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All iPads Anyone else still using a older iPad ?
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iPad Air 2 here -- fast, smooth, useful, entertaining -- even on iOS 15.
The only problem was that iOS 15 knocked off over 2 hours from the battery life.
Pathetic!
Considering an iPad 9 or 10 as a replacement -- largely for the battery life.
Will likely repurpose the Air 2 -- perhaps as an adjunct to the easy chairs in the family room for quick look-ups of old actors we see in movies or TV shows.
The only problem was that iOS 15 knocked off over 2 hours from the battery life.
Pathetic!
Considering an iPad 9 or 10 as a replacement -- largely for the battery life.
Will likely repurpose the Air 2 -- perhaps as an adjunct to the easy chairs in the family room for quick look-ups of old actors we see in movies or TV shows.
I'm still using the original iPad Pro 12.5" (used only for the Kindle app and emails), but am seriously looking for the upcoming 12.5" later this year.
Not everyone looks forward to the early-bird special at golden corral. 😛
I still have the very first iPad Air laying around here. I use it for some video watching from time to time.
I still Use my10 year old 1st Gen mini for Apple Music streaming, and split my time using my iPad 9 , iPhone 13,2012 MacBook Air. yeah the mini is a little sluggish but still functions for little things👍
I still use my iPad 5th generation. The only thing that annoys me a little is that the battery doesn't last that long. But on the other hand, anything else still works good enough for me. I think i will buy a new one if the battery only lasts a day. Now I get about two days with heavier use, and three with medium use.
I will buy the basic iPad again. The iPad 5 still works and never showed a problem in all these years. Ok, the microphone is bad as I learned since the pandemic and the inevitable video chats.
I will buy the basic iPad again. The iPad 5 still works and never showed a problem in all these years. Ok, the microphone is bad as I learned since the pandemic and the inevitable video chats.
We have a 6th gen that’s used very little. Still works ok, 3 iPad Air 3’s that are heavily used by the kids and a 11” M1 IPad Pro.
M1 pro might get sold for an M2 air but holding out to see some reviews. Plus might give iPadOS 16 a shot to see if it improved it enough for me to keep
M1 pro might get sold for an M2 air but holding out to see some reviews. Plus might give iPadOS 16 a shot to see if it improved it enough for me to keep
My iPad 2 from 2011 just died. Researched it and it’s a NAND corruption error. Looks like it’s time to put it to rest. Lasted 11 good years. Currently in the market for another 2011 model to house my more than 100 32-bit legacy apps that I paid for. ;-)
Are you sure you can still access them? I've had some apps which are no longer available on the App Store. I think anything pre-A7 is 32bit which means that a 2012 4th-gen iPad with the A6X can run 32-bit apps.
If you kept a PC with older iTunes version, then apps are still backed up on iTunes.
But yeah, 2012 iPad 4 is a better choice than 2011 iPad 3 or 2010 iPad 2 particularly if those 32-bit apps are games.
Alternately, slightly newer iPads (up to 2017 Pro?) will work as well as long as it was kept on iOS 10.
iMazing does that too (the paid version). I personally use an iPad mini 2 (IOS 10) and an iPad 2 (IOS 9). The iPad 2 is slow AF in general but with 32bit apps and games it's actually very usable (these 32bit apps are much less resource intensive).
True and the iPad 2 has lower resolution. That said, I believe there were complaints of the iPad 3 being slower than the iPad 2 for games (2x GPU power, 4x pixels). I doubt the price difference would be huge so iPad 4 should be the better option.
Bonus, Lightning cables are cheaper and easier to find than 30 pin.
I got the 2 simply because I found it used for 40 bucks (the 4 was like $100 and up, crazy price for an old device) as a backup for my 32bit apps, at that price you don't think too much...
Still Using the first iPad Pro 12.9"... was very smooth all these years... untill the 15.5 update 🤪
I have an ipad pro 12.9” 2nd gen. Still using it with apple pencil and procreate. Thinking of upgrading to the M1 chip.
We've been having a ton of trouble with our Mini 4. No matter what I do, we can't seem to get it to play video in Disney+ or HBO Max apps. The apps launch, but video playing always starts stalling out no matter what. Connectivity is good (it's a wifi model) and web browsing works fine -- but it just can't play video.
I tried resetting it with Erase Content and Settings, and even tried a full on DFU reset. Each time, though, now that I think about it, I've restored from an iCloud backup and maybe that's part of the problem? Other than that I'm a bit flummoxed.