Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results, Slowing Growth in iPhone Sales

Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results, Slowing Growt... by baudehlo on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @06:20PM (#10977026)

iPad sales slowed down because once you've bought one the need to upgrade is pretty low. You don't drop them like phones so the break-factor is low. I'm still happy using an iPad 2 - it's plenty fast for web browsing and YouTube.

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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results, Slowing Growt... by x0x0 on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @06:29PM (#10977076)

also, it's less important/less used than my laptop or phone, so that further makes the $600 upgrade a lower priority

Still, reading on an ipad is the best electronic reading experience imo. Kindle would beat it if you could display pdfs or math books reasonably. But an ipad beats the crap out of android for battery life; not necessarily screen-on time, but the silent drain when you leave it shut in your bag. When I leave my ipad in my backpack for a week, 1-2% battery is gone. My android tablet would drain in a week.

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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results, Slowing Growt... by xufi on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @07:01PM (#10977233)

Also becuase the new iPhones are pretty much big enough in my view for most people especially the +

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