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Apple madness
« on: March 31, 2011, 12:53:50 pm »
I think I am driving myself dolally.

THERE. IS. NO. REAL. REASON. to upgrade an ipad1 to ipad2, other than the cameras, the lightness and the speed....ok I can use iMovie on it too....but I realised, thanks to the Guardian today (barstewards) that I can trade in my 64Gb 3g ipad1 and get £365 from speedsell and take this together with my old iphone 3g which is doing nothing but gathering dust in a kitchen drawer, get £107 therefore making the cost to change (assuming the company honours the original quote)...allowing me to upgrade for £87!

Please feel free to publicly flog me, I must be talked out of this foolishness else I will end up like this bloke......

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2011, 01:01:01 pm »
I would recommend any ipad users to upgrade until Apple upgrade the screen resolution.
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2011, 01:04:22 pm »
 :congrats: good good....so NOT upgrade until screen resolution is increased....but its only circa £87 to change....arrghhh...  :rolleye:
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2011, 01:05:42 pm »
Stick your phone on eBay you will get more for it
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2011, 01:19:28 pm »
Quote from: no golf clubs at all on March 31, 2011, 01:04:22 pm
:congrats: good good....so NOT upgrade until screen resolution is increased....but its only circa £87 to change....arrghhh...  :rolleye:

It not £87 to change tho is it. Its your ipad+iphone+£87 to change!
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2011, 01:22:37 pm »
Quote from: MAT ED30 on March 31, 2011, 01:05:42 pm
Stick your phone on eBay you will get more for it


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example of selling prices (guides given to me by ebay)


iPhone 3g 8gb - £230 (approx)

Ipad 1 64GB 3G - £450 (approx)

Total - £680.00


But I would agree that unless you play games (which i don't) - or enjoy taking pictures of yourself (i am not going to comment on) it is just not worth it !


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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2011, 01:27:37 pm »
Or until Apple bring down the walled garden and give ipad OSX type software to allow you to move data on and off your ipad and allow you to use flash memory like every other tablet maker it really wont be long until they have to do this to keep up with honeycomb devices.
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2011, 01:29:36 pm »
I tend to try and not get caught up in the yearly upgrade scam, I'll still got a 3GS with a view to waiting for the iPhone 5 - there's just not that much of a leap forward to make me spend the money.
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2011, 01:30:09 pm »
Its worth waiting as everyone says. Apple have it all planned thats for sure
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2011, 01:41:51 pm »
Although you would probably do well to sell the 3GS now as thats only going to go down in price, as most are sold on to supply spares to repair phones or for reclaiming of NAND chips or gold.
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2011, 01:46:05 pm »
The iPad 2 is a stop-gap to keep up with the influx of other tablets into the market. Hence the reason why the 'upgrades' are so small. IMHO there is no real need to upgrade from the iPad1 to iPad2, there's just not enough there to warrant the extra cost.
The iPad 3 is rumoured for the end of this year - around the final quarter. I think that this will be more of an upgrade, maybe with a retina display etc. I would wait for that instead........
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2011, 01:48:32 pm »
To be honest if you play the "waiting" game you will wait forever. Apple change the iPhone and iPad on a yearly basis (or thereabouts) so if you wait for the rumoured iPad 3 (which i dont think we will see till Xmas at the very earliest) you may as well wait another 12months for the iPad 4, then for the iPad 5 etc etc.

I went from a 3G iPhone to the 3GS then to the 4. (the difference between the 3GS & 4 is massive Tony). Each time i do so (because of my contract) it cost's me nothing to change and i was actually £37 better off last time i changed.

I got the iPad on launch however haven't upgraded to the iPad 2 as the one i have now does everything i want it to (and the wife said i can have an iPad or a new car. iPad lost :evilgrin:). The only time i will consider a change of iPad is when they increase the memory.

I really don't see the point of having a load of extra add ons for the iPad either. If you want to be able to use it like a computer/laptop then buy one of those. If you want a portable entertainment device which also enables you to do productivity on the move, read books, browse the internet, play games, watch videos or listen to music then buy an iPad.

As soon as you buy the latest device it is already 6 months out of date anyway. The final decision on the production model of that device was made 6 months earlier and it was put into production then launched. In the mean time said manufacturer is already 6 months into developing the successor so you are always going to be behind the curve.
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2011, 01:52:29 pm »
Quote from: vRS Carl on March 31, 2011, 01:48:32 pm
To be honest if you play the "waiting" game you will wait forever.

Couldnt agree more with you Carl, but its true to say, with Apple for example, sometimes its worth waiting that little bit longer!

You can never be up to date. Having worked in the mobile industry, you get people that want the latest and greatest phone. Reality is that the minute they leave the shop, there will already be a new idea or a new handset launching which is better. The turnaround of technology is rapid these days

I also got the iPad on launch and see no need to upgrade. Ok the new one does a few more things, but the current does everything I need and more, so why spend more money on something to gain little improvement
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2011, 02:02:11 pm »
Thanks Guys

I think at least what I will do is sell on my iphone 3G whilst it is still worth something.

I will track some on ebay and see what they go for to get an idea of the difference between this and the wholesale buyers...to be honest I am unsure if I can be bothered with the hassle of ebay so many people get stung selling tech there these days.

that said I am sure selling to a wholesale buyer I am sure is far from plain sailing either.

Thanks for the input team. I think you have saved me and my money from the upgrade.... (for now).   :party:
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Re: Apple madness
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2011, 02:03:20 pm »
Try ce-x

They offer pretty good trade in on apple stuff
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