Ipad

[AtW]

Your wife might prefer to always have something less than a year old, rather then a heavy, ageing "flagship".

Watch out as you might end up like Brillo, "refreshed" as they say now

[meridian]

Get iPad Mini - much lighter. Or, if size matters, iPad Air - reasonably light too.

Got the wife an iPad mini with retina screen, fits in her handbag for the tube journeys.

Bloody expensive way just to keep up with Facebook and play Candy Crush though.

[NickFitz]

One advantage of a cheap tablet is that you can refresh it with the latest model several times over, for the same outlay as your iPad air2/air3. Your wife might prefer to always have something less than a year old, rather then a heavy, ageing "flagship".

Tablets and phones age quickly. By which I mean: manufacturers stop supporting them quickly. Samsung does anyway.

That reminds me, I need to install the iOS 9.1 update on the iPad 2 I bought back in 2011.

[unixman]

Glad to hear Apple support their kit for longer. Good argument for Apple right there.

I just installed PCLinuxOS 2013 on a 1998 laptop. And it is usable for browsing and running Office. Just. Apparently Windows 7 would also work. Could phone/tablet makers support their old kit in the same way ? Or do they remove support just to make us throw stuff in landfill ?

[Snarf]

Buy her a Tesco Hudl2, does the job a lot better and at a fifth of the price. Android all the way!

Got her a lenovo 7" this weekend... didnt like it, has to be apple - like her phone but bigger is what I was told...

[Snarf]

Result, just won a refurbished iPad air on ebay for 180.

[BigRed]

I've got one of these, It's great for the train. Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 | 10 inch Windows Tablets | Lenovo UK only £250

[MicrosoftBob]

Got the wife an iPad mini with retina screen, fits in her handbag for the tube journeys.

Bloody expensive way just to keep up with Facebook and play Candy Crush though.

Couldn't you save money and just buy her an Etch A Sketch and a small cardboard box painted black that simply says The Internet

[NibblyPig]

Glad to hear Apple support their kit for longer. Good argument for Apple right there.

Ummm, planned obsolescence is a real thing in the apple world... your phone pretty much kills itself after 2 OS updates

[DaveB]

Couldn't you save money and just buy her an Etch A Sketch and a small cardboard box painted black that simply says The Internet

Don't forget the little red LED on the top.