Apple - iPad® with Retina display with Wi-Fi - 16GB - Black

Very fast CPU! Screen resolution is perfect. Tons of apps to download. While I like the design of the new lightning port better than the old port design, I feel that Apple should have included an adaptor with the iPad. A lot of people think that. The new port causing all old port-based accessories to be obsolete, without an adaptor, is not very thrilling. With as much money as I paid for this product, I would think that including the adaptor would be the least that Apple could do since I am forced to have to purchase a $30 adaptor to allow my older accessories to function with my new iPad. But that is just my humble opinion. And Apple pricing the adaptor at $30 is a little ridiculous, I see $10-15 being more reasonable. Other than that complaint, I really like my new iPad 4! It is a great product! Another suggestion would be to have stereo speakers with a little better sound quality and volume built in to the product. One last suggestion would be to have more color options available for the iPad, like the iPod nano. I know dark silver would look really sharp. Having more color options could possibly increase iPad sales, just my guess. That also goes for the iPhone.

Love it, easy to use, easy to carry,enjoy taking pictures with it

The IPad Gives you lots of Options To do so many things. With Ease of use.

My ipad it is a great electronic because I can use it in my office, at home, parties, on my trips, sports, etc

Enjoying the iPad experience. Just wish I could do more with/on it, such as Creative Suite programs.

This iPad was gift to wife (63 yrs young, no experience with computer of any type). Since this is her first experience as computer user/owner, I will provide the product review. My expectation for the iPad was for my technically challenged spouse to play with it a couple hours, get frustrated then I would have a new toy. Unfortunately (for me), wifey has stolen my gift to her! She has found the iPad to be easy and fun to learn to use (e.g., is light and cool compared to my laptop). Operation of the touch screen and on-screen keyboard is intuitive and responsive (she hates my laptop keyboard and mouse). I observed her making some errors when trying to touch small controls (text input boxes and "buttons"). She has difficulty operating the volume control. Suggest checking this out at the store before purchase. I was concerned about the lack of a USB port. There is one "port" for charging. Given a cable, you can connect an SD memory card to this "port." Might be able to do other things. If attachments are important be sure to check this out. I also got her a stylus and Bluetooth keyboard... she has never used either ($120 wasted). Suggest holding off on such accessories until determine if really needed. As a lifelong Microsoft user I was concerned about the Apple iOS. The iOS is completely invisible. The user interface is intuitive and user friendly. Before purchasing, suggest browsing the iTunes store to see what you can do with the iPad and what that doing is gonna cost ya. I was pleasantly surprised by the variety of utility software and educational apps.... dirt cheap. Concerning the iPad models: In my wife's case, the relatively low mass storage (16gb) will not be a concern, if she needs additional storage (photos etc.) we will use online storage (iCloud or other). In other words, keep the cloud in mind when evaluating your storage needs. I cannot tell the difference between the Retina display and the base display... paying extra for the Retina might have been a waste. I can't provide feedback on any differences in processing capability between the models. Concerning the buying experience at Best Buy, I did not find significant difference in price elsewhere. The iPad comes with ZERO hard copy or installed documentation. There are manuals available on the Apple website. I purchased a Geek Squad support option when I purchased a laptop 4 months ago. The Geek Squad support extended to the iPad. One attribute of this service is online how-to videos, I used the videos, quite helpful. I have also used the included telephone support, it was helpful. In summary, in our case the iPad is a good fit. The hardware cost more than some other tablets, but the software costs will certainly be lower.... also, it works great and the wife is happy. Only major negative comment is my wife won't let me play with it.

For the family or just the tech savey this tablet has it all. My kids and I find easy to navigate and find games to play, books to read also video and picture taking are made simple. Many apps to find in the App Store from children to buisness aplications. If your looking for a tablet I would defiantly recommend this one, but if your looking to upgrade your iPad do your homework. If you have an iPad 2 or earlier you wanna go up to the iPad 4th generation but if you have the 3rd gen. I'd skip the mini just because its the same as the iPad 2 just MINI, wait for the next generation 5 iPad because the difference is minimal. The 3rd and 4th gen. iPad have retina display but the 3 has the a5 chip dual core where as the 4 has the a6 quad core chip, this is just one of I think 3 differences in them. Any way like I said do your homework, research and happy hunting.

I've had my Ipad 2 for a while, and got the itch for the improved processor and screen of the new model. I figured the new CPU and extra pixels plus the improved hd camera should justify the upgrade. Well, the CPU is a little faster for some applications, but not hugely noticable. As to the screen, to be honest, for web browsing and looking at pictures or text, I can't see the difference, even when put side by side with my wifes Ipad 2 (still own a 2, and probably will keep it now). When browsing, Safari must do some intelligent resizing, because it still shows everything at the same size as the Ipad 2. This is actually a good thing, I half expected to have to zoom more with the higher res screen, which could have been a pain. The only time I see a difference in the graphics is when pulling up a youtube vid and selecting the 1080P HD. Then it takes on a very crisp higher resolution look. This is the only place I've found it looks better than the Ipad 2. This is not a knock on apple. I guess you can take this 2 ways, either the Ipad 2 was really ahead of its time and hard to improve on, or the new model is just a bit over hyped for your average user who is just going to use it to check email and casually surf the web from their livingroom couch or on the road while leaving the heavy lifting to their desktop unit. If your a first time buyer, might as well get the newest model, if you already own an Ipad 2, (which they still sell if that tells you anything) then I guess as an entertainment unit, people who watch a lot of video or play a lot of high res games might enjoy the upgrade to the 4.