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Should I buy an iPad 2 now or wait for iPad 3?
xfactorfan27
08-02-2012
I don't currently own any tablet and am looking to invest in one. I would like to buy an iPad 2, but am slightly concerned that if I do purchase one now the iPad 3 will be released at a similar price and with better features. Alternatively an iPad 3 release could mean a price drop for the iPad 2 with a higher priced iPad 3 or a withdrawl of the iPad 2 from sale combined with a higher priced iPad 3.

I'm also really impatient and once I've decided I want something I want it there and then , but don't want to feel conned.

What would people on here advise?!
Mr. Cool
08-02-2012
The iPad 3 will be a huge jump in terms of hardware. It is expected to be announced either this month or next. If you aren't bothered about a quad-core processor, higher resolution screen or your device being out of date within a month or two i'd say go for it. The iPad 3 will be around the same price as the iPad 2. If you kept waiting you would never buy anything .
rjb101
08-02-2012
Originally Posted by xfactorfan27:
“I don't currently own any tablet and am looking to invest in one. I would like to buy an iPad 2, but am slightly concerned that if I do purchase one now the iPad 3 will be released at a similar price and with better features. Alternatively an iPad 3 release could mean a price drop for the iPad 2 with a higher priced iPad 3 or a withdrawl of the iPad 2 from sale combined with a higher priced iPad 3.

I'm also really impatient and once I've decided I want something I want it there and then , but don't want to feel conned.

What would people on here advise?!”


The ipad 3 will be out around April. You will know it's about to arrive because there will be some very good deals about on the 2. These deals will then overlap with the launch of the ipad 3 so you could make your mind up then.
Matt D
08-02-2012
Originally Posted by xfactorfan27:
“I don't currently own any tablet and am looking to invest in one. I would like to buy an iPad 2, but am slightly concerned that if I do purchase one now the iPad 3 will be released at a similar price and with better features. Alternatively an iPad 3 release could mean a price drop for the iPad 2 with a higher priced iPad 3 or a withdrawl of the iPad 2 from sale combined with a higher priced iPad 3.

I'm also really impatient and once I've decided I want something I want it there and then , but don't want to feel conned.

What would people on here advise?!”


Wait.

Then get an iPad 3 (likely to be the same price the iPad 2 currently is), or an iPad 2 (likely to be reduced in price).
xfactorfan27
08-02-2012
I was afraid wait would be the advice I know it's the sensible thing to do though...
c00kiemonster72
09-02-2012
I would wait as its so close to the release of the iPad3

I currently own an iPad2 and its a great bit of kit, but am looking to upgrade to the iPad3 when its released, as with the sale of my iPad2 it won't cost me much (hopefully)
Pretinama
09-02-2012
iPad 2 is a nice tablet. iPad 3 is rumored to have higher specs, better battery and a higher resolution display. So if they are more important to you than having something **NOW** then I'd probably say wait.

Nobody ever said "I wish I'd got the lower spec machine"...
dontpannic
09-02-2012
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
BKM
09-02-2012
Originally Posted by Pretinama:
“iPad 2 is a nice tablet. iPad 3 is rumored to have higher specs, better battery and a higher resolution display.”

And could well cost significantly more!!!
vangeezer
09-02-2012
Just buy an ipad 2 because if you wait for a 3 the 4 will be just round the corner,you will get all indecisive and paranoid "Like them Apple dudes are trying to screw me" and get stuck in an infinite loop of never buying anything in case you find yourself without the "Latest tech"
dreamfish
09-02-2012
I am in the same boat. I now have it in my head that I want a tablet for casual surfing. I've looked again and again at all the ranges. I would like an iPad but they are pretty expensive! But like the OP, I'm impatient and trying my hardest to wait to see what the iPad 3 is like
ste1969
09-02-2012
i bought an ipad 2 two weeks ago and am pleased i did.
i have a samsung galaxy android phone but will be changing to an iphone when my contract is up in the summer.
Clowder
09-02-2012
Originally Posted by dreamfish:
“I am in the same boat. I now have it in my head that I want a tablet for casual surfing. I've looked again and again at all the ranges. I would like an iPad but they are pretty expensive! But like the OP, I'm impatient and trying my hardest to wait to see what the iPad 3 is like ”

I'm in the same position, except I can't afford one at the moment, which does make it a little easier. The iPad 2 is very likely to be reduced in price when the 3 launches, maybe next month, so I'll wait till then to choose.
Mark Hewitt
09-02-2012
Originally Posted by BKM:
“And could well cost significantly more!!!”

Usually new versions of Apple products cost the same as the outgoing versions.
BKM
09-02-2012
Originally Posted by Mark Hewitt:
“Usually new versions of Apple products cost the same as the outgoing versions.”

