iOS 10 release could make 40 percent of Apple iPads obsolete: Report

There is no denying that iPad sales have been falling and it’s now possible that with iOS 10, Apple will further contribute to the decline in overall tablet sales.

With the announcement of iOS 10 , Apple said that it is dropping support for the iPad 2, iPad 3 and the first-generation iPad mini as well as every other Apple A5-powered device. This will be lead to about 40 percent of the overall iPads going obsolete, according to Localytics (via ZDNet).

The report  goes on to explain, “The iPad 2 is a very popular device (it was sold between March 2011 and March 2014), and is only one percentage point behind the iPad Air (18 percent share, compared to 17 percent). It’s possible that these numbers have changed a bit since March as Apple sells more iPads, but given that it now sells about 10 million a quarter, and cumulatively some 318 million iPads have been sold in total, whatever was sold since isn’t going to shift the needle by much.”

This could work both ways. It could very well be a well thought out plan by Apple to induce obsolescence and push people to newer devices, giving a big push to iPad sales in the process. However, it could also mean those millions of users may find that there’s no need to own a new iPad, which was once considered to be the coolest device in tech world.