03-25-2012, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by pigoo3
I guess it's really hard to say.
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No. It is not hard to say. The iPad 2 is still in production, they are not just "selling out their stock."
Apple WILL announce when the iPad 2 is no longer available to buy new. My guess would be a year from now, but that's just a guess. Once they announce that the iPad 2 has been discontinued, THEN they will be "selling out their stock" through the refurb store.
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Now that iPad 2's are the "old generation"...who really knows if Apple will keep producing them.
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I do. Legally they cannot sell the iPad 2 as a new product if they are no longer producing them. There, that was easy!
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Apple generally wants folks to "convert" to the newest products available.
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That's broadly true, but I must point out that they sell the iPhone 3GS. Brand new. Three years after it was announced.
So I think it's fairly clear that the iPad 2 ... like the 3GS ... is still a supported product. As long as Apple thinks the equipment will offer the user a great experience running the latest iOS, they will likely make it available. With the 3GS I think that's coming to the end of its line, but it has lasted FAR longer than I think most people expected.
My guess would be (again, just a guess) that the next MAJOR revision of iOS will leave the 3GS and the 2010 iPad behind, but we might well see the iPad 2 sticking around for a while. I'd say at least until next year, possibly longer if Apple can get component parts for it even lower in cost.