Refurb IPAD 3

Lord Spence

Apple store have the refurbished iPad 3 for sale for €389, the new ipad is €509!! and has that stupid lighting dock connector. Apple's refurb's are practicably like new great deal but wont last long

http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad

Nuno

Well spotted.... Birthday pressie for the missus may just have been sorted

prettyboy81

That's a nice price & a good discount.

jimogr

Thanks OP

daingeanrob

cheers op, the wife will be happy with this at christmas.

brennarr

Just ordered mine. Do you reckon they'll come with the new earbuds?

Tipperary animal lover

Sold my ipad2 to the sister for €310 and just bought the ipad3 €79 happy days thanks op

epopnomis

God that's low selling your old iPad to your sister... It doesn't come with any earphones, none of the iPads do to my knowledge... Got one for m man the othe day, ordered on Wednesday and received on Thursday morning. Thing runs like a dream...

baldshin

Bought a refurb iPad 2 two and a half weeks ago for 379, had to return it after two days as it was faulty and still haven't received a replacement. Kick in the teeth that had I waited I could have had the iPad 3 for ten euro more now!!

MagicMarker

Why not save yourselves €50 and buy a new iPad mini?

Lord Spence

MagicMarker wrote: »

Why not save yourselves €50 and buy a new iPad mini?

Are u takin the piss???

brianrcarney

and they are gone, ball ox

wil

"Sorry there are no refurbished products available, please check back later"

matchthis

brennarr wrote: »

Just ordered mine. Do you reckon they'll come with the new earbuds?

Unless things have changed, none of them come with earphones

MagicMarker

Lord Spence wrote: »

Are u takin the piss???

Hmmm, buying a generation old, refurbished iPad for near €400...

Yep, I'm the one taking the piss.

Lord Spence

MagicMarker wrote: »

Hmmm, buying a generation old, refurbished iPad for near €400...

Yep, I'm the one taking the piss.

Have a look at the ipad mini, small screen, no retina display, not as powerful as ipad3 and soon to be €130 dearer then a 16gb nexus 7. Ipad 3 is current gen ipad 4 is a minor update and will make your old ipad assecories obsolete.

Berty

Lord Spence wrote: »

Have a look at the ipad mini, small screen, no retina display, not as powerful as ipad3 and soon to be €130 dearer then a 16gb nexus 7. Ipad 3 is current gen ipad 4 is a minor update and will make your old ipad assecories obsolete.

Yep, loving the upcoming Christmas Tablet wars. It's going to be a field day for consumers in the big outlets because they will have shed loads of tablets and little customers to spread across the range. The manufacturers and wholesalers will be tripping over themselves to cut prices.

Shame I'm in the market for an Ultrabook. I have a Samsung 10.1 for work and its all a bit of meh. Prefer Laptops.

jamescd

Thanks. Bought a white one last night

wannabe7a

I got one last nite as well. Thanks!!!!!!!

tommycahir

Have a look at this site as it gives ya the quantities left of each model and you can also create email alerts as to when some items come into stock
http://www.refurb.me/ir/

BTW it also shows almost all available apple refurb products and not just iPads.. (iPhones seem to be excluded)

Dickerty

tommycahir wrote: »

Have a look at this site as it gives ya the quantities left of each model and you can also create email alerts as to when some items come into stock
http://www.refurb.me/ir/

BTW it also shows almost all available apple refurb products and not just iPads.. (iPhones seem to be excluded)

Not sure I trust a site that spells Ireland "Irland" in the country drop-down.

And the testimonial - "The Refurb Store widget meets my desiderata perfectly..."

Eh??

Etnies

****in missed it.

Mimikyu

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Dickerty

Dickerty wrote: »

Not sure I trust a site that spells Ireland "Irland" in the country drop-down.

And the testimonial - "The Refurb Store widget meets my desiderata perfectly..."

Eh??

That would be the French for Ireland. It just pulls the availibily from apple, it then links you to the official apple store. So their I no trust element.

MrStuffins

cisk wrote: »

That would be the French for Ireland. It just pulls the availibily from apple, it then links you to the official apple store. So their I no trust element.

TsuDhoNimh

cisk wrote: »

So their I no trust element.

There's a trust element involved with anything that requires personal data, even if it's just an email addy.

juan.kerr

Lord Spence wrote: »

Apple store have the refurbished iPad 3 for sale for €389, the new ipad is €509!! and has that stupid lighting dock connector. Apple's refurb's are practicably like new great deal but wont last long

http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad

But the new one is the iPad 4 though surely?

Jimdagym

juan.kerr wrote: »

But the new one is the iPad 4 though surely?

Lord spence does say that. He calls one the iPad 3 and the other the new iPad.

juan.kerr

Jimdagym wrote: »

Lord spence does say that. He calls one the iPad 3 and the other the new iPad.

