iPad Worth fixing a 2017 iPad?

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Yeah, also all devices are eventually bogged down by updates so devices which at release were “astonishingly future-proof” end up being “you want the device to open the notes app and use the keyboard without lag? Nah, the A9 is too old”.

I mention that specific example because of the following reason: my 9.7-inch iPad Pro on iOS 12 has sporadic, minimal keyboard lag. Which is abhorrent, pathetic software: my 6s on iOS 10 has never lagged. Not once. Yes, the lag is negligible, and it happens once every three months, but I notice it. And it shouldn‘t be there. I should know: I used that iPad for three years on iOS 9 until Apple forced it out.

Future-proofing is one of the major things I look for in a device, which is why I buy iPads instead of iPhones. I don't care if it's small and is a phone, if an iPad has better pure specs for less of a price, I'd be a moron not to jump on it.

 

[FeliApple]

Future-proofing is one of the major things I look for in a device, which is why I buy iPads instead of iPhones. I don't care if it's small and is a phone, if an iPad has better pure specs for less of a price, I'd be a moron not to jump on it.

Yeah, specs future-proofing is completely worth it unless you do what I do:

I buy devices and never update them, so regardless of specs they all run flawlessly (well... Unless they’re forced out by Apple, that is). Don‘t get me wrong, however: my 9.7-inch iPad Pro is almost perfect performance-wise. Slight, negligible keyboard lag does not change my assessment. Performance has been criticized ever since iPadOS 13. So far, so good.

My 6s on iOS 10 is as fast as my iPad Air 5 in terms of overall, non-demanding usage (i.e., I am not running the latest games on both, not least because iOS 10 probably will not support them), and an A9 is totally inferior to the M1 on the Air 5, of course. But for what I use them? They both run perfectly.

 

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Yeah, specs future-proofing is completely worth it unless you do what I do:

I buy devices and never update them, so regardless of specs they all run flawlessly (well... Unless they’re forced out by Apple, that is). Don‘t get me wrong, however: my 9.7-inch iPad Pro is almost perfect performance-wise. Slight, negligible keyboard lag does not change my assessment. Performance has been criticized ever since iPadOS 13. So far, so good.

My 6s on iOS 10 is as fast as my iPad Air 5 in terms of overall, non-demanding usage (i.e., I am not running the latest games on both, not least because iOS 10 probably will not support them), and an A9 is totally inferior to the M1 on the Air 5, of course. But for what I use them? They both run perfectly.

Yeah, when I get an iPad Pro I was planning to keep it on iPadOS 16 so it both runs optimally and may be able to be jailbroken if a 16 method releases.

 

[FeliApple]

Yeah, when I get an iPad Pro I was planning to keep it on iPadOS 16 so it both runs optimally and may be able to be jailbroken if a 16 method releases.

Many people (especially those who upgrade relatively frequently) would be very happy were they to grab one iOS device and stay on its original version for years. They’d see how battery life isn’t impacted by battery health and doesn’t decrease, they’d see a device whose performance always remains optimal.

I say “especially those who upgrade frequently” because many who do don’t really notice the impact because they don’t use devices long enough.