So the new iPad is one week away from being released, and the iPad 4 and iPad 3 will no longer be offered for sale. Instead the iPad 2 is going to be kept in the line up.

But why? It has the old 30 pin connector instead of the snazzy lightning connector. Well several reasons. It has a decent profit margin for Apple and enables cost conscious people to get a full size iPad for less. It also enables small and large companies plus the education sector to have an Apple product which still is compatible with all their existing Apple charging and syncing solutions. Also, Apple can offer the iPad 2 to these places with decent discounts, but still make reasonable profit margins and without impacting the full retail price of its new line up.