![\"iPad](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8646\/28366666842_9baf7464a8_z.jpg?resize=368%2C640&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThis is also the first time I\u2019ve bought a tablet on a payment plan. I moved to this method for my iPhone 6S last year and I\u2019m happy with it. It\u2019s interest free and after 2 years, the device is yours. At any time, you can pay Verizon what\u2019s left on the loan. The only disadvantage is a larger monthly set of bills but really that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n
I really like the iPad Smart Cover ever since the iPad 2 but i\u2019ve never used a back-case. I\u2019m pretty interested in seeing how the Silicone Case + Smart Cover work in day to day use. It would certainly keep the resale value of the device up higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve sold my iPad Air 2 and have ordered an iPad Pro. Looking forward to the switch: This…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-07-22T18:06:11Z","apple_news_api_id":"26401ac8-648c-4592-9c25-27afa66dd228","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-07-22T18:25:49Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AJkAayGSMRZKcJSevpm3SKA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-technology","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1At","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2709,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/the-smart-cover-a-few-months-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":6105,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 “The Smart Cover, a few months in”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"via Marco Arment: \u00a0In practice, I find that I\u2019m overly paranoid about it getting scratched by grit on flat surfaces, such as a grain of sand on a table, so I don\u2019t feel comfortable setting it down on most such surfaces. (And I can\u2019t put it face-down, because then I\u2019d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Linked"","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5094,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/14\/technology-the-iphone-6s-and-watchos-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6105,"position":1},"title":"Technology: The iPhone 6S (and WatchOS 2)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I like to write these for my own sort of posterity in how Apple\u2019s mobile ecosystem changes year over year. The iPad Air 2 didn\u2019t receive a refresh and since the iPad Mini 4 and iPad Pro are not devices that I\u2019ll be buying, I\u2019ll limit my focus to iPhone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Apple iPhone 6S - 128GB Rose Gold Unboxing","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5748\/21522974590_660ec18af3_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5748\/21522974590_660ec18af3_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5748\/21522974590_660ec18af3_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1846,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/16\/my-thoughts-on-apples-ipad-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6105,"position":2},"title":"\u2605 My Thoughts on Apple’s iPad 2","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For the first time in a very long time, I purchased a product on launch day. Old Adam would respond, \"no big deal\" but new Adam was a bit disappointed in himself. Why succumb to the pressures of the bloggers and their glowing reviews touting the amazingness of iPad 2\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "My Thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"My Thoughts","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/my-thoughts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"White iPad 2 - 64 gigabyte","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5139\/5520281825_e80ac3b993_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5139\/5520281825_e80ac3b993_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5139\/5520281825_e80ac3b993_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2356,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/05\/13\/the-ipad-has-evolved-into-recreation-for-me-and-heres-why\/","url_meta":{"origin":6105,"position":3},"title":"\u2605 The iPad has evolved into \u201crecreation\u201d for me and here\u2019s why.","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"May 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The iPad was released with a few thousand apps but none that really appealed to me. It took a while for a great RSS reader to appear and for a great Twitter client to show up. Facebook still hasn\u2019t arrived so I just use their web site when I absolutely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Starbucks Tribute Blend & White iPad","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5213\/5520282431_99583f707d_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5213\/5520282431_99583f707d_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5213\/5520282431_99583f707d_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8167,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2020\/01\/28\/technology-my-thoughts-on-ipad-ten-years-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":6105,"position":4},"title":"Technology: My Thoughts on iPad…Ten Years In","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I began my march down memory lane by watching the iPad introduction which also happened to be Steve Jobs\u2019 last major product announcement before he passed away. As many know, iPad was the personal touch computer for the rest of us and the iPhone came before it simply due to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IPad 2 12 Year Genever","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3054\/5719357452_94f0c1b0ea_c.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3054\/5719357452_94f0c1b0ea_c.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3054\/5719357452_94f0c1b0ea_c.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3054\/5719357452_94f0c1b0ea_c.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1984,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/21\/the-best-ipad-2-review-yet\/","url_meta":{"origin":6105,"position":5},"title":"\u2605 The Best iPad 2 Review Yet","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 21, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Darrell Etherington for GigaOm did a great job on this review. Straight to the point! User experience benefits from the iPad 2\u2032s improved hardware\u00a0specifications. The dual-core A5 processor and 512 MB of DRAM provide noticeable speed improvements throughout the OS and apps, and animations look and feels smoother. and That\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Linked"","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}