One for my weekend Twitter followers: why the lifespan of an iPad appears to be around two years http://ow.ly/oiET7
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@bazzacollins 2.5 years already since iPad 2’s release. It’s getting iOS 7 support, minus some non-essential features. Takes it to at least… -
@alstonebridge But performance is always woeful on iOS 6. True multitasking and other iOS 7 graphics whizz isn't going to improve it. -
@bazzacollins Always? REALLY? I have an iPad 3 here that’s running the same install of iOS 6 for many months and it’s going fine. -
@alstonebridge Sorry, I didn't mean "always", meant "already".
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@bazzacollins …3.5 years, actually, if iOS 8 comes to the usual schedule – and that’s assuming that’s when iPad 2 gets the chop. In which… -
@alstonebridge Original iPad lasted two years before it was dropped off the iOS 6 update.
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@bazzacollins …case it’s likely the 1st-gen iPad mini would, too, given similarities.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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