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Has your iPhone usage reduced drastically after getting the iPad?

Has your iPhone usage reduced drastically after getting the iPad?

  • Yes

    Votes: 100 70.4%

  • No

    Votes: 27 19.0%

  • Don't have both. (yet)

    Votes: 15 10.6%
  • Total voters
    142
A

ani23

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Dec 22, 2008
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I know mine has. The iPhone feels really tiny after using the iPad. I use the iPad on subways at work and at home vs the iPhone.

Obviously its no replacement and thats not the point I am trying to make.

Just that nowadays I am using my iPhone mostly only for phone calls and texts these days. I can say my usage must have reduced by at least by 50%.
 
Now I use the iPad when at home... I only use the iPhone when I am out and need 3G coverage. I love the bigger font( I am old! ) and the bigger buttons for typing.
 
Its weird because I wasn't expecting things to become like that, now I always read my emails on the iPad, browse the web and do all the things I used except to do on my iPhone on it. Except for IM and calling, the battery on my iPhone 4 never lasted that long :p
 
EvilMonk said:
Its weird because I wasn't expecting things to become like that, now I always read my emails on the iPad, browse the web and do all the things I used except to do on my iPhone on it. Except for IM and calling, the battery on my iPhone 4 never lasted that long :p
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And I tend to turn my iPhone to landscape to read emails before I realize my folly.
 
I use the iPad2 instead of my computer too

fanboy05 said:
Now I use the iPad when at home... I only use the iPhone when I am out and need 3G coverage. I love the bigger font( I am old! ) and the bigger buttons for typing.
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+1

iPhone is for when I'm out (except for a few games I have on the iPhone that I haven't installed on the iPad2); when I'm home, I prefer reading emails on it - I also prefer editing the calendar, reading PDF's than on my Mini or my MBA. I really like my iPad2.
 
It's weird to go from having to actually move your hands around the iPad screen to do UI commands to your thumb taking up 1/5 of the iPhone screen lol.

On the bright side, I think I'll be able to reduce my iPhone data plan to the $15 monthly one since I use alot more data on the iPad :D
 
I got an ipad2 about 3 weeks ago. My usage of the iPhone hasn't really changed, because I can't pry the pad from my wife's hands.
 
My iPhone usage decreased since the iPad 1.:p

My eyes also got worse since I bought the first gen iPhone. I never had prescription glasses until the iPhone 3GS, so I was sold on the iPad when it was first introduced. Much easier on the eyes.
 
erayser said:
My iPhone usage decreased since the iPad 1.:p

My eyes also got worse since I bought the first gen iPhone. I never had prescription glasses until the iPhone 3GS, so I was sold on the iPad when it was first introduced. Much easier on the eyes.
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That's one of the most significant reason why I purchased the iPad.
Also one reason I jailbreak, so nearly all apps are landscape where the font is increased. My wife's eyes are much worse now, after a year of the iphone.
 
Drastically? Why do so many polls here have such drastically leading questions?
 
If I wasn't locked in a Contract, I would sell my iPhone (pay for Data for my 64GB iPad 3G).

If I can cut my bill in half, I can live without Voice plan since (most of us, I'm sure) I can use Text, Social Network (FaceBook, Twitter), E-Mail and Private Message on Forums on my iPad 3G.
 
bembol said:
If I wasn't locked in a Contract, I would sell my iPhone (pay for Data for my 64GB iPad 3G).

If I can cut my bill in half, I can live without Voice plan since (most of us, I'm sure) I can use Text, Social Network (FaceBook, Twitter), E-Mail and Private Message on Forums on my iPad 3G.
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You took the words right outta my mouth. I can almost imagine living with a dumb phone and a 3G iPad. Almost unthinkable a month ago.
 
My iPhone is only used when I'm out now. The only time I use it at home is when I'm texting since I can't find a decent iPad app that sends texts.
 
neworleans-7 said:
My iPhone is only used when I'm out now. The only time I use it at home is when I'm texting since I can't find a decent iPad app that sends texts.
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Man I would love it if I could use the iPad for normal texts.
 
Not at all for me. iPhone usage remains the same. If anything, my laptop usage has gone down because of the iPad.
 
My laptop usage was almost eliminated by my iPhone 4. Now I imagine I will just sell my laptop when my iPad 2 finally gets here. I only need it for one piece of software these days, and there is an iPad version of that software coming down the road. For the heavy lifting, I just use my tower, which also hosts all of our media to various devices all over the house.

I have always wanted tablets to take off, so I love watching all this take place. I have never been a laptop fan. They suck to drag through the airport, they are not comfortable to use on trains, airplanes, or in the car, and they are not good e readers. Now that I have ordered an iPad 2 I keep thinking of all the times I could have used it instead of lugging along my laptop. My iPad can't come soon enough.
 
spiderman0616 said:
My laptop usage was almost eliminated by my iPhone 4. Now I imagine I will just sell my laptop when my iPad 2 finally gets here. I only need it for one piece of software these days, and there is an iPad version of that software coming down the road. For the heavy lifting, I just use my tower, which also hosts all of our media to various devices all over the house.

I have always wanted tablets to take off, so I love watching all this take place. I have never been a laptop fan. They suck to drag through the airport, they are not comfortable to use on trains, airplanes, or in the car, and they are not good e readers. Now that I have ordered an iPad 2 I keep thinking of all the times I could have used it instead of lugging along my laptop. My iPad can't come soon enough.
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My work laptop could almost be a desktop except that I néed to carry it to meetings and the one rare time I travel. Alsobi prefer its resolution over lcd monitors. I have stopped bringing it home and can rdp from iPad in emergencies. I dont think I could give up my laptop anytime soon as it does things so much faster at work.

So yeah I definitely need a full fledged OS to compliment the iPad but that may change sometime in the future.

The iPhone is another story. The golden boy is almost like a step child now. Still love my iPhone.
 
Not using iPhone less BUT...

I am using my MBP. A lot less. I am basically using the iPad for almost all of my web surfing these days since I purchased it the day it came out. I still use my iPhone just as much as I was before I believe. I really didn't use it much as a web browser unless I am out of my house. My iPad doesn't get everywhere my iPhone does :)
 
I love my iPad2

Just got it 4 days ago :D

Safari is faster on it than it is on my 2007 MBP.

Still have to use the iPhone to make phone calls for work, so it can't totally go away. But it does stay in my purse when I'm not at work. My iPad is now surgically attached to my left hand.

What's your favorite app? Mine is iKitty.
 
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