Not explicitly. The iPad 4 announcement went under the radar a bit (because of the Mini) and confusingly the Apple website refers to iPad Mini, iPad 2 and 'iPad with Retina Display' as opposed to iPad 3 or iPad 4, so the meaning of 'the new ipad' isn't entirely clear.

MrStuffins

juan.kerr wrote: »

Not explicitly. The iPad 4 announcement went under the radar a bit (because of the Mini) and confusingly the Apple website refers to iPad Mini, iPad 2 and 'iPad with Retina Display' as opposed to iPad 3 or iPad 4, so the meaning of 'the new ipad' isn't entirely clear.

Who gives a sh*t?

Jimdagym

juan.kerr wrote: »

Not explicitly. The iPad 4 announcement went under the radar a bit (because of the Mini) and confusingly the Apple website refers to iPad Mini, iPad 2 and 'iPad with Retina Display' as opposed to iPad 3 or iPad 4, so the meaning of 'the new ipad' isn't entirely clear.

Its pretty clear, its the new one

juan.kerr

Jimdagym wrote: »

Its pretty clear, its the new one

How is it clear? Does the Apple site say iPad4?

juan.kerr

MrStuffins wrote: »

Who gives a sh*t?

I do, but I don't care whether you do or not, strangely.

Jimdagym

juan.kerr wrote: »

How is it clear? Does the Apple site say iPad4?

There is no such thing as iPad 4.

juan.kerr

Jimdagym wrote: »

There is no such thing as iPad 4.

Okay, the '4th Generation iPad' colloquially referred to as the iPad 4.

Jimdagym

juan.kerr wrote: »

Okay, the '4th Generation iPad' colloquially referred to as the iPad 4.

Oh, you mean the iPad with Retina display????

juan.kerr

Jimdagym wrote: »

Oh, you mean the iPad with Retina display????

Well the third-generation iPad had 'Retina Display' so no, I'm referring to the next generation, the one announced in the last 2 weeks.

Clearly there is confusion.

TsuDhoNimh

Lord Spence wrote: »

Apple store have the refurbished iPad 3 for sale for €389, the new ipad is €509!! and has that stupid lighting dock connector.

There are other (relatively minor - e.g. change from A5X to A6X chip) differences between the 3 and the 4, but Lord Spence outlined the main/most obvious difference by referencing the lightning (slight typo in his OP there) connector.

If it has a lightening connector, it's a 4, if it has retina display and no lightening connector it's a 3.

Jimdagym wrote: »

There is no such thing as iPad 4.

I think everyone in the industry referrers to it as the 4.

The real confusion comes from the fact that you can't buy a new 3 directly from the Apple site (as far as I'm aware, though open to correction). Apple now offer the 2 as the 'entry level' at a lower cost and are happy to do so as they can really upsell to the 4 given some of the functionality such as the retina display. The differences between the 3 and the 4 mean that the upsell would be extremely difficult, so they haven't dropped the price of the 3 so that it doesn't impact on sales of the 4 and instead have just retained the supply to mini, 2 and 4.

Jimdagym

juan.kerr wrote: »

Well the third-generation iPad had 'Retina Display' so no, I'm referring to the next generation, the one announced in the last 2 weeks.

Clearly there is confusion.

AFAIR the "iPad 3" was sold/marketed as "the new iPad" (yes it had retina display). It was only referred by apple as ipad 3 in the refurb store after the 4th generation was announced. The "iPad 3" was never marketed as the Ipad with retina display, so I dont agree about the confusion. I do keep up with things regarding apple, but even if I didnt, I would not be spending €400 of my hard earned money withouty making sure I knew exactly what I was buying.

Jimdagym

TsuDhoNimh wrote: »

There are other (relatively minor - e.g. change from A5X to A6X chip) differences between the 3 and the 4, but Lord Spence outlined the main/most obvious difference by referencing the lightning (slight typo in his OP there) connector.

If it has a lightening connector, it's a 4, if it has retina display and no lightening connector it's a 3.


I think everyone in the industry referrers to it as the 4.

The real confusion comes from the fact that you can't buy a new 3 directly from the Apple site (as far as I'm aware, though open to correction). Apple now offer the 2 as the 'entry level' at a lower cost and are happy to do so as they can really upsell to the 4 given some of the functionality such as the retina display. The differences between the 3 and the 4 mean that the upsell would be extremely difficult, so they haven't dropped the price of the 3 so that it doesn't impact on sales of the 4 and instead have just retained the supply to mini, 2 and 4.

The 3 is only available as a refurb. The range is mini, 2 and 4, so to speak.

BostonB

I hate to see ye discuss something complicated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad#Model_comparison

Despite Apples style over common sense, its pretty clear what they are called by everyone, except Apple. I love the way on their refurb store they call them "Originally released ...." instead of calling them 2, 3 or 4. Though they eventually resort to 3rd generation etc just to be inconsistent.

