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 c

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.