True - but, in this case, there could be significant extra cost to Apple if all the rumoured upgrades to the iPad3 are included!
Matt D
09-02-2012
Originally Posted by BKM:
“True - but, in this case, there could be significant extra cost to Apple if all the rumoured upgrades to the iPad3 are included!”

Why?

The iPhone 4 had a jump in specs, with a higher resolution screen, better processor, more RAM, better camera... And it cost the same.

The iPhone 4S had a jump in specs, with a dual-core processor, better camera, etc... And it cost the same.

The iPad 2 had a jump in specs, with a dual-core processor, more RAM, cameras, etc... And it cost slightly less.


Why would the iPad 3 cost more, just because it will (likely) have a higher resolution screen, a better processor, etc.?
Matt D
09-02-2012
That's just bizarre!

WTF would anyone wave around a tablet (any tablet) somewhere like that?

Any location I can think of where you may want to take photos, be it somewhere planned like a wedding or a holiday, a day out somewhere, or just a impromptu photos on a night out, or a concert, or wherever... a tablet is the most inappropriate digital camera I can think of, regardless of the number of megapixels. It's just not convenient.
xfactorfan27
09-02-2012
Originally Posted by dreamfish:
“I am in the same boat. I now have it in my head that I want a tablet for casual surfing. I've looked again and again at all the ranges. I would like an iPad but they are pretty expensive! But like the OP, I'm impatient and trying my hardest to wait to see what the iPad 3 is like ”

It's hard being impatient isn't it?! . I've read this evening that the iPad3 is being announced on 3rd March and probably released shortly after so I think I will wait!

On the Apple vs Android debate I've owned both and personally I preferred Apple, but I realise that Android devices do appeal more to some...
Matt D
09-02-2012
Latest rumour I read today said Apple would be holding an event on the 9th of March.

If so, and if it follows last year, the third iPad should be out a week or so later (iPad 2: announced on 2nd of March 2011, released on the 11th).
dontpannic
10-02-2012
Originally Posted by ClashcityRocker:
“Ouch.. Seems like you have been sucked hook line and sinker into the official Apple marketing hype.”

Not at all. It seems my original post has either been deleted or exists in a different thread. Don't make assumptions about me over a blasé comment.

Quote:
“Apple apps crash more than Android apps”

In surveys, maybe, in actuality and in my experiences, no.
In my ownership of an iPhone (since 2009), I've had three app crashes that I can remember. A close friend, who has a HTC Desire (since launch), has app crashes every week. Not to mention there are more apps in the Apple store than the Market leading to a higher possibility of crashes.

Quote:
“and there are malicious apps on the Apple store too...”

There is a possibility of malicious apps anywhere. But you've given me a link which is a genuine company who supplied two apps who uploaded address book data without authorisation.

I'm thinking more along the lines of the apps in the Market which are far more sinister than uploading an address book. There are examples of apps specifically designed to keep sending premium SMS'es!
Iphigenia
15-02-2012
Another in the same boat here. I didn't know I wanted an iPad at all until I had a play on my brother's iPad2 today and it was love at first sight!

The (rumoured) changes - can you explain to a noob what actual difference they'd make to me in every day use?
and
When iPad 2 came out, Was there a price break on iPad? Should I hang on or just give in to lust?
Ta.
Matt D
15-02-2012
Originally Posted by Iphigenia:
“Another in the same boat here. I didn't know I wanted an iPad at all until I had a play on my brother's iPad2 today and it was love at first sight!

The (rumoured) changes - can you explain to a noob what actual difference they'd make to me in every day use?
and
When iPad 2 came out, Was there a price break on iPad? Should I hang on or just give in to lust?
Ta.”

Wait. It's only (allegedly) a month or so.

Resolution: The increased resolution would mean the iPad 3 could handle higher resolution videos, graphics, photos...

CPU/GPU: The jump from dual-core to quad-core would give the iPad 3 more power, make it faster, give it better graphics. The favourite rumoured spec. for the iPad 3 is that it will have a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and a quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU (quad-core versions of the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S' CPU/GPU)... these are the same CPU and GPU as the new PlayStation Vita handheld console.



So, you're looking at being able to play 1080p videos, higher res. photos, more power and better graphics for games, and so on...

Wait!

When the iPad 2 came out, it was priced around the original price of the iPad 1 (16GB iPad 2 was the same as the 16GB iPad 1 used to be, 32GB and 64GB were actually slightly cheaper than the iPad 1 equivalents launched at), while the iPad 1 received a price cut.

Some people are expecting the iPad 2 to be kept around as a cheaper model, instead of being slashed and then phased out...
Iphigenia
15-02-2012
Thankyou.
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