On the basis the ios 6 will not be on the first generation ipad, does this mean that apple will not issue any updates or support for the product again. Just want to know if ipad 1 is now obselete or what?
iPad, iOS 5.1.1
Tradewindszoo wrote:
I bought this product when it first came out. How does your comment help me? I am running into websites I can't use because my Safari is out of date.
So, my purchase is obsolete now. Forcing me to purchase a newer model? Planned obsolescence.
Four years after the post you responded to? Yes, an original iPad is indeed, and officially vintage/obsolete.
Vintage and obsolete products - Apple Support
Consumer technology evolves at an ever increasing pace and obsolescence of most products occurs in under 5 years (often under 2). If you find that a problem, then I'd suggest you not invest any further monies into any consumer electronics. Samsung, Apple, and other manufacturers average at least one new model of smart phone and tablet every single year (Samsung typically releases their new models every May).
Tradewindszoo wrote:
I bought this product when it first came out. How does your comment help me? I am running into websites I can't use because my Safari is out of date.
So, my purchase is obsolete now. Forcing me to purchase a newer model? Planned obsolescence.
Four years after the post you responded to? Yes, an original iPad is indeed, and officially vintage/obsolete.
Vintage and obsolete products - Apple Support
Consumer technology evolves at an ever increasing pace and obsolescence of most products occurs in under 5 years (often under 2). If you find that a problem, then I'd suggest you not invest any further monies into any consumer electronics. Samsung, Apple, and other manufacturers average at least one new model of smart phone and tablet every single year (Samsung typically releases their new models every May).
I bought this product when it first came out. How does your comment help me? I am running into websites I can't use because my Safari is out of date.
So, my purchase is obsolete now. Forcing me to purchase a newer model? Planned obsolescence.
Try using another iOS 5.1.1 compatible third party web browser.
Some other older web browser can still access current Internet content.
The ones I can recommend is try downloading the current iCab Mobile web browser or Perfect Web Browser.
Try to download the latest app from the iOS App Store and if the developer has left an older, compatible version on Apple's app servers, then you will receive a small window pop-up prompt that states that there is an older version of the app that is compatible with your device. Would you like to download this version now.
Tap the OK button just below the prompt.
BTW,
An original 2010 iPad will be by, April this year, a 7 year old device!
Mobile devices don't stay supported forever, but I will admit, I feel Apple ended official support for the original iPad waaay too early (one year in) and made the original iPad 1 really an "early adopter" device/tablet.
So, in a very real way, the iPad 1 was a victim of the "planned obsolescence" theory.
New iPad models will be supported for, at least, 4-5 years by Apple and still be plenty useful for 2-3 years after support ends.
While I have an large iPad Pro, my wife and I still use an iPad 2 and 3 and I have an original 2010 iPad 1, that still has plenty of operational apps that I still use on my more current devices, that I keep charged up and still use from time to time.
Good Luck to You!
It's not obsolete. The iPad 1 just can't handle the demands of iOS6 (many users, in fact, were unhappy with how it handled iOS5 and 5.1)
Your iPad will still work just fine and the only real limits you'll find is if any of your apps put out updates that are iOS6 only and have extra features you won't be able to get the updates. (As I understand it you won't even be notified of the updates....it'd be like if you have Windows 2000 and your office program updates with features that only work on Vista...you just won't be eligible for them.)
Your iPad should continue to work just as it is right now.
If the iPad (1st gen) "cannot handle" the demands of iOS6, explain why it is available on the iPhone3GS, a slower and older device. The simple fact is that Apple is pushing people to upgrade to a newer iPad. The iPhone 3GS is still being sold on contract with AT&T.
I don't like it anymore than anyone else stuck with a 1st-gen iPad. A number of features in iOS6 are nice to have. Not having iOS updates shows developers that Apple is no longer supporting that device, which means more apps will be coming that are "iPad2 or newer compatible" only. That is what I am most concerned about.
Yes,iOS 6 will not be available for the original iPad. But your iPad will continue to work as it does now. It will not suddenly stop working just because something newer has been released. If you really must have iOS 6 then I suggest selling your original iPad and buying a new one.
"stuck with a 1st-gen iPad.," That is how you view it? NOT ME, I just paid $275 to get a iPad 1 and could not be any happier. It does everything I need and want and a whole lot more. When it doesn't, I will buy a newer model.
When you bought your iPad 1, you were NOT promised or guaranteed that it would ever do anything more than what it offered the day you purchased it. Anything newer that was made available WAS A FREE GIFT, nothing more.
Yes. I am "STUCK" with 2, 1st-gen iPads (16gb and a 64gb).
Everyone uses their iPad for different purposes, and for basic use it is great.
For a 56-year-old who uses it for email and surfing the web, its perfect! Much faster than booting up a laptop.
For more advanced users who want more intensive apps, the first-gen iPad has been left in the dust. I was upset when Photoshop Touch was released and supported only iPad2+. More and more apps are following this lead, so YES, the iPad is "stuck".
The point IS that iOS6 is available as a scaled down version for the iPhone3GS. The iPad 1 system specs are essentially the same as an iPhone 4. The lifespan of OS updates is being artificially shortened for the 1st gen iPad.
juk3bOx
OK, you are an advanced user, you have the iPad 3 that is available for purchase right now that will enable you to access those features that you want.
I fail to see the problem?
Not everyone just bought their iPad 1st-gen for $275.
Most purchased them when they were first released. We call these people "early-adopters". When an early-adopter purchases 2 devices for a total well over $1000 the problem comes with having to drop that kind of money every 2 years.
So, lesson learned. Don't purchase the first version of anything.
Wait until the 3rd generation comes out and buy a 2nd generation.
juk3b0x wrote:
So, lesson learned. Don't purchase the first version of anything.
Wait until the 3rd generation comes out and buy a 2nd generation.
Eventually, an update will be released that won't work on the iPad 2. And, sometime down the road, the current iPad will not support an update. There is never going to be a iPad that will support every iOS updated forever. If you had waited and bought the iPad 2, two or three years from now, we'd be having the same conversation.
I'm afraid so. It does seem extremely unfair for Apple to do this though. Seeing the iPhone 3GS supporting iOS 6, that just surprised me. I looked up the tech specs and saw that both the iPod touch 4 and the iPad 1 had A4 chips. So there's no reason why the iPod touch 4 can iOS 6 while the iPad 1 is stuck on iOS 5 forever.
Naka71 wrote:
On the basis the ios 6 will not be on the first generation ipad, does this mean that apple will not issue any updates or support for the product again.
Why would you draw that conclusion?
StarShootex wrote:
It does seem extremely unfair for Apple to do this though.
Whoever told you life would be fair was lying, delusional or simply stupid.
Really don't mean to hijack .... But Meg ... If you please ....
So ios 6 will not be on ipad 1.
