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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Everybody abandons old hardware at some point. In the iPad series only the iPad 1 has been abandoned and it is now 5 years later. And as we all know it was better called a prototype than a real device. They underdesigned it from the beginning.
Dale
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Dale:
It's not only just NOW abandoned. It's been abandoned for some time, with the iOS not working for it, and thus, a BUNCH of apps. I'd be perfectly understanding of a device being abandoned after 5 years (although Amazon, I'd note, hasn't done that). But they officially abandoned it closer to 2 years after it launched, (and unofficially, closer to one) and for this type of dough, I consider that
unconscionable. If it had been "beta priced," or something like that, FINE. But a thou? No. Not fine.
And it will be a cold day in hell before Apple gets another DIME of my money. Not through iTunes, iBooks--not one dime. Will my one lousy consumer protest hurt them? Of course not. But I'll feel better about it. I can get by perfectly fine with gently-used hardware, and although that's not my normal buying pattern, it will be for all Apple products from this point on.
Hitch