It’s for who most of Apple’s products for. People that have the money to spend and who would like to spend it on an Apple device.
Many people posed with the question “What are you buying this for” would likely just answer “Me”. 🙂
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Many people posed with the question “What are you buying this for” would likely just answer “Me”. 🙂
sunking101
macrumors 604
Yes I know it is the most expensive but what if I want performance and not so much storage? Nobody really needs 1TB of storage but I do want a top display, fast processor and bags of RAM. I want top of the line specs but my question is how come storage determines other specs, in this case RAM? That's a load of BS.
Rafterman
macrumors 604
This kind of storage is not the same as simply plugging in a different hard drive. RAM and storage are linked together on devices like tablets. Maybe the 1TB device needs the extra RAM to maintain performance across all the models.
iapplelove
Suspended
When at home, the iPad is my number one go to device. My Mac which I still love is second, based on my personal needs.
My phone is plenty when on the go. I’m keeping this one 4/5 years so 999 for the 12.9 is justifiable imo. Looking forward to the purchase!
My phone is plenty when on the go. I’m keeping this one 4/5 years so 999 for the 12.9 is justifiable imo. Looking forward to the purchase!
Jarcrew
macrumors 6502
I’ve been heartened by the amount of reviewers calling for more USB-C functionality - it is only right that if you ship a computer with such a multi-purpose port, it should behave the way users could reasonably expect (external storage and whatnot). I’m confident that Apple will loosen its grip on this at some point, possibly with iOS 13; maybe not fully, but I think there will be some added functionality between external storage and the files app.
shinseiromeo
macrumors 6502
This seemed odd and may make sense now. Best Buy is sold out of space grey for launch day, silver is readily available.
sunking101
macrumors 604
Treebark
macrumors 6502
Really? You know NOBODY really needs 1TB of storage? I have a feeling the people who work with raw images and videos and will be using the 2019 version of full photoshops, taking their iPad on the road to clients, etc. are going to disagree with you.
Storage CAN dictate RAM. A 1 TB drive needs more RAM to aid in it. In another thread on these forums somebody has the numbers, and a 1 TB drive required 0.5 MB of RAM more than the lesser storage options. 4.5 GB and 5GB of memory don't really exist all that much, so Apple had to go up to 6 GB. On the flip side, if you are actually after the most RAM, a smaller storage solution requires a smaller amount of RAM for the cache. So if all the other models do have 4GB then the ones with less RAM would have more access to it.
That aside...did any of the reviewers really even tax the iPad to show even a 4GB would have been taxed? By this I mean, short of some hefty hard-hitting programs that are not even out yet, or maybe hard hitting games (which won't be developed JUST for the 1 TB 6GB iPad anyway), many people are not going to be seeing the difference in real life, and reviewers didn't have access to programs written to take advantage of 6 GB either.
BWhaler
macrumors 68040
Big error by Apple in my opinion.
One, every review mentioned the $2,000+ price.
Second, it made the hard comparison against PC use cases, which iOS does not support well.
It's subtle, but I think this was one of the biggest snafu's by Apple marketing.
One, every review mentioned the $2,000+ price.
Second, it made the hard comparison against PC use cases, which iOS does not support well.
It's subtle, but I think this was one of the biggest snafu's by Apple marketing.
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Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
Kal-037
macrumors 68020
For sure, planned obsolescence on release day... that’s how Apple rolls now.
Ha ha ha!
Kallum.
cryptonator
macrumors member
Kal-037
macrumors 68020
^^This^^
accessing the storage quickly and keeping it all refreshed and performing as good as the lower tiers, DOES indeed need more RAM.
K.
I agree. I don't understand why they didn't provide the 256GB version which has enough storage so that reviewers don't immediately complain about the base model and costs significantly less.
Kal-037
macrumors 68020
I think many are over-reacting like I did when I first saw the Geekbench.
