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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by devxpy on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @06:38AM (#22168441)
Exactly. If it were not for the OS, the hardware seems to be a lot more capable than casual entertainment. These use cases simply don't push the hardware to its limits.
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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by arethuza on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @06:49AM (#22168498)
My iPad must be 4 or 5 years old and seems perfectly capable of pretty much everything I use it for (videos from various sources), lightweight web browsing, looking at pictures, browsing Ordnance Survey maps...

Only reason I would upgrade is if I break it (unlikely as I don't take it outside very often) or when iOS upgrades stop (which is what happened to two previous iPads I have in a drawer somewhere).

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Re:The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10 by mtgx on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @06:56AM (#22168537)
He meant UX and feature-wise capable, not hardware-wise.

He's right, if the OS itself was more advanced, than even if the same people who own iPads now wouldn't be interested in using those features other than their regular media consumption, it would still open up a new market for the iPad (new target audience). But with its current limitations, it can't do that.

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