Posted on: March 5th, 2011 by Daniel 3 Comments I’m def­i­nitely impressed with the iPad 2. I’m amazed that they made a device that was already extremely thin even smaller – thin­ner than an iPhone 4. The new mag­netic, auto-on/off case func­tion­al­ity is amaz­ing as well. Add to that the speed improve­ments and what appears to be even better build qual­ity (a more uni­body look vs. the cur­rent ‘glass set in an alu­minum case’ look) and you’ve got your­self a very com­pelling update. How­ever.

I feel like I just got my iPad – it still feels brand new to me and I can’t imag­ine a sce­nario where I’d pay for an upgrade at this point. If you were wait­ing to buy an iPad to see what they’d do for round 2, I think you’re going to be extremely happy. But if you already own one, the only reason I can hon­estly think of upgrad­ing for is if you’re just hurt­ing for space on your device and want to get a 32 or 64gb ver­sion.

As I own the 64gb WiFi, that’s not really a prob­lem for me at all. Heck, I’m only using 12gb of space on my iPad right now. In fair­ness, I’ll def­i­nitely scour eBay and see what 64gb iPads are sell­ing for.

If I were able to sell mine for enough to upgrade to a 32gb iPad 2 with­out paying any­thing ($600 tax), I’d do it. Since I can’t imag­ine I could get that much for a device that retailed for $699 a year ago, I’ll be stay­ing put until the 3rd revi­sion is out.