Will Apple really skip updating the iPad Air 2?

[sracer]

Been using A mini2 for around 3 to 6 hours daily for the past 2 years and I am well over 30.

...but he doesn't know you.

It was a silly and incendiary claim to begin with.

 

[joeblow7777]

To me the mini is a kids toy, it's very cute. but useless because it's too small. At least it's somewhat reasonably priced, so buying a mini for 2 years life expectancy is fine because the kids will end up breaking it, I have 3 mini's for the family and went with the smallest GB lowest end model and I always wait for some sort of sale through Best Buy to knock off $100 on the price. I don't know a single adult age 30+ who would use a mini for more than 5 minutes.

For the iPad I expect a solid 3-4 years for an $800 device, for the iPad mini 2 years for $300, and at $1200+ the Pro better be rippin' fast for a solid 4 years before Apple releases a version of iOS that makes the A9X perform at 1/10th it's power forcing an upgrade.

I'm over 30. I just bought a Mini 4 and have been using an even smaller Nexus 7 for nearly 2 years. I really don't see what one's age has to do with the size of their tablet. I do all the same things I would do on a full sized tablet on my mini, including work like grading assignments (I'm a teacher). I value portability. If I can get the same functionality out of a smaller device, that's what I'll choose.

 

[campyguy]

To be fair, I don't think anyone expects their device to be the fastest, most powerful at all times in the future.

While I know what you mean, there are some out there that money is a tool to be used and exploited. The quest to have the biggest/baddest/blingyiest thing is paramount, and being "smoked" by some other device or gadget just isn't something to be taken lightly.

Money. Is. No. Object.

Back in the early '90s I liked to drive fast and owned a Datsun 510 that was autocrossed regularly. The whole bit - suspension, fender flares, bigger block, modified head/exhaust, dual Mikuni-Solex carbs, custom cams, modified 5-speed trans from a Japanese Bluebird. I never lost a race.

I gave up that fun stuff, but kept the car and made it street legal, then went back to school. One of my classmates was a Kuwaiti with more money in the bank than you and I will see in our lifetimes - with a $50k-per-month "allowance". He drove a nasty Euro-spec 850i with some aftermarket tweaks. He was a seriously nice guy, too. I had a friend at PIR (Portland International Raceway), and arranged for a few 1/4-mile runs and some laps. My 510 left him in the rear view 6 out of 6 times. We swapped cars a couple of times, and my 510 was still blowing his then $100+k car away. Done, and done.

The next Monday, the 850i was gone, and replaced by some US-spec Porsche. My friend from school and I never talked about how badly my ride left his spendy ride behind. He had to have the "best" of something, but I'm sure he didn't want to spend it in my strapped-down 510! Some of us just have to have the best!

Are there any Vertu iPhone 6Ss out there yet?

 

[newellj]

To me the mini is a kids toy, it's very cute. but useless because it's too small. At least it's somewhat reasonably priced, so buying a mini for 2 years life expectancy is fine because the kids will end up breaking it, I have 3 mini's for the family and went with the smallest GB lowest end model and I always wait for some sort of sale through Best Buy to knock off $100 on the price. I don't know a single adult age 30+ who would use a mini for more than 5 minutes.

For the iPad I expect a solid 3-4 years for an $800 device, for the iPad mini 2 years for $300, and at $1200+ the Pro better be rippin' fast for a solid 4 years before Apple releases a version of iOS that makes the A9X perform at 1/10th it's power forcing an upgrade.

You need to get out more, clearly.

 

[HiRez]

Does the ipad air 2 really NEED an upgrade right now? I play all my games, multi task like a boss, and i don't ever see any problems. Do people just want to upgrade for the sake of saying they have the newest and greatest?

Problem isn't so much right now, it's that if you buy one now and plan to keep it 2-4 years, it will be essentially one year behind on the tail end, where apps stop working correctly or at all, new OS features aren't supported (maybe the OS itself), and the UI becomes slow and glitchy (insufficient RAM, etc.).

 

[Atomic1977]

I’m 41 and am currently using a iPad mini 2 I’ve had it for almost 2 years now and love it to death.

 

[bpeeps]

I’m 41 and am currently using a iPad mini 2 I’ve had it for almost 2 years now and love it to death.

3 year old post