I would've agreed with this except that my parents, who only do exactly that, decided to buy a new one because they said the old one was starting to feel slow. It's exactly as fast as it is the day I gave it to them for that kind of stuff but they went to the Apple Store to get my dad's phone serviced and they played around with one of the demo units. My dad commented on how much faster it felt and BAM, they walked away with a new iPad and a replacement iPhone (out of warranty but cheaper than a new one).