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Originally Posted by twowheels
I'm not sure where you live, but given that you specified the price in € I'm going to assume that you're not near me. Not sure how the resell market is there, but around here used Apple devices go for far more than almost any other brand. I work with a guy who buys and sells phones and tablets all of the time and stays on the cutting edge by selling them while they're still fairly new and hardly takes a loss on them at all, especially iOS devices.
Edit: Resell? Resale? Even reading the dictionary I can't seem to decide which is right here. I'm settling on resell. :-)
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There was a
Gizmodo article last year touting resale value as a reason to stick with Apple, and an excuse to upgrade every year. I'm not sure it makes sense to count on resale value defraying your costs, and obviously it's moot if you plan on using the thing until it's dead, but it's true that used Android tablets aren't worth much. I just gift them.
It seems like I get about two years out of a tablet before something shows up on the market that catches my eye. I'm coming up on two years with my Nook HD+, and the new Nvidia Shield tablet is looking quite nice. Last time I upgraded for a much nicer screen, whereas this time it's sheer horsepower and reportedly great speakers (for a tablet). It would also be able to stream games from my PC because I have a newer Nvidia graphics card, but I can't see using that feature much.
Can't say I'd consider an iPad unless my income doubles unexpectedly
And yes, like HuffPo I'd chalk up declining iPad sales to the growing popularity of the Fire and Nexus brands over the last couple years, as well as a degree of market saturation. There was a time not long ago when someone wanting an iPad wouldn't even consider other devices, or think of the iPad as being in a category called "tablets," as opposed to being a category unto itself. Times have changed.
ETA: Touchscreen laptops and convertibles are probably taking a small bite out of the overall tablet market, too.