But logic set in and I remembered my knowledge about computers and had people here remind or teach me to not care as it really makes no difference.
So, I say either get and pay for the 1TB or just stop worrying and being mad about it. Cause if it truly does bother you, you can simply hold off buying an iPad u til you can afford the 1TB... or in 2020 when the iPad X arrives and most likely will have all models with 6-8GB RAM....
But for now, even if you got the 1TB option... you will NOT notice any difference as the RAM is barely higher at 5.52GB.
Maybe a tiny percentage of a difference, but really (like a 2-7% difference IMO.
I just can’t wait to get mine tomorrow. *knock on would that I get a good non damaged, no QC issues, or glitchy iPad. 😀
(especially) with any screen uniformity issues, not being able to reach 600 nits brightness, light-bleed, or dead pixels.
Sounds like a long list, but it actually isn’t asking a whole lot. lol
Kallum.
But logic set in and I remembered my knowledge about computers and had people here remind or teach me to not care as it really makes no difference.
So, I say either get and pay for the 1TB or just stop worrying and being mad about it. Cause if it truly does bother you, you can simply hold off buying an iPad u til you can afford the 1TB... or in 2020 when the iPad X arrives and most likely will have all models with 6-8GB RAM....
But for now, even if you got the 1TB option... you will NOT notice any difference as the RAM is barely higher at 5.52GB.
Maybe a tiny percentage of a difference, but really (like a 2-7% difference IMO.
I just can’t wait to get mine tomorrow. *knock on would that I get a good non damaged, no QC issues, or glitchy iPad. 😀
(especially) with any screen uniformity issues, not being able to reach 600 nits brightness, light-bleed, or dead pixels.
Sounds like a long list, but it actually isn’t asking a whole lot. lol
Kallum.
sunking101
macrumors 604
Yeah, nobody really needs 1TB on an iPad. As for the storage thing I was trying to say that I shouldn't have to buy more storage in order to get more RAM. The amount of storage I need shouldn't dictate the performance I get from the device.
rui no onna
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sunking101
macrumors 604
Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
rui no onna
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Frequent shuffling of content which, given I have to download from the internet and babysit the app while downloading, I find mighty annoying (is there a way to circumvent Apple's 10-minute restriction on background app downloads?).
Admittedly, I don't need the 1TB immediately. I have a 256GB Pro 9.7 and 512GB Pro 12.9, and I've got data split between the two based on what tasks I'm most likely to do on them (or simply because I have no other choice since the 256GB 9.7 is almost full with data I don't wish to delete). Since the Pro 9.7 is my go everywhere iPad though, I would like to replace it with a 1TB config within the next 1-2 years.
Fast, inexpensive internet is not exactly ubiquitous in my experience.
Treebark
macrumors 6502
And it won't. As long as you have enough RAM, more RAM doesn't increase the performance of your device. You say nobody needs 1TB of storage, perhaps nobody really needs more than 4 GB of RAM on on iPad unless, because of the 1 TB storage and need for accessing that drive because of its size, the computer needs a bit more RAM to do so.
Whatever computer you are on right now, access the program that lets you see how much memory you are using (Task Manager in windows...performance monitor on macs?) and see how often you hit max memory. If your peaks are averaging up close to that number you need more RAM. If not, you don't. Unless you are doing high-end gaming (not available on the iPad, and if it is with these new pros, those games will have the 4GB models as their target), heavy photo/video editing (which you'd probably opt for 1 TB for the storage as RAW adds up in a hurry), or extremely heavy other apps (again, even available on on iPad?) you are not going to notice a difference between 4GB and 6GB.
Or are you saying that if you iPad memory usage never really peaks over 3GB, that having 6GB instead of 4GB will magically somehow increase performance where you are saying "wow, I am so glad I got this extra memory, it makes a world of difference?" And if so: 🙄
How are you planning to test if your iPad is able to reach over 600 nits as well as uniformity? Do you have special tools?