Lord Spence

juan.kerr wrote: »

Well the third-generation iPad had 'Retina Display' so no, I'm referring to the next generation, the one announced in the last 2 weeks.

Clearly there is confusion.

If I'm stating the new well that would nomally mean the one after the last one which was an ipad (3rd gen) simples!

midlouth

baldshin wrote: »

Bought a refurb iPad 2 two and a half weeks ago for 379, had to return it after two days as it was faulty and still haven't received a replacement. Kick in the teeth that had I waited I could have had the iPad 3 for ten euro more now!!

Ring them and tell them you want a refund as it was faulty and not a replacement, you have 14 days to return and get a refund which you have already done.

jamescd

Looks like I'm gonna get this tomorrow based on the tracking number, sweet

blaa85

jamescd wrote: »

Looks like I'm gonna get this tomorrow based on the tracking number, sweet

Yeah I'm delighted, mine changed from 31st to 30th. Never had an Apple product, looking forward to it. Was looking for the kindle fire, but this was a deal I couldn't pass up.

God Father

blaa85 wrote: »

Yeah I'm delighted, mine changed from 31st to 30th. Never had an Apple product, looking forward to it. Was looking for the kindle fire, but this was a deal I couldn't pass up.

Mine destined for cork has a 24hr delay as the plane didn't take off due to a technical error

jamescd

Mine's showing as:

Dublin, Ireland
30/10/2012 7:04 Destination Scan
30/10/2012 7:04 Import Scan
30/10/2012 5:30 Departure Scan
30/10/2012 4:48 Arrival Scan

Koeln, Germany
30/10/2012 3:58 Departure Scan
30/10/2012 0:48 Arrival Scan

Castle Donnington, United Kingdom
29/10/2012 22:29 Departure Scan
29/10/2012 21:35 Arrival Scan


Why it went from UK to Germany, then to Ireland I have no idea. Currently says "In Transit" and that I should get it by the end of the day.

blaa85

God Father wrote: »

Mine destined for cork has a 24hr delay as the plane didn't take off due to a technical error

My tracker says delay at Cork at 9:30 this morning but still says 30th Oct as est delivery. Could be the same as yourself.

brennarr

jamescd wrote: »

Mine's showing as:

Dublin, Ireland
30/10/2012 7:04 Destination Scan
30/10/2012 7:04 Import Scan
30/10/2012 5:30 Departure Scan
30/10/2012 4:48 Arrival Scan

Koeln, Germany
30/10/2012 3:58 Departure Scan
30/10/2012 0:48 Arrival Scan

Castle Donnington, United Kingdom
29/10/2012 22:29 Departure Scan
29/10/2012 21:35 Arrival Scan


Why it went from UK to Germany, then to Ireland I have no idea. Currently says "In Transit" and that I should get it by the end of the day.

Where does it say when you should expect delivery?

Duggys Housemate

MagicMarker wrote: »

Hmmm, buying a generation old, refurbished iPad for near €400...

Yep, I'm the one taking the piss.

Its exactly 6 months old. It was the very best iPad 7 days ago. As an aside, I don't think this iPads are really refurbished at all. They are new but end of line, a friend got one delivered to work and it comes in original packages. I doubt if they really re-package the refurbs, but the stores must be returning the iPad3 - now discontinued - to central office, and thats what you get.

TsuDhoNimh wrote: »

There are other (relatively minor - e.g. change from A5X to A6X chip) differences between the 3 and the 4, but Lord Spence outlined the main/most obvious difference by referencing the lightning (slight typo in his OP there) connector.

If it has a lightening connector, it's a 4, if it has retina display and no lightening connector it's a 3.


I think everyone in the industry referrers to it as the 4.

The real confusion comes from the fact that you can't buy a new 3 directly from the Apple site (as far as I'm aware, though open to correction). Apple now offer the 2 as the 'entry level' at a lower cost and are happy to do so as they can really upsell to the 4 given some of the functionality such as the retina display. The differences between the 3 and the 4 mean that the upsell would be extremely difficult, so they haven't dropped the price of the 3 so that it doesn't impact on sales of the 4 and instead have just retained the supply to mini, 2 and 4.

Updating the iPad CPU and GPU is not a minor upgrade, its a major one. The iPad 3 only really got the retina display. Were I in the market for a new iPad it would be the 4, which is much better than the 2, or 3. As it is I am happy with the 2.

The 389 here, http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad is a really good deal.

jamescd

brennarr wrote: »

Where does it say when you should expect delivery?

Dunno, can't find it now. But when I checked it this morning (around 10 am), it definitely said somewhere on the page "Delivery by end of day" or something like that.