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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by rimliu on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:14AM (#13921861)
But it takes about five years to stop releasing iOS updates for particular device.
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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by simonh on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:48AM (#13922127)
It's almost always because the device doesn't have enough RAM to support the new OS update.
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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by brians on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:54AM (#13922184)
That's part of what I'm disappointed about today: no RAM bump for the 9.7 Pro, and not clear whether the plain iPad is at 1 GB or 2.
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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by jessaustin on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @10:41AM (#13922544)
Then that's good news for those who own the current model, isn't it? It will take longer for their tablet to obsolesce via OS update.
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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by g051051 on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @05:03PM (#13926188)
The 1st generation iPad was released April 2010. The last version of iOS for that hardware was iOS 5.1.1, released May 2012. That's just barely 2 years later, not 5.
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