The New iPad’s Closest Competitor? The Old iPad

AllThingsD cites new data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) noting that sales of the iPad 2 and the new iPad between February and April of 2012 were roughly similar, with the new iPad accounting for 59 percent of total iPad sales, since that model’s March 16th launch date, and the holdover iPad 2, which costs $100 less, accounting for 41 percent.

Being your own competition is never a bad strategy if you can pull it off, and since the iPad 2’s development costs have long since been amortized, selling iPad 2s even at $399 should be quite profitable.

Personally, I would probably opt for the iPad 2 over the new iPad were I tablet shopping, and not just because it’s cheaper. The iPad 2’s being sold now also have a more efficient version of Apple’s A5 processor than the original iteration, give away little if anything in computing performance to the new iPad, have longer battery life, commensurately recharge faster, are thinner and lighter, and the 1024 x 768 resolution display in my iPad 2 is still perfectly adequate, IMHO.

The only feature in the new iPad that really tempts me is the better quality camera.

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