Are you getting an iPad 3?

[Tommet]

Initially, it was a no brainer for me. However with the rise of freemium and the IAP monster, iOS gaming does not seem as attractive to me as it was a couple of months ago.

Now, I think I might hold on to the iPad 2 a while longer.

Interested to hear what others think.

[Rasterico]

Right this second I'll say no, when it eventually comes closer to release though I'll probably be whistling a different tune.

I just can't help myself when it comes to new tech, it's the reason I've owned an original iPhone, a 3GS, an iPhone 4 a 4S an iPad and now an iPad 2! I live in a world where I perpetually upgrade to the latest thing and sell on my old stuff to subsidise it (well I have with all my old mobile phones and my iPad anyway) ill be honest though I'm more interested in what the eventual iPhone 5 will look like and deliver in terms of features.

[Grimstone82]

I'm considering it... I might just hang on to the iPad 2 and get a new quad core ICS Android (GASP!) tablet, maybe the Transformer Prime. There's a 7 incher coming out that looks real nice, and that is a great size for gaming.

[EfratBarTal]

absolutely not.

[Eli]

There is no "tablet" market, it's the iPad market. You're fooling yourself if you think an Android tablet is going to be better, especially the Transformer Prime. The "solutions" people on Reddit are coming up with to fix their broken Transformers are seriously just priceless. r/android is basically r/funny these days.

[bigrand1]

Originally Posted by Rasterico

Right this second I'll say no, when it eventually comes closer to release though I'll probably be whistling a different tune.

I just can't help myself when it comes to new tech, it's the reason I've owned an original iPhone, a 3GS, an iPhone 4 a 4S an iPad and now an iPad 2! I live in a world where I perpetually upgrade to the latest thing and sell on my old stuff to subsidise it (well I have with all my old mobile phones and my iPad anyway) ill be honest though I'm more interested in what the eventual iPhone 5 will look like and deliver in terms of features.

Ha, Ha! I'm the same way! Can't be stopped! Gotta upgrade like you and sell the old like that as well! And I am more interested in the new features that could come out. For me, the 4S wasn't enough of an upgrade for me to bite on, for the first time in memory. One of the peeves I have and would love to see upgraded is the amount of space on it. 64GB is not enough now that apps have gotten so big. Would love to double it and have a longer-lasting battery as well. I am NOT a fan of the Cloud and the 'renting' of space that they're doing now, and I don't see Apple using memory cards in the near-future. Just give me more out-of-the-box, with that option, and I'm willing to throw more money down that way! I'd be happy with that alone, honestly!

[KiddToKmart]

Originally Posted by Tommet

Initially, it was a no brainer for me. However with the rise of freemium and the IAP monster, iOS gaming does not seem as attractive to me as it was a couple of months ago.

Now, I think I might hold on to the iPad 2 a while longer.

Interested to hear what others think.

My iPad 3 savings have been transferred to a new account named "Vita Savings".... will stick around with the iPad 2.

[bigrand1]

Originally Posted by KiddToKmart

My iPad 3 savings have been transferred to a new account named "Vita Savings".... will stick around with the iPad 2.

Heh-Heh! Ask Eli what he thinks about the Vita!

[dclose]

Originally Posted by Tommet

However with the rise of freemium and the IAP monster, iOS gaming does not seem as attractive to me as it was a couple of months ago.

That's what would hold me back too. My purchasing of apps has slowed way down with the proliferation of IAP everywhere. I hold off buying new games until I see whether they're stable releases, or if the devs are going to pull a "Hot Gen" (as it's known around our house).

What would probably tip me in favor of an iPad 3 is retina, or a least upgraded, display. I'd buy it if I could read text at the quality level that I get from my iPod Touch 4th gen. Text on an iPad 2 is simply too jaggy for me.

[Teknikal]

I still don't see any advantage to a tablet over a netbook or now ultrabook my main fear is I'd hate to waste that amount of money on something so fragile.

But saying that if I was going to buy a tablet it would be the Samsung Galaxy 7.7 over an iPad it comes at a price but it is an incredible device and I can't see the iPad 3 matching it.