I know right, their prices is a major hurdle for me, I would not have considered it at all if not for the potential promise of lag-free usage for at least 5 years. else I could've gotten a decent China-made tablet for half or even quarter of the price.

Yes to the iOS too, I had the same problem with my old 1st generation Samsung tablet, it was so old i can't even get Play Store to work lol! At least, hopefully, the iPad won't bogged down to a crawl over time. HOPEFULLY!