64gb is more than enough for most iPad users unless they are app hoarders.
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Or they want full local copies of their photos or music
Or they are shooting a ton of video.
Or…
I ended up getting that 64 GB back in Nov. ('21). I really didn't think the extra $180 was worth the extra storage. Especially since I got mine for $300. If this were available back then, $100 for that extra storage would've been my choice. Oh well. I did get to to have it for an extra 5 months. I use my iPad as a gaming device anyways, and determined that while 128 GB would've been ideal (but not an option), 64 GB would work if I plan accordingly. Apple Arcade is the wrench that has thrown that out of whack, but I should still be able to make it work.
Apple Arcade trial is what threw things off for my planning. The apps I generally use aren't that big. However, some of the games there can run 2 to 5 GB apiece. That said, I'm still making it work.
Oh I agree that they didn't add 128GB option for iPad Air and Mini to sell customers a more expensive (and not needed for them) 256GB and they could 100% make 128GB as a base option instead of 64GB.
Most people don't want a full local copies because there is no reason for them to have them offline unless they are going somewhere without any internet (which nowdays is super rare) and most people don't want a local loseless library (especially on their iPad, it's most likely either on their pc/mac because they need a DAC, AMP, the audiophille community is really small anyway). It's not that some people don't need more storage, you clearly said you do so there is a market for it it's just most people don't need it.
I know Apple's software team is like, "Damn, Tim, let us be great...like the hardware team." Lol. Sadly, the software team can't figure out the buggy OS, which is probably holding it back from adding so many more additional features that M1 can take advantage. Hopefully with iOS 16 they have figured it all out.
I think a lot of us with M1 iPads, just wanna see it really take advantage of the amazing hardware capabilities. It's like we have a V12 engine, but Apple is like, no no no, we won't push the limits; let's keep it at a V6.
I think a lot of us with M1 iPads, just wanna see it really take advantage of the amazing hardware capabilities. It's like we have a V12 engine, but Apple is like, no no no, we won't push the limits; let's keep it at a V6.
The 64 GB models are usually bought by companies and education institutions. For them that amount of storage with bulk pricing is a great deal. For someone like my mom who is probably gonna just surf the web and view YouTube videos, it’s likely sufficient. But Apple is also trying to upsell you to the expensive models.
I don’t know why RAM and Storage has always been seen as some precious elixir that they have to charge an arm an a leg for.
Uh, I already have a 4th generation iPad Air. I never said I bought an M1 in the first place. I just don't see the purpose of the additional performance as I have never experienced a bottleneck on any of the apps I have installed on it, whether they involved video playback or not. My point is that the hardware is largely a solution to a software use case that doesn't exist yet.
The Google Sheets reference is arbitrary. Virtually all other apps on the device have similar memory/processing requirements. Seriously, who could I sell an M1 iPad Air to versus an A14 Bionic iPad Air? A video editor would need an iPad Pro all day. None of this is to say that the specification progression shouldn't have happened, but it is to say that upgrading is pointless.
The main point I was making, however, is that the OS itself is what limits the performance of the device, so the fact that you're telling me I'm "trying to make it a MacBook" is a point I never even tried to make. Zero wrong with the form factor and portability of an iPad, and I already have a MacBook. I bought an iPad Air because of that. I cannot, however, despite the performance being comparable to a MacBook, load up an iPad-specific version of an IDE (for software development) on the iPad Air simply because the OS does not provide the level of required API access to applications. This is only one of many examples. iPadOS sucks because it limits application development while hardware continues to progress. Sorry if you don't like it, but it's the truth. It's PlayskoolOS.
Because it’s cheap, hot swappable, and generally requires zero modifications to design. It’s the perfect components to create a fake value addition when the cost differential is like $2 wholesale.
Then they are pros making work product or enthusiasts and should buy the biggest storage available as 128GB would not be be enough for them either.