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dead 3 year old iPad rights

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  • pinkshoes
    pinkshoes Posts: 20,672 Forumite
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    What is the expected shelf life of an ipad?

    All you can do is take it to an apple store, and ask for help. They might be able to fix it, or offer you a discount on a new one.

    Personally I would opt for an android tablet... (Typed on my ipad)
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  • LaurenceDodds
    LaurenceDodds Posts: 3 Newbie
    Thankyou all so much for your advice, this is food for thought. I will probably just ask Apple, but I will assume the worst. I can not afford a new one but I will make do.
    Thanks again.

    By the way, the shelf life of an iPad: around 5 years plus :)
  • PenguinJim
    PenguinJim Posts: 844 Forumite
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    LaurenceDodds wrote: »
    By the way, the shelf life of an iPad: around 5 years plus :)
    I would love to know how you determined that figure! The very first iPad went on sale in the UK at the end of May 2010 - there isn't a 5-year-old UK-bought iPad in existence, let alone "plus".
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  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    LaurenceDodds wrote: »

    By the way, the shelf life of an iPad: around 5 years plus :)

    Says who?

    You may get lucky with goodwill, but as things stand you have the right to use your iPad as a large, and probably not terribly effective, table mat or coaster.
  • Collabora
    Collabora Posts: 1,360 Forumite
    PenguinJim wrote: »
    there isn't a 5-year-old UK-bought iPad in existence,

    Can you provide evidence of this?

    For some reason i dont think you can as to do this you would need to know every single person who has purchased an iPad since the arrived on the market
  • Cycrow
    Cycrow Posts: 2,639 Forumite
    Collabora wrote: »
    Can you provide evidence of this?

    For some reason i dont think you can as to do this you would need to know every single person who has purchased an iPad since the arrived on the market

    He already has.

    iPad's have not been out for 5 years, it was impossible to buy an iPad 5 years ago (because they didn't exist)
  • visidigi
    visidigi Posts: 6,733 Forumite
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    Collabora wrote: »
    Can you provide evidence of this?

    For some reason i dont think you can as to do this you would need to know every single person who has purchased an iPad since the arrived on the market

    Oh dear. Someone didn't read it before taking a dig...
  • Morglin
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    Apple are very good at dealing with their products, when they develop faults etc., out of guarantee.

    It usually involves booking an appointment at one of their stores, with their techno guys, and they either repair, replace or offer a new replacement, at discounted cost (depending on what is wrong with the item).

    Worth a punt anyway.

    Lin :)
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  • George_Michael
    George_Michael Posts: 4,251 Forumite
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    Collabora wrote: »
    Can you provide evidence of this?

    For some reason i dont think you can as to do this you would need to know every single person who has purchased an iPad since the arrived on the market

    http://gizmodo.com/5486444/official-ipad-launching-here-april-3-pre-orders-march-12
    The first ipad was released in the US on the 3rd April 2010 and a few weeks later in the UK (ie, less than 5 years ago) so no, you don't need to know every single person who has ever purchased an iPad.
  • TadleyBaggie
    TadleyBaggie Posts: 7,080 Forumite
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    I bought a iPad on launch day, it was at the end of April 2010. Still have it and it still works.
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