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>> iPad 1 had a very decent lifespan I beg to differ. I assumed that I would get 3 years out of my iPad 1 but barely got two. I made the wrong bet by placing

>> iPad 1 had a very decent lifespan I beg to differ. I assumed that I would get 3 years out of my iPad 1 but barely got two. I made the wrong bet by placing blind trust into Apple when I paid extra for the 64GB version to ensure that it was 'future proof'. Sadly, by the time I upgraded to iOS 5.x, the iPad became slow as molasses and the browser would crash every 5-10 minutes. Don't even get me started on how iOS 6.x has turned my iPhone 4 into a pig. I'd be a hell of a lot happier if Apple would let you easily downgrade the OS'es of their mobile devices.

dagw 13y ago
My wife has an iPad 1. It's still working great and she has no desire to upgrade.
philwelch 13y ago
Why would more storage make a difference?
- slantyyz 13y ago
  It doesn't, although storage needs for me tend to grow over time. The problem for me was that paying the premium for the storage was mooted by the iPad becoming essentially a useless brick because of the OS upgrades.
eaurouge 13y ago
Really? I still have my iPad 1. Browsing HN on it as we speak. It's running iOS 5. The only downside is that the percentage of apps I can install is diminishing rapidly. Still, I bought it primarily to consume media: audio, video and books. And I reckon I have at least one more year before I would feel compelled to upgrade.
- gurkendoktor 13y ago
  If yours doesn't crash all the time because WebKit runs out of memory, then you're luckier than me (and a few people on the Apple forums). For me, the usable lifespan ended with the introduction of iOS 5 (my friend's iPad on 4.3 is much more stable).
acqq 13y ago
I use iPhone 4 with iOS 6 and apart from the app store (which I guess is slow everywhere, looking like being implemented in HTML 5 and stressing servers) nothing is slower than before iOS 6.
- slantyyz 13y ago
  My camera takes about 6 seconds to launch compared to being near instant before iOS 6.
  - acqq 13y ago
    I've just tried, I get about 6 seconds only if I used a lot other things, but still near instant if I've used the camera recently.
arethuza 13y ago
We have two iPad 1s at home and for general web browsing, looking at pictures and watching videos they are perfectly fine.
interpol_p 13y ago
You have quoted me out of context. I said: "iPad 1 had a very decent lifespan compared to the tablets released by competing manufacturers shortly afterwards" And it is completely true. Look at the first Android tablets released after the iPad 1 came out (Motorola Xoom and friends). Did anyone use these for more than a few months? Yet I know five or six people who still regularly use their iPad 1. If you had instead placed your "blind trust" in an Android tablet at the time, you would have been treated far worse.

dagw 13y ago

My wife has an iPad 1. It's still working great and she has no desire to upgrade.

philwelch 13y ago

Why would more storage make a difference?

slantyyz 13y ago
It doesn't, although storage needs for me tend to grow over time. The problem for me was that paying the premium for the storage was mooted by the iPad becoming essentially a useless brick because of the OS upgrades.

eaurouge 13y ago

Really? I still have my iPad 1. Browsing HN on it as we speak. It's running iOS 5. The only downside is that the percentage of apps I can install is diminishing rapidly. Still, I bought it primarily to consume media: audio, video and books. And I reckon I have at least one more year before I would feel compelled to upgrade.

gurkendoktor 13y ago
If yours doesn't crash all the time because WebKit runs out of memory, then you're luckier than me (and a few people on the Apple forums). For me, the usable lifespan ended with the introduction of iOS 5 (my friend's iPad on 4.3 is much more stable).

acqq 13y ago

I use iPhone 4 with iOS 6 and apart from the app store (which I guess is slow everywhere, looking like being implemented in HTML 5 and stressing servers) nothing is slower than before iOS 6.

slantyyz 13y ago
My camera takes about 6 seconds to launch compared to being near instant before iOS 6.
- acqq 13y ago
  I've just tried, I get about 6 seconds only if I used a lot other things, but still near instant if I've used the camera recently.

arethuza 13y ago

We have two iPad 1s at home and for general web browsing, looking at pictures and watching videos they are perfectly fine.

interpol_p 13y ago

You have quoted me out of context. I said: "iPad 1 had a very decent lifespan compared to the tablets released by competing manufacturers shortly afterwards" And it is completely true. Look at the first Android tablets released after the iPad 1 came out (Motorola Xoom and friends). Did anyone use these for more than a few months? Yet I know five or six people who still regularly use their iPad 1. If you had instead placed your "blind trust" in an Android tablet at the time, you would have been treated far worse.