Thread: Report: When iPad 3 is Released, Apple Could Offer iPad 2 For as Low as $299

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I don't think apple will go that low, but $299 for an iPad 2 would bring in a lot of sales.

Headline should be 'Apple makes plans to kill resales as iPad 3 is released'

My iPad is the first thing I've considered doing the whole upgrade routine that I know many people that do... selling one device to get the new shinier version. If I can sell my 32gb and get a newer iPad 3 for just a couple hundred $$, I'd do it. Makes it a little harder if you can just get them from Apple brand new though

Originally Posted by meStevo

Headline should be 'Apple makes plans to kill resales as iPad 3 is released'

My iPad is the first thing I've considered doing the whole upgrade routine that I know many people that do... selling one device to get the new shinier version. If I can sell my 32gb and get a newer iPad 3 for just a couple hundred $$, I'd do it. Makes it a little harder if you can just get them from Apple brand new though

Agreed. Since my iPad was bought in November, I was thinking the same thing.

Of course, if they sell the iPad 2 for $300, that will be the death blow to all of the competition. Amazon will practically have to give the Fire away.

Fire could be the 'starter drug' tablet-wise for future refurb/'fire sale' iPad 2 owners if this pans out to be true. For those that were coaxed into the tablet market by an impulse purchase of a Fire, a $299 iPad 2 could be the next logical step.

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Can only imagine imagine how well a $99-$150 Fire would do though? With a more powerful 10" model at $299? I wonder how well it's doing as a content portal for Amazon stuff too. Wife absolutely loves hers, but it drives me a little crazy compared to how smooth my Nexus is.

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I have a WiFi only iPad 1. I don't think I would sell this and get a comparable iPad 2 for a few hundred more. I don't think I will even upgrade to an iPad3. If I do upgrade my iPad it will be for one that gets 3G mainly so I can use the GPS APPs on it.

I don't see myself ever tying a data plan to a tablet at the current prices. Now that I have my Nexus my iPad usage has plummeted. Haven't even bothered to root and get tether working again yet.

I could see myself sticking to an iPad 2, it's hard to imagine a 3 at retina resolution, seems a bit excessive at that size. Can only imagine what pixel quadrupled iPhone apps will look like on it.

I have no plans for an iPad 3, but will wait to see what it looks like when it comes out. Pretty happy with the iPad 2. Fast, powerful, does pretty much everything I could ask of it.

Originally Posted by rockymtnhigh

I have no plans for an iPad 3, but will wait to see what it looks like when it comes out. Pretty happy with the iPad 2. Fast, powerful, does pretty much everything I could ask of it.

I gonna take bets on this post.

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Originally Posted by meStevo

I don't see myself ever tying a data plan to a tablet at the current prices. Now that I have my Nexus my iPad usage has plummeted. Haven't even bothered to root and get tether working again yet.

I could see myself sticking to an iPad 2, it's hard to imagine a 3 at retina resolution, seems a bit excessive at that size. Can only imagine what pixel quadrupled iPhone apps will look like on it.

I'll never get the data plan. I just want the device to be 3G so I will be able to run some of the GPS APPs