Why People Aren't Buying iPads Anymore

[Penforhire]

Chi, it is certainly worth trying to update iOS to whatever the latest it will accept. One of the changes over time was improvement in how web pages are "rendered" in Safari, usually making the process somehow faster on the same hardware.

[ApK]

As long as we've drifted into iPad advice: my mom has a iPad 2 (one of my sister's handmedowns).
I read horror stories of the poor performance and battery life with iOS 7 on the 2 so I'm keeping her on 6. Yes? Or should I upgrade it?

[pidgeon92]

Originally Posted by Chi Cygni

Do you think if I reset/repair my old iPad via itunes it may work better?

Definitely try resetting it to factory defaults. You can also try a different browser, I use Chome on my iPad.

My father-in-law is still using the iPad 1 I gave him a few years ago. He hasn't mentioned any issues with the browser, and he is always using the thing (and he would tell me if there was a problem, I'd be expected to fix it).

[afv011]

Originally Posted by Chi Cygni

January 2014 I bought Asus MeMo (in signature) and the days when I want to smash it against a wall are becoming more and more frequent

I have no experience with the Asus MeMo, but it has an excellent rating on Amazon. What issues do you have with it?

[sabredog]

Still using my old iPad2. Runs iOS7 with no battery issues at all and though it can have a sluggish moment loading an app, it performs really well.

I want to upgrade, but with the iPad2 working so well, it is hard to justify making the upgrade step.

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

We bought our grandchildren Fire tablets and they all love them. Well, the girls, anyway. Our oldest grandson seems to show only sporadic interest in his these days, but with the PlayStation hooked to our big screen TV and the wife's iMac right beside it, there's a bit of competition for his attention.

The kids in our family love them too. Although I *personally* wouldn't buy one (Fire tablet) for a 3-year-old, my nephew loved his...loved the replacement, too, after he dropped it...now they have these "childproof" covers so the thing bounces when they drop it.

http://www.amazon.com/Marware-Swurve.../dp/B00BGIQPSG

[Chi Cygni]

Originally Posted by Pendelayedre

Chi, it is certainly worth trying to update iOS to whatever the latest it will accept. One of the changes over time was impicturesment in how web pages are "rendered" in Safari, usually making the process somehow faster on the same hardware.

Sorry for delayed reply everyone. I am quite sure it has reached the final update and there is nothing to update it with. Safari dies too often to endure the hassle.

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

Definitely try resetting it to factory defaults. You can also try a different browser, I use Chome on my iPad.

I cannot install Chrome, it won't let me, I already tried. Says ios is too low to allow it.
But if I reset it to factory defaults will I lose all my bookmarks or are they backed up in the cloud while syncing? That's why I didn't do it yet. I tried other browsers, still crashes. Now with apps updated if I load them again after reset they may not work at all anymore. R.I.P I think.

Originally Posted by afv011

I have no experience with the Asus MeMo, but it has an excellent rating on Amazon. What issues do you have with it?

Touchscreen goes crazy. Sometimes the whole image shakes about, buttons lit up like possessed, keyboard when typing puts letters on its own. Links and pictures I was far from touching suddenly load. There are days when I have to restart it at least once a day. This short answer I had to correct in 3 places. Drives me nuts.

[afv011]

Originally Posted by Chi Cygni

Touchscreen goes crazy. Sometimes the whole image shakes about, buttons lit up like possessed, keyboard when typing puts letters on its own. Links and pictures I was far from touching suddenly load. There are days when I have to restart it at least once a day. This short answer I had to correct in 3 places. Drives me nuts.

Sounds like a calibration issue with the touch screen sensitivity, or less likely a hardware issue. I would recommend you have it checked, since you bought it this year it should be still under warranty.

[rdfry]

Originally Posted by Chi Cygni

Sorry for delayed reply everyone. I am quite sure it has reached the final update and there is nothing to update it with. Safari dies too often to endure the hassle.



