Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: jkkbh jkkbh. Reply I have this question too I have this question too Me too Me too. View answer in context. Helpful answers Drop Down menu. Jul 5, AM in response to jkkbh In response to jkkbh No and never. An iPad 2 is a 7 year old iDevice, now. In addition, iOS 11 is now for newer bit hardware iDevices, now. Why would you want to even consider upgrading an older iPad, anyways?
You have had four years of iOS upgrades and updates. Your iPad 2 is NOT, suddenly, becoming obsolete or useless. The final app updates your iPad 2 will end up receiving will be their last! So, the decisions are really up to you! Loading page content. Reply Helpful 11 Thread reply - more options Link to this Post.
Reply Helpful 5 Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. Jul 5, AM in response to jkkbh In response to jkkbh Here is my shortened list of things to help improve your iPad 2 performance on iOS 9. How much free data storage space is left on your iPad? If you do, greatly reduce the amount of active website tabs your web browser. OR Only perform your backups on a lesser time schedule. Apple Arcade. Company News.
Store News. Apple Launches iPad 2. Photo Booth lets you apply fun visual effects, including eight photo special effects like Squeeze, Twirl and Kaleidoscope, to photos captured by either camera.
The iPad 2 is Apple's longest supported iDevice. Even though it was released in , it still runs the latest — albeit stripped down — version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 9. A lot has changed since the iPad 2 was first released. Apple has developed faster processors, Retina screens, an entirely new cable, dedicated graphics chips, and a whole lot more. The iPad 2 uses an A5 chip while the latest iDevices use an A9.
It doesn't have a retina screen and requires an old pin iPod-era cable. The iPad 2 really can't handle the latest and greatest apps or games. In fact, it can struggle just running iOS 9.
What was once a zippy tablet is now pretty slow to use. This isn't a problem if you stick to a single app, but jumping between them or launching new ones can take what feels like an age. This doesn't mean an iPad 2 is useless , it just means that how you use it has to adapt. An iPad 2, despite the relatively low resolution screen, makes a great dedicated reading device.
I've written before about why I think books are terrible and eReaders are the future. While an iPad isn't as good for reading books on as an e-ink Kindle , it's far better for anything that includes images or multimedia content. One of the best things to read on an iPad are comics. The comic book industry has begun to embrace the platform so there are plenty of apps for reading comics on your iPad. There are few other devices that let you comfortably lounge back on a couch and have thousands of comics, perfectly rendered, at your fingertips.
It's also really easy to get content onto an iPad 2.
0コメント