I just rang apple directly and they said that if the ipad was bought from an apple store, you have 28 days to return it for a newer model. If however you bought it from another company you are bound by their returns policy.
iPad 3 > iPad 4 - Upgrade advice requested
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I think you'd find about 90% of iPad3 owners would disagree with your statement there.
Quite. News to me.
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I'm confused. Is there an iPad 4 coming out now as well? How much better is it spec wise than the iPad 3?
I thought an A6 was an Audi car
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Well they had no excuse, 5 mins worth of research pointed this out.
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There is nothing to suggest that they have switched from the usual release cycle, they could still release a new iPad in March. Apple has given the A7 contract to TSMC, which means its in production. Hopefully ready for Spring.
YAY, do you know if that's their standard policy.
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I don't, but thats what was confirmed to me on the phone with one of the stores in london by one of their managers. I also confirmed it with the comet store I bought the ipad from so for me, its no good, but the information might be useful to others that bought directly from apple.
I think they will. This was just a mid cycle refresh which the iPad 2 also received. Performance was the same but battery life was improved by up to 30% in tests.
I would also expect (hope) a "due to demand" retina mini to be released at the same time.
This is not just a small refresh, the iPad 4 is touted as twice as powerful!
"Apple's Phil Schiller claims the 4th Generation iPad's A6X processor offers twice the power of the A5X processor seen in the previous iPad 3"
And yes I was aware of the A6 just as I am the A7 but in no way did I expect or read anything to suggest there would be a new iPad that would sport an A6 six months later, If i did I would have waited.
"Apple's Phil Schiller claims the 4th Generation iPad's A6X processor offers twice the power of the A5X processor seen in the previous iPad 3"
And yes I was aware of the A6 just as I am the A7 but in no way did I expect or read anything to suggest there would be a new iPad that would sport an A6 six months later, If i did I would have waited.
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You are right its not a small refresh in our eyes, as the A6x is a huge increase in performance. But in Apples eyes this is a minor spec bump. They quickly glossed over the retina iPad, there was no new Jonny Ive video in the white room. There isn't a new advert. The website hardly shows it as a new device.
http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad/overview/
The main store also doesn't feature the new iPad on the home page.
Regardless of your clear bereavement it's still a mid cycle refresh no sign that the cycle has changed. I also very much doubt there will be much noticeable difference on performance in actual real world usage other than in benchmark tests.
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At 47mins into the keynote Phil Schiller talks about the iPad 4th gen, 3 minutes later the iPad mini is on the screen. They would have dedicated a lot more than 3 minutes if it was a proper new release.
This was very 'un-Steve' like, although from my time working with USA tech companies it's nothing out of the ordinary.
Apple not releasing the 3rd generation on time would have spooked the market, so they went with what they had silicon wise.
Remember with Apple, it's not a hardware race - so as others have mentioned, if you are happy with your iPad 3, no need to change unless you plan on running a load of pointless tech demo games you'll never play, or trying to win arguments down the pub with other geeks.
Apple not releasing the 3rd generation on time would have spooked the market, so they went with what they had silicon wise.
Remember with Apple, it's not a hardware race - so as others have mentioned, if you are happy with your iPad 3, no need to change unless you plan on running a load of pointless tech demo games you'll never play, or trying to win arguments down the pub with other geeks.
Game developers never develop the games to take advantage of the latest apple hardware. I doubt there is one game out there the iPhone 5 can run and the iPhone 4 can't and the iPhone 4 is vastly in-superior to the iPhone 5 hardware wise. The only time the iPad 3 may become obsolete is in a few years time yet when most consumers have the iPad 4th gen - 7th gen. Developers make games to make money you won't get games targeted at the market of new iPad owners you want to tap into the resource of all the current owners aswell. Same for other App's but most of these will run fine on most iPad's like most windows programs will run perfectly quick on a AMD Athlon 64x2 S939.
http://www.zdnet.com/uk/free-upgrades-to-ipad-4-allowed-in-some-uk-apple-stores-7000006304/
Seems odd that some Stores will and some won't, I'm hoping it just a matter of time before they all do
Seems odd that some Stores will and some won't, I'm hoping it just a matter of time before they all do