News - Apple iPad 2 to face chop after three years of availability

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Also has Jony Ive departed? He disappeared from Apple exec profiles website.

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This begs the question: will the A5 equipped hardware (iPad 2, iPad Mini and iPhone 4s) get ios8? They probably will, iPad Mini will be less than 2 years old when the next OS is released and iPhone 4s is the current base model. Wouldn't wager on the A5 hardware getting ios9 however.

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This begs the question: will the A5 equipped hardware (iPad 2, iPad Mini and iPhone 4s) get ios8? They probably will, iPad Mini will be less than 2 years old when the next OS is released and iPhone 4s is the current base model. Wouldn't wager on the A5 hardware getting ios9 however.

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Probably yes but feature limited, the iPad 2 misses quite a few things already. Side effect of rapidly advancing SOCs - quick obsolescence. Just like PCs 10-15 years ago, give it another 10-15 years and I reckon mobile CPUs will probably outstrip OS demands as well.

The other reason to junk the 2 is it being the only one left with the old connector, it will enable Apple to cleanup the store inventories and streamline with no "which version of this accessory do I need" and given that the whole iPad sales approach seems to be aimed at being simple I can see the advantages...