Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

iPad Who still uses a older ipad?

Using an Air 2 which has a few year now works not too slow but battery time really took a dive after iOS 13.
How is the battery life with the iPad Pro 2018 ?
Not quite sure I need a Pro, what is really the benefits and do they get as long battery time as the Air 2 and air did?
 
My husband has the 9.7 iPad Pro still. He’s looking to upgrade within the next year. Depends on when all the craziness settles.
 
I use the 6th gen iPad from 2018 (bought almost immediately after it launched), but now that the 2018 pro will get cheaper I might consider upgrading. My mum got my former 2013 iPad Mini 2 and she is using it pretty often for her basic internet needs and some outdoors pictures. I have to admit, tho, that this one is already pretty slow.
 
2nd Gen 10.5 64gb for me is the sweet-spot of iPads currently and I won't be upgrading it for a while
 
An iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 2 still get regular use in our household. An iPad Air was recently converted into a photo frame, as that was struggling to keep up with most tasks.

Personally, I use a 10.5" iPad Pro. Although the 11" models look and feel fantastic, I have zero performance complaints with my 10.5" (my use cases are mainly Affinity Photo/Designer, reading books, MS Office, surfing the web and Netflix). Plus having to upgrade both the Smart Keyboard and Pencil if I were to buy a new iPad really makes me want to hang onto it as long as possible.
 
Still using a 16GB iPad Air 2.

Performance wise, it’s OK really. The only issue is that iPadOS has practically made it impossible to store anything on it.

If I’m upgrading, I will be going for the Pro.
 
I'm still using my 10.5. I still love it and it seems happy enough. Being distracted by COVID-19 news, I missed the excitement of the announcements and found out a day or two later.

I don't need a keyboard but am really attracted by the floating iPad capabilities. If the new Pros had 5G (future proofing for the next year or so isn't too much to ask for such a large investment) and really edge to edge screens, I'd put in an order right now. 5G is coming soon and I can't help thinking they're going to release another iPad sooner than usual...
 
32GB 9.7" iPP since April 2016 but looking hard @ buying a refurb'd 2018 11" iPP from APPL
 
We got (2) 6th gen iPad A10 (7 year old)
1 iPad Pro 10.5 9 year old
1 iPad Air 3 9 year old

my 2 kids have 2 iPads each.

I rarely use work iPad Pro 9.7 cellular. My 7 year old uses that as spare 3rd iPad also.
 
I just gave my 9.7 Pro to my husband and bought a first gen 12.9 Pro. I just needed a bigger screen to watch stuff. I had purchased the third gen but returned it. It was too thin and I couldn't adapt to Face ID, no headphone jack. Dongle hell was not a place I wanted to go for the price.
 
I still use my iPad Mini 2. I mainly use it for streaming shows. Still works great, but thinking of upgrading to a newer iPad model soon so I can pass this one down to my mum.
 
  • Like
Reactions: rdy0329
I still use iPad Air 2 as my main computing device and plan to upgrade when:
1) it stops working normally; or
2) it stops supporting the latest iPadOS
 
  • Like
Reactions: rdy0329
I was still using the iPad 3 until April 2019. I gave it away and it is used daily. As a first tablet, it does the job, but having used better, it’s excruciating.
 
Richard8655 said:
I used to be a fan of older iPads. Until they bogged down after updates and became a torture device.
Click to expand...
I'm still okay with A9/A9X even on iOS 13. That's 3-4 years old which is an eternity in tech. :p

Even the A8X is okay for the most part but even back on iOS 9, I did find it too slow in certain tasks (e.g. launching Excel, searching a 1.8 million word omnibus).
 
I use my Air 2 almost daily. Thinking of getting a new 11" Pro, just because I want it. Can't really say that the Air 2 doesn't do everything I need it to do. But thinking the Pro with keyboard case might be a nice, highly portable "computer" when away from my 5k 27" iMac.
 
rui no onna said:
I'm still okay with A9/A9X even on iOS 13. That's 3-4 years old which is an eternity in tech. :p

Even the A8X is okay for the most part but even back on iOS 9, I did find it too slow in certain tasks (e.g. launching Excel, searching a 1.8 million word omnibus).
Click to expand...

Also fine with the A9 (iPad 5) here, and plan on holding out as long as possible. I hate trading in or shelving perfectly good electronics when not necessary, as see it as wasteful. I think my comment came from my experience with the iPad 3, but I know Apple has much improved its performance compatibility of later IOS releases with older iPads.
 
Last edited:
My kids heavily use iPad Air 2s. I just checked each of them via coconut battery and they show 350-450 battery cycles each. But they are mostly holding up fine. I’ll be bummed if they don’t support iOS 14. But we’ve gotten many miles out of them.
 
  • Like
Reactions: rdy0329
I still use my Ipad Pro 10.5 everyday as my main device. I have an iphone as well and a windows laptop that I use strictly for work. The Ipad is holding up great. I just checked the battery health with coconut battery and it is at 172 cycles. when I use it during the day side by side next to my work laptop it is plugged in. I also have a cheap bluetooth keyboard since I do a lot of writing on the ipad. I am really interested in the new ipad, primarily the magic keyboard. I will wait until May (or whenever) to see the ipad out in the field with the keyboard before i make a decision.
 
Original iPad Air, bought at launch. Still used daily for email, web browsing etc., but becoming frustratingly slow. Would like my next iPad to enable me to go paperless in my medical office. Envisage using Apple Pencil to take notes. Uncertain whether it’s best to buy a lower spec iPad but change it more frequently, or get the Pro, and hang on to it for longer, as I have the iPad Air.

Notwithstanding that, current events mean I will be holding off making an immediate purchase.
Keep safe!
 
  • Like
Reactions: sananda
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back