I cannot install Chrome, it won't let me, I already tried. Says ios is too low to allow it.
But if I reset it to factory defaults will I lose all my bookmarks or are they backed up in the cloud while syncing? That's why I didn't do it yet. I tried other browsers, still crashes. Now with apps updated if I load them again after reset they may not work at all anymore. R.I.P I think.



Touchscreen goes crazy. Sometimes the whole image shakes about, buttons lit up like possessed, keyboard when typing puts letters on its own. Links and pictures I was far from touching suddenly load. There are days when I have to restart it at least once a day. This short answer I had to correct in 3 places. Drives me nuts.

Try factory reset.

[Barty]

I'm late to the thread, but going back to the original question, I think tablet sales are down for Samsung too, so the high end tablets are getting hurt by the mid ends, not to mention the cheapie ones. I have an iPad 3 that I bought for $500 and a used nook hd+ for $120. The iPad is nicer and it's what I use 95% of the time although functionally they're arguably about the same.

I would not pay for a nicer Android tablet because it'll just be a faster version of my nook hd+, which already has Kit Kat and 1080p screen and an SD slot. I don't use it much because 1/ I don't like the 16:10 screen (16:9 is even worse). 2/ while the big major apps are more or less the same on both platforms, the smaller third party apps are generally more polished on is. For ex, I consume web content mainly via RSS and I don't find anything as good as Mr Reader on Android. 3/ everything looks generally nicer to my eyes on ios, probably because the apps are designed to be pixel perfect. Also, I think the android fonts are kind of ugly. Helvetica may be a boring choice, but it's a classic for a reason.

Sorry, I digress.

Point is, I don't want to pay for a nicer iPad either, because it'll just be a faster version of what I have now. Sure I took a bit of a performance hit when upgrading from ios 6 to 7, but once I turned off the fancy animation, it's running fine. Maybe ios 8 will run too slow, in which case I just won't install the upgrade. The battery life is still fine. I can still go a couple of days before a charge. Sure thinner and lighter is nice, but I'm not trying to hold it in one hand like I do my kindle. In fact, the weight may make it easier for me to handle because it stays put and does not slide around.

I think that's why ipad and high end tablet sales are down. At this point, most people who want one already have one and it's doing what they want/need it to. Upgrade cycle for tablets falls somewhere between those for PCs and smart phones. Apple can expect to have a nice bump when they put out bigger iPhones, but eventually growth will flatten out too. Smart phones do have the advantage of carrier subsidies so people are more inclined to upgrade.

[tompe]

There was an article on engadget (or similar) some days ago that said that PC are selling more. That could also be an explanation. People do not have money to buy both a new PC and a new tablet.

[Mivo]

My first tablet with an iPad 2, but I eventually made the switch to Android and picked up a Nexus 7 (2013). Tablets are evolving so fast, and while I can justify €250-300 every 12-18 months for the latest and newest to satisfy the Inner Geek, the €600 that Apple wants (while also locking me in) is more than I'm comfortable with. One of the iPad models became "last gen" in less than a year even.

But that aside, I just prefer the greater freedom of Android in general (plug it in my laptop to shuffle files around, code a small app and put it on the device without any hassle, switch manufacturers, greater variety in terms of features/sizes, etc.).

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by Mivo

My first tablet with an iPad 2, but I eventually made the switch to Android and picked up a Nexus 7 (2013). Tablets are evolving so fast, and while I can justify €250-300 every 12-18 months for the latest and newest to satisfy the Inner Geek, the €600 that Apple wants (while also locking me in) is more than I'm comfortable with. One of the iPad models became "last gen" in less than a year even.

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. :-)

[leebase]

13million iPads in a quarter...probably as many as all kindles ever

[Graham]

Originally Posted by leebase

13million iPads in a quarter...probably as many as all kindles ever

The iPad massively outsells the Kindle Fires, true, and deservedly so, but the above is plainly incorrect:

http://www.newzoo.com/press-releases...ve-ipad-users/

The number of people in the US who actively use a Kindle fire reached 17.4 million this March [2012]

That article is from April 2012, so over two years ago there had already been over 17 million Kindle Fire sales.

Graham