The iPad 4 feel like something akin to "Schr?dinger's iPad", neither old nor new, not a minor fix and yet not a full update. Apple has always waited a year if not more to update iOS devices in the past, and the iPad 4 coming only 7 months after the iPad 3 seems only to compound that feeling.

Apple iPad (Fourth-Generation) (16GB/32GB/64GB/128GB)

One year. Two years. Perhaps even three years. Depending on the iPod, iPhone, or iPad model you purchased, it was safe to expect that first-day buyers would have at least a year-perhaps longer-before Apple discontinued the device, sharply reducing its resale value while introducing something...

A technologically small but clear improvement upon early 2012's impressive third-generation iPad; featuring the same screen and rear camera; coupled with a faster processor and improved front camera.

Switch to Lightning port currently offers nearly zero benefit to consumers, while considerably increasing both the cost of and need for new accessories; Continues to require longer recharging time than pre-Retina iPads when used with its own charger, and over six hours when charged from prior "Made...

Of course it's the best tablet out there... It's made by CrApple and this is CNET. Enough said. Thankfully it's not a Lomas review which never fail to morph into a no holds barred CrApple love in. I have never really been the greatest fan of Apple products.

Another CrApple product designed to make the company more money from the flocks of iSheep that will undoubtedly "upgrade" after only a few months of having the last one

It's another technically sub par CrApple product marketed to brainwashed iSheep to get their money from them

Apple iPad 4 review

A new A6X chip joins the Retina Display and tons of dedicated apps – the best tablet you can buy just got better

Sublime display; Stylish and well built; iOS glides along

A bit chunky next to some of its competitors; Not a radical departure from the iPad 3

iPad 4 Review Roundup: The Real New iPad

So the iPad 4 is the new iPad, or rather the new new iPad because the new iPad was first the iPad 3, which has now become the old and discontinued new iPad half a year later. Yeah, it's awkward. But anyway. This new iPad is just the same as the old iPad except it's a little bit faster.