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Good value for the price. Very minor cosmetic blemishes. I bought it strictly as alternative communication device. Speaker does not have sufficient volume to be useful so I added a Bluetooth speaker. Only real problem is one extreme corner of screen is not responsive. I work around by rotating when I absolutely need that area. Very easy to use and otherwise very sensitive to touch.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The iPad 3 I purchased was essentially what I needed, though it has a couple of drawbacks. The positives: Good image quality, long battery life (12-ish hours), enough space for my needs. The in-betweens: The charger included took 12 hours to fully charge the ipad, even though I turned off the iPad to get it to charge faster. I had to purchase a 24V adapter and separate wire to get it to charge at a more acceptable rate. Now it charges in less than an hour. The bad: because it is older, and OS updates are no longer, I can't get it to sync with my saved data on my MacBook. I had to open up use of iCloud to sync everything, when I hate using iCloud. (I now have it turned off, but it violated my resolve not to ever use iCloud.) Most of these are minor inconveniences, especially when I mostly use it to read books via iBook or Kindle. We'll see how it performs in the long run, but so far, it's decent.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Works well. Good quality overall. Retina display is great. But.....Gets really hot when screen brightness is up and when charging .Detracts from the overall 5 star experience.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
What's in a name? Or, more importantly, what's in a digit? Would that which we call an iPad by any number less than 2 be less sweet? That's the question Apple posed for us indirectly when it unveiled the new iPad and relegated its future slates (and, presumably, phones) to a numeral-free future. And that new slate? It's much the same as the old one, with a slightly more chipper processor at its (quad) core and support for both Verizon and AT&T's fancy new LTE networks. But there's one bigger change here, one that will ripple across the industry as each manufacturer struggles to keep up in this ever-accelerating market. That feature is the iPad's new 2048 x 1536 Retina display. It's the best display ever featured on a tablet, probably the best display ever on a mobile device, but is that enough to keep this tablet ahead of the pack? Believe it or not, the answer is yes. Ever held an iPad 2? If so, suffice to say this new iPad is a wee bit thicker and a teensy bit heavier. You now have our full blessing to skip down to the display section below, which is what you're probably truly interested in reading about. For those looking for the full-on review effect, the new iPad is still a slinky thing. Sure, its 9.4mm thickness won't win it any awards (especially since that's .6mm thicker than the iPad 2), nor will its 652g (1.4-pound) heft (51g / .11 pounds more than before), but it feels neither big nor heavy. It instead feels substantial. Dense. It's carved from a hunk of aluminum and there's a cavity in there where the (now bigger) battery and other internals reside, but if you didn't know any better you'd think it were completely solid. There's none of the flex or the give found in cheaper slates. That solidity certainly helps explain the premium feel, but buyers will have to decide whether that feel is worth the extra space in their messenger bags, or the extra strain placed on shoulder straps. The chassis is hewn from the same matte aluminum as most of Apple's other devices, with a gentle curve on the edges tapering down to a flat back punctuated by a glossy black Apple logo. The shape of that taper is slightly different than before, a bit more rounded on account of that extra girth, but you'll be hard-pressed to notice without a side-by-side comparison. Looking at the back you'll still find the speaker in its same lower-left position, still a rather unfortunate placement. Most of the sound is therefore directed away from where you want it, namely in your ears, and we can't say as we noticed any improvement in the overall aural quality compared to this tablet's predecessor. Next to that is the dock port, still the full-sized 40-pin variety and not the slinky, next-gen connector that we've been hearing is in the works, so your accessories live on for at least one more generation of tablets. Move up to the side and you'll find the same volume rocker and mute / rotation lock as before, situated in the same place, too. Kitty-corner to that is the wide and flat power button, separated from the 3.5mm headphone jack over on the other side by the same expanse of black plastic seen on the iPad 2, making room in the metal chassis for the antennas to do their thing. WiFi-only models get by without this polycarbonate indiscretion. If you're disappointed Apple didn't do more with the new iPad, that's probably because you haven't seen the new Retina display for yourself yet. Take more than a passing glance and you'll be a believer. 2nd half soonRead full review
he good: Apple's new iPad includes a stunning new screen, matched by a quad-core graphic processor and the world's largest app and media store to feed it content. There's a proper 5-megapixel rear camera now, with 1080p recording quality. Optional 4G data from AT&T and Verizon afford an uncompromising mobile experience. The bad: The new iPad is slightly heavier than last year's model; apps and movies optimized for the screen might take up more space; and ports for HDMI, USB, and SD require adapters.
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