There was also the fact it's memory (I think it was flash memory) got really slow after a year or two. Like unusably slow. That's probably how they got it so ch

There was also the fact it's memory (I think it was flash memory) got really slow after a year or two. Like unusably slow. That's probably how they got it so cheap, to try to showcase and build momentum, but after two years (from both hardware and software POV), it's useless. I still have some iPad 2's floating around, which have the same issue, albeit on a longer scale. Can no longer update the OS, most new apps won't install as they target a different OS, it _seems_ to be getting more sluggish over time (though there was a clear performance drop between two of the major OS versions - I think it was 6 to 7). It's a shame as it's still a useful and nice piece of hardware.