This is the problem with the iPad, on a fundamental level, for me. It's not a laptop, because it's missing crucial laptop features (ability to do work on it).

This is the problem with the iPad, on a fundamental level, for me. It's not a laptop, because it's missing crucial laptop features (ability to do work on it). And it's not a phone because it's missing crucial phone features (portability and calls). So when mine broke, I just didn't feel it was worth replacing. I've lost no value from not having an iPad, because everything it did could also be done on something else I own.