My wife might be doing some traveling (overseas) early next year, and will probably need some sort of a tablet-device. (She prefers tablet to netbooks/chromebooks).
As we have 2 iphones (iPhone 6), I thought it would make more sense to get her an iPad rather than a Kindle Fire etc, so we can maintain the iOs platform, and use the same portable chargers / cables, and other accessories .
- It doesn't have to be a current model. I am hoping buy a used / refurbished item, as it might live a rough life during travel.
- Which non-current iPad generation would suit her? (space saving is essential, but she did say that an attachable keyboard, if slim enough might be nice, as she might do some work while traveling, and would be good to have a hard keyboard, however this is not a *must*).
- Retina display is not needed. It will be used almost only for messaging / facetime / normal browsing / email / some work.
Entertainment is not a priority duty.
- Is a 3G/4G that much beneficial? or should she just get a wifi only model? Some countries she will be traveling in may not have easy wifi access, but she is considering going with a Verizon jetpack/pocket wifi thing...
What non-current iPad models/generations can be gotten for a reasonable price, and where would you guys look for such?
Thanks for any feedback.
As we have 2 iphones (iPhone 6), I thought it would make more sense to get her an iPad rather than a Kindle Fire etc, so we can maintain the iOs platform, and use the same portable chargers / cables, and other accessories .
- It doesn't have to be a current model. I am hoping buy a used / refurbished item, as it might live a rough life during travel.
- Which non-current iPad generation would suit her? (space saving is essential, but she did say that an attachable keyboard, if slim enough might be nice, as she might do some work while traveling, and would be good to have a hard keyboard, however this is not a *must*).
- Retina display is not needed. It will be used almost only for messaging / facetime / normal browsing / email / some work.
Entertainment is not a priority duty.
- Is a 3G/4G that much beneficial? or should she just get a wifi only model? Some countries she will be traveling in may not have easy wifi access, but she is considering going with a Verizon jetpack/pocket wifi thing...
What non-current iPad models/generations can be gotten for a reasonable price, and where would you guys look for such?
Thanks for any feedback.
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