I went from an ipad 1 to the new ipad , have to say i did prefer the old ipads look compared to the new one , with its cooler back , it just felt better in the hand , the new one is faster but thats it , build quality feels better on the original ipad , the main reason for my upgrade was i wanted an ipad with mobile interet , my original ipad was only a wifi model , if it was a model with 3g i would not have upgraded , the ipad 2 was not such a big jump , as the screens were the same , the new screen is nice , but i do wish apple would give us stereo sound as that would make viewing a film nicer , the main advantage between the samsung tablets and the ipads is on watching wide screen films , on a samsung you get the full screen , the ipad gets the usual black bars above and bellow the screen as the ipad is a 4.3 screen , so for watching movies i use my samsung , also as it as stereo sound , and my ipad for the net.