iPad A1460

Planned obsolescence? No.

If your iPad is currently running, or cannot be updated beyond iOS 10.3.3/4, then have an iPad4. It’s an 8 year-old iPad that has, to all intents and purposes, reached end of life.

Update support for iPad4 ended September 2017. The final iOS releases for this model were iOS 10.3.3 (WiFi Only models) and iOS 10.3.4 (WiFi & Cellular). iPad4 cannot be updated to any later major version of iOS as it lacks the minimum hardware requirements needed to run more recent versions. The 32-bit architecture, upon which it is based, is now effectively obsolete - whereas newer versions of iOS/iPadOS are all 64-bit platforms. You can’t install 64-bit operating systems and Apps onto 32-bit hardware.

Many App Developers have also dropped support for older devices and iOS versions preceding iOS11/12/13 - and have withdrawn older versions of their Apps from the Apple App Store. Withdrawal of Apps supporting older models of iPad is making their utility and usefulness significantly more limited. Once compatible versions Apps are withdrawn, you’ll not be able (re)download or (re)install them.

If Apps that you need to use now have higher minimum iOS-version requirements, your only option is to replace your iPad with newer model. Of current models, even the entry-level iPad7 supports current iPadOS 13.x and soon to be released iPadOS14 - and has hardware specifications and capabilities that vastly outperform your old iPad4. Other models of iPad provide greater performance and features.

I hope this information is helpful - if only in clearly stating the limitations of your iPad4 and your available options.

If your iPad has been stuck on iOS 10.3.3 for the past few years, with no major upgrades/updates forthcoming, then you own a 2012, iPad 4th generation.

A 4th gen iPad cannot be upgraded beyond iOS 10.3.3/10.3.4 for WiFi & cellular data models.

A 4th gen iPad is a very NEARLY 8-year old device, now!

These older iPad models are too old, now, too underpowered and completely incompatible with any of the current and future versions of iOS/iPadOS.

These old 8 and 9-year old iPad models will soon be rendered OBSOLETE by the end of 2020

There are no more older, compatible, popular, third party apps available to these old 8 and 9-year old iPad models, any longer!

Sorry, but it is what it is, today, in the year 2020!

Here's why and what you will need to do about it in 2020!

Tap and read my link below for my additional info about your old iPad model.

If you own OLD 8 and 9 Year Old iPad mo… - Apple Community

Sorry & Best of Luck to You!

Planned obsolescence? Seriously? There is no such thing.

Its a 9 year old iPad, there's nothing planned about it. Its obsolete because its old.

Things can become obsolete over time naturally.

At this point, its simply too old to support the newer operating systems that require more hardware resources it does not have.