Apple's
Fourth Generation iPad Replaces iPad 2
After launching the
8GB variant of the iPhone 5C,
Apple has finally retired the quite ancient
iPad 2, replacing it with the
Fourth generation, Retina-equipped iPad
This is somewhat of an odd reappearance of the fourth-gen iPad. When the company introduced the
iPad Air, it fully retired that version, but it left the
iPad 2, originally launched in March 2011, as the entry-level model
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**w, the
iPad 2 is completely gone from the Apple Store, and is replaced by a 16GB Retina iPad, which costs $399
One of the important differences between the two models is the lightning connector, which the
iPad 2 didn't have. The only devices in Apple Store that still sport the old 30-pin connector are the
iPhone 4S and the
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