iPad Which capacity iPad would best fit my needs?

I'd like to get opinions from you guys on which capacity iPad and iPhone you think would best fit my needs with respect to the activities I plan on using my iPad for. I don't own any mobile Apple devices so I'm not really familiar with how much capacity I might need.

Right now, I'm almost certain to go with 16GB iPhone 4S and 16GB iPad (3rd generation), but, like I mentioned above, I'd like your opinions.


For my iPad, I would plan on using it for:

- streaming movies daily (from websites that offer free movies)
- browsing the internet (Google, different forums, reading blogs)
- YouTube videos (streamed)
- few fun game applications (like Angry Birds, Piano, Garage Band)
- read news with apps like CNN, e-books
- Facebooking, Skype, Facetime



For my iPhone, I would plan on using it for:

- phone calls, texting, very brief internet browsing
- Pandora (non-downloaded music)
- Twitter, Instagram
- Siri
- applications for convenience (Google Maps, traffic applications)
- other misc. applications (checking stocks, weather, etc.)
- checking emails several times daily


I have an 80GB iPod classic, so music would *NOT* be stored on either device. Pictures and files would also be stored on my laptop at home or in a cloud program like DropBox. The only thing that I would maybe store on my iPad would be movies occasionally (but would be replaced daily instead of stored permanently) and pictures taken on my iPad. For my iPhone, the only things I would store on it would most likely only be pictures taken with the iPhone.


Given this information, would a 16GB iPhone 4S and a 16GB iPad 3G seem feasible for me? Or would you recommend me bumping up in size?

domrevans said:

With no media, especially movie files, 16gb should be fine.

But don't forget the camera can generate large movie files. Also many apps now are quite large files. I had to go for a 64gb iPhone this year as 32gb was not enough (carry a lot of music). My ipad is 16gb and its generally fine, but I do have to occasionally delete apps to make way for new ones.

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Thanks, domrevans.



Anyone else...? All opinions are welcome...

Rodster said:

16GB should be an overkill, lol. If you have crap loads of music or movies then get the 32GB. If you plan on a few casual games, those won't take to much space.

Streaming and reading on the web takes virtually NO space. I always browse in private mode so NO cookies or data is saved to my iPad.

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You raise an excellent point. I will most likely be browsing the web in incognito mode to avoid picking up cookies - those will add up rather quickly.


As stated in my post, I have an 80GB iPod classic, so that would be my main source of music, I would store virtually no music on my iPhone or my iPad, but I would probably use my iPhone to listen to Pandora frequently.


I'm just afraid of not having enough space, but I think that I should be fine with 16GB for both devices (although I'm still considering 32GB for my iPad 3 since I plan on owning it for a very long time).

iPad would be used for watching downloaded movies (transferred from laptop daily), browsing the internet, YouTube, Facebook, Skype, Facetime, reading online newspapers, e-books and fun applications like Angry Bird

iPhone would be used for the obvious call, text, brief internet browsing (but not as frequent as iPad), Pandora, Twitter, Instagram, Siri, and several applications like maps, stocks, weather, and traffic, and then I would probably be checking emails on it constantly.

But since I will have virtually ZERO music stored on my iPad/iPhone and only temporarily stored movies on my iPad, I guess 16GB should be safe.