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I just upgraded our family iPad 3 this week... because it finally died after FIVE years constant use (and abuse from two young kids, and it was fine for the gam

• VLM 9y ago
  The school district issued ipads are holding together and are nearing refresh cycle. Repeat scheduled sales will happen soon unless there's more of a push to chromebooks. The durability of ipads surprise me given the reputation of phones being weak and easily destroyed. The school district also requires their ipads be used in indestructible cases, which helps with reliability and also eliminates conspicuous consumption, which is a major driver of phone sales. If every kid at school has a uniform identical ipad case then a replacement does not indicate high status, so there's no motivation to replace often.
  • H1Supreme 9y ago
    Is there a push for Chromebooks? Makes more sense than an iPad to me.
  • photojosh 9y ago
    I put our family iPads in indestructible cases. The one for the Pro arrived just the other day, and sadly it turns the beautiful design into this massive brick. Oh well, need to protect them from the kids <cough> and wife </cough>.
• 6stringmerc 9y ago
  I've gotten a lot of life out of an iPad 2, still works fine for checking traffic, text sites, and Garage Band. Have acquired a Mini for when it eventually sunsets - though down the street there are rows of small shops that will unlock and/or modify any number of devices for a reasonable fee. Yay!