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I returned my 16GB iPad

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blackberrypilot

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and upgraded to the 32 GB on the 14th day since purchased. I recommend the 32GB to anyone looking to purchase an iPad. 16GB fills up very quickly with iPad HD apps and with movies and songs.

Word of wisdom... 32 or 64GB!
 
That was my biggest gripe when the ipad was released, and one of the many reasons I didn't buy one.

My 16 gig ipod touch is full of music and apps. I have no room for video, and if I want new apps I have to delete old apps or delete music.

Now if I have an ipad, I want more video, bigger and better apps, and the same music as my ipod touch. So obviously 16 gigs is not great.

On the one hand, a giant ipod isn't convenient for listening to music and so I could easily get away with only putting a gig or two of music on it, and using my ipod shuffle and macbook pro for the rest.
 
Not me. Perfectly satisfied with my 16gb from day 1, and never regretted spending more than I needed. In addition for me, it didn't make sense to lavish money on a product that'll soon be outdated and replaced by the next version.

But I don't begrudge 32/64gb buyers if space was that much of an issue. In my case, remote web access/browsing was the objective, rather than as a music/video entertainment system.
 
16gb is fine for me. Have 32gb iPhone4 with most of my stuff on it. iPad is mainly for surfing web on bigger screen, watching Hulu/Netflix, email and word processing. Few apps, but most everything is on my phone since that is always with me.

Might change my tune more I use it, but will wait and see what the next version holds and get a larger storage one then.
 
I have 40 gb of music, 300 gb of movies.


And it would be ridiculous to put it all on my iPad. 16 gb is fine unless you're into strange iPad habits like watching movies on a tiny screen after the invention of the television.
 
Im going to be using mine for my music player (had my old ipod stolen, was waiting to see if the price of the 64 gig touch was going to go down, it didnt and was using a cheap zune to tide me over) so I ordered the 64 gig ipad.
 
I have 7GB of space on my 16GB iPad.

I use ZumoCast to stream music and video to my ipad.

Plus now with 4.2, it does this in the background. Perfect.
 
Well, the 64's best if you've a huge media library, if not, just stick with the 32. It'll serve your needs perfectly fine.
 
thesmoth said:
That was my biggest gripe when the ipad was released, and one of the many reasons I didn't buy one.

My 16 gig ipod touch is full of music and apps. I have no room for video, and if I want new apps I have to delete old apps or delete music.

Now if I have an ipad, I want more video, bigger and better apps, and the same music as my ipod touch. So obviously 16 gigs is not great.

On the one hand, a giant ipod isn't convenient for listening to music and so I could easily get away with only putting a gig or two of music on it, and using my ipod shuffle and macbook pro for the rest.
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Believe it or not Apple is not making a whole lot of money off of these things (in volume yes, but the markup on one, especially when you consider R&D, is hardly anything)

That said, the only way your gonna get it at or under $500 is the 16GB version, which is good enough for some people. There are lots of WiFi external storage devices and other storage solutions for the iPad, which is perfect for folks who aren't always on the go with their iPad (I know lots of folks who just use them at home).

Everyone is different, it's silly to determine something is a bad product because the BASE model doesn't suit your needs, that's why apple also made the 32 and 64GB models, as you can see from this thread, there are lots of folks for which 16GB was enough.
 
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el-John-o said:
Believe it or not Apple is not making a whole lot of money off of these things (in volume yes, but the markup on one, especially when you consider R&D, is hardly anything)

That said, the only way your gonna get it at or under $500 is the 16GB version, which is good enough for some people. There are lots of WiFi external storage devices and other storage solutions for the iPad, which is perfect for folks who aren't always on the go with their iPad (I know lots of folks who just use them at home).

Everyone is different, it's silly to determine something is a bad product because the BASE model doesn't suit your needs, that's why apple also made the 32 and 64GB models, as you can see from this thread, there are lots of folks for which 16GB was enough.
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i don't believe this. of course they're making money from every single one!
 
el-John-o said:
Believe it or not Apple is not making a whole lot of money off of these things (in volume yes, but the markup on one, especially when you consider R&D, is hardly anything)
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Thats why a company like TJ MAXX can purchase them wholesale and sell them for 50$ less and make a tidy profit. yeah that sounds about right.

how about you link us some figures?
 
eye said:
I have 40 gb of music, 300 gb of movies.


And it would be ridiculous to put it all on my iPad. 16 gb is fine unless you're into strange iPad habits like watching movies on a tiny screen after the invention of the television.
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For us travelers who don't want to strap our 47" LCD HDTV on our backs, in our cars, or through airport security, a 64GB iPad is just the ticket.

Cheers,
 
TomCondon said:
Thats why a company like TJ MAXX can purchase them wholesale and sell them for 50$ less and make a tidy profit. yeah that sounds about right.

how about you link us some figures?
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I dont think they bought anything wholesale. I think they sold as a loss leader.
 
Muscleflex said:
i don't believe this. of course they're making money from every single one!
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He said they weren't making MUCH money from each one and they're not.

TomCondon said:
Thats why a company like TJ MAXX can purchase them wholesale and sell them for 50$ less and make a tidy profit. yeah that sounds about right.

how about you link us some figures?
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TJ MAXX was selling them at a loss.
 
I wish I'd have saved $230 and NOT gotten 3G (which I've never used as they did away with unlimited right after I bought mine) and a 32 gb since I'm only using 3 GB and a 16 GB would've suited me fine. With apps like Zumocast and LogMeIn there's just no reason for me to have movies/music stored on mine as I exclusively use it at home. Live and learn not to listen to everyone else.
 
If I didn't store movies on my iPad, I would have about 6GB left of my 16GB. And I probably won't keep movies on it very often. I just wanted a few for my upcoming plane trip since I'm away from my mac at the moment.
 
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