Which to buy iPad or iPad 2?

BeatMaster · 24 Aug 2011 at 22:05

Comparing the 32Gb models, how much difference is there between them? Is it worth the extra £140 for the iPad 2?

In terms of battery life they should be identical? How do they fair elsewhere in terms of usage?

Dewotter · 24 Aug 2011 at 22:28

Battery life is similar but there is a noticeable performance increase on the 2.

Jimbeam3678 · 24 Aug 2011 at 23:21

BeatMaster said:
Comparing the 32Gb models, how much difference is there between them? Is it worth the extra £140 for the iPad 2?

In terms of battery life they should be identical? How do they fair elsewhere in terms of usage?

After using my iPhone on Iso 5 its loads smoother than Is04 on iPhone 4. SO at a guess I would so ISo5 on iPad 1 will be lot smoother.

Depends what sort of deal you can get on iPad 1. I seem to remember over on hotukdeals you could pick up a ipad64 GB 3g for £399.

But on Egay you can get a 16 GB WIFI for £360~

Hope that helps

Robbo · 24 Aug 2011 at 23:52

Turbo-G · 25 Aug 2011 at 00:08

Get an iPad 2 unless you can get a hefty discount on an iPad. The original will still be good, but 5 months into the release of the latest model with a new version of the OS imminent it's a no brainer to go for the iPad 2 IMO.

Somnambulist · 25 Aug 2011 at 00:11

2 all the way.

Adster3000 · 25 Aug 2011 at 04:08

You'll kick yourself if you go for the iPad 1.

Avalon · 25 Aug 2011 at 10:35

It largely depends on what you intend to use the device for, personally i'd gain very little by upgrading from 1 to 2. A significant wadge of cash saved however would be more attractive but it's down to your needs and wallet

Vonhelmet · 25 Aug 2011 at 10:41

Neither - they're both drenched in blood.

Duke · 25 Aug 2011 at 10:42

shine · 25 Aug 2011 at 10:44

Vonhelmet said:
Neither - they're both drenched in blood.

That was one of my requirements for a tablet!

Robbo · 25 Aug 2011 at 12:09

Vonhelmet said:
Neither - they're both drenched in blood.

BeatMaster · 26 Aug 2011 at 11:22

Thanks for all the replies guys

My head says go for the iPad 1 as it's cheaper (£339 vs £479 for the 32Gb), however my heart says go for the iPad 2 as it's more futureproof. The thing that bugs me with my iPhone 3GS is that when viewing multiple web pages, switching back and forth results in a reload due to memory constraints. This is the same issue on the iPad 1.

In terms of size of the device, which would you recommend? 16Gb or 32Gb?

Deku · 26 Aug 2011 at 11:24

Well me personally I struggled to fill my 16gb when I had one. What with iTunes home sharing and other apps that let you stream stuff from your home computer I didn't see the need in going any bigger.

Robbo · 26 Aug 2011 at 11:29

32GB is the sweet spot in terms of size IMO.

Vonhelmet · 26 Aug 2011 at 12:39

32GB will be twice as heavy. Keep that in mind.

Robbo · 26 Aug 2011 at 12:46

Vonhelmet said:
32GB will be twice as heavy. Keep that in mind.

Is that because of all the extra blood that's gone into them?

feriso · 26 Aug 2011 at 12:47

Vonhelmet said:
32GB will be twice as heavy. Keep that in mind.

LOL, best I've heard today - Just been reading the Morons thread as well

dannyjo22 · 26 Aug 2011 at 14:57

I got the ipad 1 from refurb for my wife because it will be a stop gap until the Ipad 3. For what she uses it for surfing and story books for my son it's perfectly fast enough.

The 2 wasn't a large enough upgrade for me to warrant the extra money. Hopefully the 3 will be, fingers crossed.

Future proof didn't worry me too much because by the time stuff won't run on the original ipad I will have a newer version and the ipad 1 will be just kicking around the house playing music and a web browser.