad 2 -> Air last year; I really didn't need to, but I did want to; partly for the Retina, but mostly for the much faster connectivity. With a decent, modern router with MIMO, the Air is a lot faster.

Who knows how long it'll be before Air owners would need to upgrade. By comparison, I have an iPhone 4 that I can't wait to dropkick into oblivion as soon as I have some spare cash to cover an iPhone 6.

I think Apple will really need to push games in order to drive upgrades. It can't get much more Retina. Speed even in the Air is great, very few apps stretch it. The only other thing is they keep pushing progressively more hardware-heavy iOS updates that make buying new hardware desirable. Which is one of the reasons I don't (major) upgrade my iOS beyond the first year or so.

 

[Piggie]

Ok, well I'll be honest.

Still have my iPad1

Why you ask ?

Well, because I go into a store today, look at an iPad Air2 sitting on the demo stand, and what do I see?

something that, to all intents and purposes looks exactly the same as my iPad1

Same screen size, shape/format.

Same stupid speakers only on the bottom.

Same crazy icon layout like a blown up iPhone.

Ok, so it has a camera now, that's nice but should have a better quality one with a flash unit along side it.

It's faster, well that's nice, but it does not really make much difference being faster.

And it's thinner, big whoop.

If they actually improved/changed the dam thing to something better I'd have bought a new model ages ago.

It's like they had 1 idea 5 years ago, and just spend the last 5 years wondering what to do without actually doing anything.

I know 95% of you will disagree and that's fine. But I could upgrade and I would feel I've not got anything different from my 5 year old model in any fundamental way.

I'm hoping the iPad Pro is their next actual idea.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

Had iPad 1,3,4,Mini Retina 2,(my Travel Pad in the Van), and the new iPad Air 2, the best iPad I have ever had. 1,3,4 have been given away, all still working and being used, talk about lasting forever.
Owns the Tablet market
Can't wait for the new PRO, it will be my end table second game screen, bedroom movie viewer, bring it on!

 

[Mivo]

It's faster, well that's nice, but it does not really make much difference being faster.

It makes a major difference for me. I still have my iPad 2, in addition to the Air 2, and both the speed and the increased memory make all the difference. Even when just web browsing, the improvement is significant and very noticeable.

The screen resolution also makes a huge difference. On the iPad 2, the dpi is so low that I can almost count the pixels with the naked eye, making it much harder to read text-heavy web sites or e-books.

I loved the iPad when it was new, and it's not like it's now unusable, but it's a bit like going from a great DSL connection to dial-up. It just depends on what you do with the device, and what you compare it to.

 

[rkuo]

Ok, well I'll be honest.

Still have my iPad1

Why you ask ?

Well, because I go into a store today, look at an iPad Air2 sitting on the demo stand, and what do I see?

something that, to all intents and purposes looks exactly the same as my iPad1

Same screen size, shape/format.

Same stupid speakers only on the bottom.

Same crazy icon layout like a blown up iPhone.

Ok, so it has a camera now, that's nice but should have a better quality one with a flash unit along side it.

It's faster, well that's nice, but it does not really make much difference being faster.

And it's thinner, big whoop.

If they actually improved/changed the dam thing to something better I'd have bought a new model ages ago.

It's like they had 1 idea 5 years ago, and just spend the last 5 years wondering what to do without actually doing anything.

I know 95% of you will disagree and that's fine. But I could upgrade and I would feel I've not got anything different from my 5 year old model in any fundamental way.

I'm hoping the iPad Pro is their next actual idea.

Yeah I completely disagree. The iPad Air is tremendously lighter and easier to hold. 256MB of RAM on the original Air means web pages will be crashing left and right. Non-retina means you have constantly zoom and unzoom on normal web pages. Things have advanced a lot since then. But without new usage modes for iOS like multitasking and productivity the need for higher specs now is at a stand still.

 

[baypharm]

I think the entire tablet/phone device market is saturated. 5 years ago this was not the case for Apple when they brought out Ipad. Though its strengths (for me) are portability and cellular connection, the fact is iPad is no longer the only rodeo in town.

 

[rowspaxe]

I think the entire tablet/phone device market is saturated. 5 years ago this was not the case for Apple when they brought out Ipad. Though its strengths (for me) are portability and cellular connection, the fact is iPad is no longer the only rodeo in town.

Potentially there is pent up demand, snd sales will increase again as ipad 2 and 3 start to hit the four and five year old mark. To me, its indespensible
as i like to read in bed.

 

[Shanghaichica]

I think the entire tablet/phone device market is saturated. 5 years ago this was not the case for Apple when they brought out Ipad. Though its strengths (for me) are portability and cellular connection, the fact is iPad is no longer the only rodeo in town.

I agree. I think they still do well with the iPhone as most people do not pay for their phones out right, they are subsidised with only a small upfront fee. Most people don't mind paying that over say an android device, where the upfront fee might be the same or only a little bit more. In contrast most people buy tablets out right. iPads are expensive and most people don't want to pay that much when there are myriads of cheaper alternatives out there.

 

[Mivo]

I think the entire tablet/phone device market is saturated. 5 years ago this was not the case for Apple when they brought out Ipad. Though its strengths (for me) are portability and cellular connection, the fact is iPad is no longer the only rodeo in town.

Switching platforms also means re-buying apps, though. I've dropped quite a bit of cash on both iOS and Android apps, and in retrospect that may not have been an ideal approach. Then again, at least I don't feel too walled in.