tzeshan

mike1 said:

tzeshan said:

rare comment said:

kidrock2199 said:

I still have my 1st gen iPad and it STILL works. I fire it up from time to time just to make sure the battery doesn’t die out permanently. I also still have my iPad 2 and it still works. I skipped the 3 and glad I did cause the 4 was only 6 months behind. But then I’m glad I didn’t get the 4 on day one cause I was able to pick up the 128gb version mid-cycle. It still works, too. I got the 1st gen Air but didn’t like the AIR gap under the screen. It made it feel plasticky. So I traded that one in for the Air 2. I’ll never get another non-laminated screen iPad. I just upgraded to the 10.5” Pro from that Air 2 a month or so ago. Unless I can get great money for these things, I’m just gonna hang onto all of them. 

This (and my story is basically the same) is exactly why iPad sales numbers look low (compared to the biggest hit product of all time, to be clear, not compared to regular products) and yet is so successful.  They last, they remain useful over years, and they are used regularly.  Trading upgrades for happier customers is the right strategy to build a durable business and it's why there isn't a tablet market, only an iPad market.  That said, I think we now have owned 10 as iPad's trade-in value is also high and so makes upgrading more feasible.  My only wish - that the mini would get refreshed more frequently.

Apple should put GPS in all iPads. It will open up a lot of uses. 

Such as???

rare comment said:

kidrock2199 said:

I still have my 1st gen iPad and it STILL works. I fire it up from time to time just to make sure the battery doesn’t die out permanently. I also still have my iPad 2 and it still works. I skipped the 3 and glad I did cause the 4 was only 6 months behind. But then I’m glad I didn’t get the 4 on day one cause I was able to pick up the 128gb version mid-cycle. It still works, too. I got the 1st gen Air but didn’t like the AIR gap under the screen. It made it feel plasticky. So I traded that one in for the Air 2. I’ll never get another non-laminated screen iPad. I just upgraded to the 10.5” Pro from that Air 2 a month or so ago. Unless I can get great money for these things, I’m just gonna hang onto all of them. 

This (and my story is basically the same) is exactly why iPad sales numbers look low (compared to the biggest hit product of all time, to be clear, not compared to regular products) and yet is so successful.  They last, they remain useful over years, and they are used regularly.  Trading upgrades for happier customers is the right strategy to build a durable business and it's why there isn't a tablet market, only an iPad market.  That said, I think we now have owned 10 as iPad's trade-in value is also high and so makes upgrading more feasible.  My only wish - that the mini would get refreshed more frequently.

Fatman said:

Facebook, Google use personal data maninly for profitable marketing and advertising purposes. But TikTok is a Chinese Government Trojan horse app that uses personal data and access to seek out ways to breach companies, governments, and schools for the purpose of spying on specific individuals and for stealing intellectual property. There is no other way China could have advanced so quickly from having very little to now being on par with the same military, space and computing capacity and technologies as the US. We’ve spent many decades developing concepts, testing & refining them, so they can steal in minutes of downloading. They do not want another US company to see the code used in TikTok because it will prove the truth. I don’t like Trump, but actions against China are critical to the survival of the US. I hope Biden has enough! Intelligence, energy and strength to continue and even amplify these efforts.