iPad 2 owners ONLY... will you upgrade to the New iPad?

[KiddToKmart]

For those who own the iPad 2 only...

[KiddToKmart]

I'm in the process of selling my 3G+WiFi iPad 2 but am getting just under 50% of the value I originally bought it for. Knowing i'm going to have to shell out another couple of hundred dollars after selling my iPad 2doesn't sound too appealing since I just recently bought a Vita + a bunch of games.

Sure Retina is tempting, but it's just... too expensive a hobby. Curious to know what you other iPad 2 owners are planning?

[Gabrien]

As I said in the other thread:

I am still curious to see some actual performance figures comparing the iPad 2 and 3 (talking about framerate mainly,) but from what I've been able to gather so far, if your primary use for the device is gaming, AND you already own an iPad 2, it might pay to wait until next year to upgrade. This year Apple are selling the screen. Next year they should be selling the power to push stuff around on it.

[dumaz1000]

I'm just gonna get an iPhone 5, or whatever they'll call it, instead. That should come out in September or so. The 4g could be a huge selling point for me, but I'm not paying twice for data, so it does me no good on the iPad. I tether everything off my iPhone, using that as a hotspot. A 4g iPhone could really be awesome. The specs don't seem like a huge improvement. I wonder if they'll put the iPad 3 chip into the iPhone 5? They probably will, but then will the iPhone 5 really be much of an upgrade from the 4s? I don't have a 4s anyway, but I'll have a full upgrade by then. A iPhone 5 for 199.99 beats the hell out of a iPad 3 for 499.99, assuming the chip turns out to be the same.

[ben18]

Yes, I will be upgrading.

I sold my iPad 2 when the announcement was...announced, and got decent value for it. Since the upgrade will end up costing me less than $200, I'd say its worth it. For someone trying to sell their iPad now...depends how far into the hole you want to go.

[BrEaKBEaT]

Originally Posted by KiddToKmart

I'm in the process of selling my 3G+WiFi iPad 2 but am getting just under 50% of the value I originally bought it for. Knowing i'm going to have to shell out another couple of hundred dollars after selling my iPad 2doesn't sound too appealing since I just recently bought a Vita + a bunch of games.

Out of all the rumours for iPad 3, all I expected to be true were retina, better cpu and more ram, and that's pretty much what we got. It's an appealing spec, but the lack of a 'proper' cpu upgrade is a turn off for me. Other than the flight game they demo'd and perhaps the new infinity blade, I doubt we'll see many games take advantage of the new GPU, it certainly wont significantly impress me over what my iPad 2 can do. No, I'll be keeping my iPad 2 for another year at least.... either iPad 4 or some Win8 slate I'm thinking.

Having just bought a Vita myself, games come at a premium, but then they play like you'd expect from a home console.

I'm still amazed by Fifa Vita, I can't quite get over that I'm basically experiencing the ps3 version in the palm of my hands. Contrary to what Apple would have you believe, I don't think you'll find the iPad 3 an 'amazing' upgrade.

[Gabrien]

Originally Posted by BrEaKBEaT

I'm still amazed by Fifa Vita, I can't quite get over that I'm basically experiencing the ps3 version in the palm of my hands.

Funny how differently different people's minds work: if it were me, I'd just be thinking "wtf, why am I playing an x months old game on my brand new console?" But then, I mostly play at home anyway, so the "portable" card doesn't play that highly with me.

[LucianOrb]

Only reason I would (but won't) buy an iPad 3 would be to read comics, that screen will surely turn the device into the ultimate comic reader.

[BrEaKBEaT]

Originally Posted by Gabrien

Funny how differently different people's minds work: if it were me, I'd just be thinking "wtf, why am I playing an x months old game on my brand new console?" But then, I mostly play at home anyway, so the "portable" card doesn't play that highly with me.

Interestingly, that was my main concern when I read reviews stating FIFA Vita was basically FIFA 11 on the PS3/360.... however, FIFA 11 is still a fantastic game, and in the context of having that on a mobile platform, I simply can't rate it highly enough. It sounds silly to say, but unless I have mates round or we're meeting for online matches, FIFA 12 didn't get much use... I just often can't be bothered to switch my Xbox on when I could be slouched infront of the TV with the Vita/iPad/Laptop... and the added bonus with these devices is that 'instant resume where you left off' ability, with the sleep mode/switching between apps working great on the Vita!

I'm waffling on now so I'll just finish by saying this.... instead of "why am I playing an x months old game on my brand new console", I was left thinking 'this is everything I wanted from portable FIFA, everything the IOS version is not.

[Teknikal]

Also very impressed with Fifa myself the only bad things I have to say about it is the camera makes the player a bit small for my liking in the be a pro mode and I really can't believe EA is trying to charge so much on the UK PSN for it their trying to get around £20 more than I payed for the physical copy.

On a plus point while it is the Fifa 11 engine it seems to be something of a hybrid with quite a few elements of 12 added and it's a game with huge replay value and online play.