Ipad 3rd Generation 16GB Wifi Refurbs back in stock at Apple Store

It's funny to me to read the comments (e.g., at the iphonehacks article, linked above) and see people complaining about Apple coming out with the 4th gen so soon after the 3rd gen, as if it suddenly makes their iPad 3 work differently than when they bought it. I understand the anger when things like OS upgrades make older hardware have problems with apps that worked fine before, but don't the consumers end up winning in the end when there's a shorter development cycle? Better hardware sooner, discounted hardware giving users the choice to buy "latest and greatest" at a premium price, or "yesterday's hardware" (that's just fine for most of us) for less?

It's really the only reason we were able to justify the recent iPad 3 ("refurb") purchase -- a $500 piece of equipment for $379. Seems to me the short dev cycle would hurt more than help Apple in the long run, but I'll let them run their business their way. <shrug>

When is ipad4 coming ?
Where is iPad 2 for 199?

soon...

What type of cover/case do these come with?

Quote from manofspade : When is ipad4 coming ? Where is iPad 2 for 199?

It's already released

I think I'll wait for the ipad 5. Should be out by January.

looks like to me its showing out of stock on the 16 gb

Quote from achittela : Target and bestbuy both are selling iPad 4 new one for $499 with $60 gift card. iPad 4 is the new one 4th generation

Actually, bestbuy is only taking $40 off the retail price of the latest ipad on BF

https://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/a...+with+wifi

at least its not a GC, but i think ill go for the target deal for the extra $20

Quote from S3420 : Actually, bestbuy is only taking $40 off the retail price of the latest ipad on BF https://blackfriday.bestbuy.com/a...+with+wifi at least its not a GC, but i think ill go for the target deal for the extra $20

I'm bummed... with tax, the Target deal is only $30 off. And it's not even saving $ b/c its a GC so you have to pay full price at checkout anyways.

Quote from shykathir : please look at the processor... its A5X and its not A6X... iPad with Retina display has A6X

make sure u google it before post in sd lol

iPad 4 is not even worth it. Your better off with the iPad 3 with ios 6. What applications even use the iPad 4 speeds? I can't think of any and the iPad 3 can run them all with no hiccup.

Quote from pauladams11 : It's funny to me to read the comments (e.g., at the iphonehacks article, linked above) and see people complaining about Apple coming out with the 4th gen so soon after the 3rd gen, as if it suddenly makes their iPad 3 work differently than when they bought it. I understand the anger when things like OS upgrades make older hardware have problems with apps that worked fine before, but don't the consumers end up winning in the end when there's a shorter development cycle? Better hardware sooner, discounted hardware giving users the choice to buy "latest and greatest" at a premium price, or "yesterday's hardware" (that's just fine for most of us) for less?

Its not about a shorter development cycle, its about an unpredictable one.

I know it sounds silly to get upset that a newer better product gets released rather than held back but when you tend to ride the bleeding edge of technology by trading-in/selling every generation then you suffer some very drastic losses if you hold on to it that long. Im not mad at the iPad 4 because I sold our iPad3 early and got nearly full price to buy two iPad Mini's but I can see how others can be mad because their $600 iPad3 ended up being valued at half the cost because they were caught by surprise by a new version.

This frustration is annoying to people who aren't affected, but if anything then its a big lesson for Apple fans and next update there will be much less complaining.

Out of stock

Quote from KenVo : make sure u google it before post in sd lol

Actually, he is right. The 4th Gen iPad is called 'iPad with Retina Display'. Apple doesn't call it iPad 4. The way it was written, it's easy to assume he was saying only the 4th Gen has retina display, but that wasn't what he was implying.