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Great comments - but one bit of feedback on the iPad as dissapointing - https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/cumulative-shipments-months-since-launch-ipa

Great comments - but one bit of feedback on the iPad as dissapointing - https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/cumulative-shipments-months-since-launch-ipad-iphone-ipod_chartbuilder.png?w=704 https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/cumulative-shipm... shows that 57 months in (the age of the iPad so far), the iPad has sold more units than the iPhone at the same time. The issue is, growth has actually started dropping. So - the iPad started out stronger, but then stalled, whereas the iPhone started out "slow", but then started accelerating. I have to believe that the iPhone 6+ put the breaks on a lot of people's purchase of the iPad. I never used my iPad while I had the 6+, but then, when I left (sob) my 6+ in a cab, I found myself using my iPad again more frequently.

snogglethorpe 12y ago
The issue, as I understand it, is that pads don't seem to have the same sort of constant upgrade treadmill as phones. Many people seem to think their ipad (or whatever) is fine for what it does, and just don't have any reason to get a new one, whereas people seem to feel ansy if their phone isn't the latest and greatest model... I suppose this is an interesting example of the "planned obsolescence" issue, where what's probably a good thing in a general sense—people keeping a product for a long time and getting good use out it rather than chucking it out and buying a new model after a few years—is not a good thing for the actual manufacturer..
- mercer 11y ago
  Agreed. I'm a power user when it comes to any gadget I own, and yet I'm still happy with my original iPad mini. I use it all the time for reading, browsing and even the occasional bit of work. Sure, sometimes I wish it had a bit more memory so that it would not have to reload apps as much, and sometimes I wish I had a retina screen, but none of that is reason for me to upgrade (yet).
  - snogglethorpe 11y ago
    Heh; I have exactly the same model (got it unexpectedly for free!) and exactly the same feelings about it. Does need more memory, but super solid otherwise; it's a keeper!

snogglethorpe 12y ago

The issue, as I understand it, is that pads don't seem to have the same sort of constant upgrade treadmill as phones. Many people seem to think their ipad (or whatever) is fine for what it does, and just don't have any reason to get a new one, whereas people seem to feel ansy if their phone isn't the latest and greatest model... I suppose this is an interesting example of the "planned obsolescence" issue, where what's probably a good thing in a general sense—people keeping a product for a long time and getting good use out it rather than chucking it out and buying a new model after a few years—is not a good thing for the actual manufacturer..

mercer 11y ago
Agreed. I'm a power user when it comes to any gadget I own, and yet I'm still happy with my original iPad mini. I use it all the time for reading, browsing and even the occasional bit of work. Sure, sometimes I wish it had a bit more memory so that it would not have to reload apps as much, and sometimes I wish I had a retina screen, but none of that is reason for me to upgrade (yet).
- snogglethorpe 11y ago
  Heh; I have exactly the same model (got it unexpectedly for free!) and exactly the same feelings about it. Does need more memory, but super solid otherwise; it's a keeper!