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Succumbing to planned obsolescence
Or possibly just the march of time.
I have a second generation iPad Air. That model came out in 2013, and I acquired it used in 2016. So I guess it doesn't owe me anything.
I just got off a phone call with Apple support that confirmed my suspicions that it's a couple of iOS versions behind, and can't be updated any further (except for security stuff). It works fine for reading ePubs with Marvin 3, using Wikipedia, and as a web browser, but it crashes a lot when I try to play games with it.
I think I am ready to buy a new iPad. I have a bit of windfall cash, which is how I'm justifying the upgrade. I like the iPad Air model, which is lighter and more svelte than the regular model. I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth paying an extra $150 to get the 256 Gb model instead of the default 64 Gb one. (The one I'm currently using is 32 Gb, which feels tight.)
I'd kind of like to go to the local Apple store to buy it, because then I can look at actual models and they might have tools to do an easy transfer from the old iPad to the new one. But it's $40 less at Amazon. I wonder if the Apple Store people would give any kind of freebie, like AppleCare, as compensation, if I asked.
And then there's the super-important question: of the five colors available, which one should I choose?
If anyone has thoughts on the general subject, I'd be interested in hearing them.
I have a second generation iPad Air. That model came out in 2013, and I acquired it used in 2016. So I guess it doesn't owe me anything.
I just got off a phone call with Apple support that confirmed my suspicions that it's a couple of iOS versions behind, and can't be updated any further (except for security stuff). It works fine for reading ePubs with Marvin 3, using Wikipedia, and as a web browser, but it crashes a lot when I try to play games with it.
I think I am ready to buy a new iPad. I have a bit of windfall cash, which is how I'm justifying the upgrade. I like the iPad Air model, which is lighter and more svelte than the regular model. I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth paying an extra $150 to get the 256 Gb model instead of the default 64 Gb one. (The one I'm currently using is 32 Gb, which feels tight.)
I'd kind of like to go to the local Apple store to buy it, because then I can look at actual models and they might have tools to do an easy transfer from the old iPad to the new one. But it's $40 less at Amazon. I wonder if the Apple Store people would give any kind of freebie, like AppleCare, as compensation, if I asked.
And then there's the super-important question: of the five colors available, which one should I choose?
If anyone has thoughts on the general subject, I'd be interested in hearing them.