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nolamacguy said:

razorpit said:

Not saying your point is invalid but Apple often quickly deprecates support for Gen 1 products such as this.  Look at how long the first iPad was supported (iOS 6 I believe) compared to the iPad 2 which runs iOS 9.  There is often a feature set improvement between gen 1 and 2, look at the differences between iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS.

How long will Gen 1 be supported?  No one but Apple knows.  I was expecting a 1 year refresh and I was wrong.  Sources now appear to say 18 months.  Had I known then what I know now I might have taken that leap but being we are 12 months in to the cycle a small price reduction probably won't be enough to get us to purchase one so late in the game.  

my point isn't that you should buy one now. my point is that even at the get-go people were saying "first gen sucks, i'll get second gen" etc. i dont think that makes sense -- when you buy second gen, you'll be outpaced by the feature set of the third, and so forth. (and yes, there were big diffs between iPhone 3GS and 3G -- video, speed, etc).

that the orig iPad made it to iOS 6 is proof that they aren't depreciated very quickly. in fact, iOS are known for their long lives. I've given each of my older devices to family & friends and theyre used.

as for when the second gen AW will be, no one knows. there are no sources than can confirm it at 18 mos or 24.