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piper28 · 07-26-2014, 08:37 PM

I think there's definitely a lot of the element of "I've got a perfectly good ipad now, why should I upgrade" to the declining sales. Part of that comes from quite frankly, Apple's lack of real innovation in the the category. Outside of the retina screen, there's really not a huge reason to upgrade from an older ipad to a newer one. There's a lot of cost involved, and not really a huge difference in what you get. Ok, yeah, it's faster, and the batter may last longer. And the camera may be better (although part of me really want to slap all those people I see using an ipad as a camera). Is any of that *really* worth the cost of upgrading to a new ipad? I think for a lot of people, the ipad they have is good enough, it's plentifully fast, and in general the battery lasts well.

Then there's definitely a significant portion of the market that feels that an android tablet is at least as good if not better of a choice. And quite frankly, I'm not overly convinced that the ipad mini is *that* much better quality of product over something like a nexus 7, which to me seems to be a perfectly good quality device. For those that haven't locked themselves into the iApple world, there's not necessarily a compelling reason to go with a much more expensive ipad over something like a nexus. I know I for one don't really feel there's a $200 difference in quality between the devices.

When the ipad originally debuted, it and the iphone were really truly innovative devices. Nobody else really have something that was as good, or even close to as good. Nowadays, all you have to do is watch the Samsung commercials mocking the iphone to realize that Apple doesn't have the edge that it used to (whether you agree with the things they mock apple about or not, the fact that there's stuff there to make these commercials is something that wouldn't have been true a number of years ago).

FWIW, I have an ipad2, a Nexus 2013, and a galaxy s4. I use all the devices, but I honestly am not hugely enamored with the ipad as a device. (I also didn't pay for it, it was provided through work to assist for work related tasks. But to be honest, I'd have a tough time even spending work's money on upgrading it, because it's still perfectly reasonable for what it does, and a newer one isn't going to make for a much better product for the types of things I use it for, so as long as it works, I stay with that one.)

07-26-2014, 08:37 PM	#19
piper28 Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 1178328 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: none	I think there's definitely a lot of the element of "I've got a perfectly good ipad now, why should I upgrade" to the declining sales. Part of that comes from quite frankly, Apple's lack of real innovation in the the category. Outside of the retina screen, there's really not a huge reason to upgrade from an older ipad to a newer one. There's a lot of cost involved, and not really a huge difference in what you get. Ok, yeah, it's faster, and the batter may last longer. And the camera may be better (although part of me really want to slap all those people I see using an ipad as a camera). Is any of that really worth the cost of upgrading to a new ipad? I think for a lot of people, the ipad they have is good enough, it's plentifully fast, and in general the battery lasts well. Then there's definitely a significant portion of the market that feels that an android tablet is at least as good if not better of a choice. And quite frankly, I'm not overly convinced that the ipad mini is that much better quality of product over something like a nexus 7, which to me seems to be a perfectly good quality device. For those that haven't locked themselves into the iApple world, there's not necessarily a compelling reason to go with a much more expensive ipad over something like a nexus. I know I for one don't really feel there's a $200 difference in quality between the devices. When the ipad originally debuted, it and the iphone were really truly innovative devices. Nobody else really have something that was as good, or even close to as good. Nowadays, all you have to do is watch the Samsung commercials mocking the iphone to realize that Apple doesn't have the edge that it used to (whether you agree with the things they mock apple about or not, the fact that there's stuff there to make these commercials is something that wouldn't have been true a number of years ago). FWIW, I have an ipad2, a Nexus 2013, and a galaxy s4. I use all the devices, but I honestly am not hugely enamored with the ipad as a device. (I also didn't pay for it, it was provided through work to assist for work related tasks. But to be honest, I'd have a tough time even spending work's money on upgrading it, because it's still perfectly reasonable for what it does, and a newer one isn't going to make for a much better product for the types of things I use it for, so as long as it works, I stay with that one.)