They perceive social clout. I won a fancy ipad in a contest a while back. It was and still is my most impressive mobile device in many ways and has stayed lightning quick with solid battery. But even after all the things I have used it for, I still wouldnt buy one. Even a used one, even to replace it. It is just too much money. I can get it done worse for like $100 and I am very comfortable with worse in this context.
Also doing anything outside of apple's will on the thing is a PITA. Android is much more flexible. But then, a real computer is better, and 99% of the time you can safely bet the farm that if I want to do something like that I'm sitting on my butt at home with access to a slew of machines and operating systems. It's sad because it takes apple's nice high quality device and puts it at the bottom of the barrel, despite prices to compete with gpu-equipped desktop computers.
They perceive social clout. I won a fancy ipad in a contest a while back. It was and still is my most impressive mobile device in many ways and has stayed lightning quick with solid battery. But even after all the things I have used it for, I still wouldnt buy one. Even a used one, even to replace it. It is just too much money. I can get it done worse for like $100 and I am very comfortable with worse in this context.
Also doing anything outside of apple's will on the thing is a PITA. Android is much more flexible. But then, a pc is better, and 99%of the time you can safely bet the farm that if I want to do something like that I'm sitting on my butt at home with access to a slew of machines and operating systems. It's sad because it takes apple's nice high quality device and puts it at the bottom of the barrel, despite prices to compete with gpu-equipped desktop computers.
They perceive social clout. I won a fancy ipad in a contest a while back. It was and still is my most impressive mobile device in many ways and has stayed lightning quick with solid battery. But even after all the things I have used it for, I still wouldnt buy one. Even a used one, even to replace it. It is just too much money. I can get it done worse for like $100 and I am very comfortable with worse in this context.