For $450, which would you rather have?

If he's going to download a bunch of games (which he probably will), I'd say opt out for the iPad 2. Right now he may say that all he wants to do is web browse and read books, but once he gets in that App Store he'll probably want to download all the apps he can.

If 16gb is enough for him then iPad 2 hands down, but IMO I need more space so 64gb iPad is what I would get and if you don't need 3G that could save even more money :

ipad 2 just for the feel of it over the original.

Almost no one truly needs 64gb of storage. Get the iPad 2.

3G is also an additional expense and most of the time you can find wifi.

BruiserBear said:

Almost no one truly needs 64gb of storage. Get the iPad 2.

3G is also an additional expense and most of the time you can find wifi.

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Generalise much?





Play a lot of the big name games (most 500mb-1gb) or have videos / movies and you will fill that 64gb in no time.

I have 36gb of Apps alone on my iPad. Add my music, tv shows, books, magazines and photos and I am down to 5gb remaining.


As for 3G, you also get the extra benefit of GPS. Match that with a navigon app (2gb itself) and you have a great iPad optimised sat nav.


One solution does not fit all.



OP decide do you need 3G or GPS, do you need storage? Do you need a front and rear facing camera ? Only you know what you need...

personally I think the extra storage and the mobile data & GPS availability for travelling outweigh the thinner iPad 2 with poor cameras (I never use the cameras on my iPad 2 simply because they produce such poor results).

Arcadia310 said:

If he's going to download a bunch of games (which he probably will), I'd say opt out for the iPad 2. Right now he may say that all he wants to do is web browse and read books, but once he gets in that App Store he'll probably want to download all the apps he can.

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Whilst the iPad 2 optimised games look a 'tad' more refined than the iPad original, the fact that 16gb would not go too far once he starts downloading those EA & Gameloft titles (especially when they are one sale) as they eat a lot of space.

Why are those the only options? I'd rather have a 16 or 32 3G iPad 1 than a wifi iPad 2. Just me.

For me, it would HAVE to be the iPad 2. I Skype like crazy

MacRumorUser said:

Generalise much?





Play a lot of the big name games (most 500mb-1gb) or have videos / movies and you will fill that 64gb in no time.

I have 36gb of Apps alone on my iPad. Add my music, tv shows, books, magazines and photos and I am down to 5gb remaining.


As for 3G, you also get the extra benefit of GPS. Match that with a navigon app (2gb itself) and you have a great iPad optimised sat nav.


One solution does not fit all.

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I've got news for you. You're not the average iPad user. In fact, you're probably in the top 1% of data usage if you were to poll every single iPad user.

Before you go asking people about their generalizing you might want to think about that. I said "Almost no one truly needs 64gb of storage". That "almost" I mentioned was the people like you. Don't fool yourself into thinking you're the norm.

It's the same story regarding the GPS functions of the 3G iPad. A device as large as the iPad is far from the ideal size for a GPS device. Most people have phones or dedicated devices in their car that can handle such functions.

Me, I'd go for the iPad 1 given the two choices in the poll. It comes down to wanting the space (i love lots of movies on board and also lots of magazines, it adds up after while), not caring about the cameras on the iPad2, and wanting the option for 3G service if I needed it for awhile, I'd prefer that to a series of WiFi hotspots with possible security issues. Plus I don't use my iPad for action type games so no need for faster chip in later model.

BruiserBear said:

I've got news for you. You're not the average iPad user. In fact, you're probably in the top 1% of data usage if you were to poll every single iPad user.

Before you go asking people about their generalizing you might want to think about that. I said "Almost no one truly needs 64gb of storage". That "almost" I mentioned was the people like you. Don't fool yourself into thinking you're the norm.

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I don't fool myself, but neither do I pull generalisations out my ass.

Since the most popular iPad 2 in Western Europe is the 64gb version, statistics would prove me to be far more than the 1% you claim unless you can prove actual statistical facts rather than just your opinion of what people 'need'.

Apple offers six separate models of its iPad 2 (nine if you count the CDMA and GSM 3G versions separately), but more than half of iPad buyers choose between only two options: The 64 GB 3G iPad 2 and the 16 GB Wi-Fi only model are the consumer favorites in some regions.


Research firm Context (via V3) compiled a report about the state of the tablet market in western Europe, and found that the 64 GB 3G iPad 2 has accounted for a third of all iPad 2 sales since launch. The next closest model is the 16 GB WiFi-only iPad 2, which was responsible for 22 percent of all sales.



http://iphoneappstoday.com/2011/05/most-popular-ipad-2-model-is-also-the-most-expensive/

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BruiserBear said:

I've got news for you. You're not the average iPad user. In fact, you're probably in the top 1% of data usage if you were to poll every single iPad user.

Before you go asking people about their generalizing you might want to think about that. I said "Almost no one truly needs 64gb of storage". That "almost" I mentioned was the people like you. Don't fool yourself into thinking you're the norm.

It's the same story regarding the GPS functions of the 3G iPad. A device as large as the iPad is far from the ideal size for a GPS device. Most people have phones or dedicated devices in their car that can handle such functions.

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I also got the 64gb iPad and have used up 50gb of it. The iPad even though I am the main user also used by my wife and son. So we have alot of pixar movies on there and some of those educational apps (such as the solar system app) are Over a gigabyte in size. I think there may be alot more people with "family iPads" that need more space.

When the iPad3 comes out this fall or early next year, Apple will start the slow phase-out of the iPad 1 as they did with the original iPhone and iPhone 3G. Some awesome features of the upcoming iOS 5 might be crippled on the iPad 1.

You are assuming also that iPad 1 from Ebay and Craiglist are in top shape. Good luck with that. They are like used cars without any warranty!

Get the iPad 2!

Wondering how the built in dropbox clone in 10.7 lion and ios5 will alter the equation...

Fernandez21 said:

I also got the 64gb iPad and have used up 50gb of it. The iPad even though I am the main user also used by my wife and son. So we have alot of pixar movies on there and some of those educational apps (such as the solar system app) are Over a gigabyte in size. I think there may be alot more people with "family iPads" that need more space.

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my iPad 1 was the 64gb model and was filled past the 50gb spot most of the time, i bought the iPad 2 32gb 3g for myself while on the road and regulated the older one for family usage, it still stays filled these days so i would agree that space is a definite consideration when buying one

(wish they had a 128gb model)