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All iPads Ipad air with 32gb or 64?
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32GB is the sweet spot. Really hate howovercharges on the storage upgrades.
I agree, I wish it was $50 bucks per storage upgrade. My iPad 2 is 32 GB and that always seemed enough for me. I don't store much music or video on my device though. Those who do probably need 64gb or higher.
32GB is the sweet spot. Really hate how
The new spaceship office isn't going to build itself.
Same quandary here. My first two iPads were 32GB. I upgraded to 64 with the 3 b/c app sizes were starting to creep upward. But a "snapshot" of my iPad 3 today shows me using slightly more than 32GB. On one hand I enjoy the fact I can put media on my iPad an not worry about having to make space for it but on the other the 64GB iPads have lousy resale value (% of original cost recouped) compared to the 16 and 32GB version.
Truth be told I have a lot of "abandoned" and junk apps I never use on my iPad + old magazines and such whereas my 16GB iPad mini forces me to keep only what I actually use. So right now I'm leaning on going back to 32GB. I can use the $100 not spent tomorrow to cover the increase in the mini price. But it's a difficult choice.
Truth be told I have a lot of "abandoned" and junk apps I never use on my iPad + old magazines and such whereas my 16GB iPad mini forces me to keep only what I actually use. So right now I'm leaning on going back to 32GB. I can use the $100 not spent tomorrow to cover the increase in the mini price. But it's a difficult choice.
Really hate how
I'm with you on that. With the travelling I do, I need to go for the larger storage.
It is pretty sad that we all have to worry about this issue, we all would love having more storage and not having to fork over another $100 for something that only costs a few dollars for Apple.
If you really think about it, a tablet, which is a device that is steadily replacing laptops should have way more than 16GB of storage, even more than 32GB IMO.
Wouldnt it be awesome if the 3 options were 64, 128, 256? Not sure why they cannot do this. Set the prices $500, $550, $600 accordingly. Sure they might not make as much off of each Ipad, but if you think about this, that would be a huge hit to Android. I think having these options would really cripple the competition. But that is just my opinion and I know it will never happen.
If you really think about it, a tablet, which is a device that is steadily replacing laptops should have way more than 16GB of storage, even more than 32GB IMO.
Wouldnt it be awesome if the 3 options were 64, 128, 256? Not sure why they cannot do this. Set the prices $500, $550, $600 accordingly. Sure they might not make as much off of each Ipad, but if you think about this, that would be a huge hit to Android. I think having these options would really cripple the competition. But that is just my opinion and I know it will never happen.
They shouldn't even be selling the 16 gig anymore but I know they want to get people in the door. Each year people will buy a bigger and bigger iPad as their stuff accumulates and they don't want to hit the delete button.
32GB is the sweet spot. Really hate how
While I agree that it should be lower per increment, paying that much upfront is cheaper than two years of increased data usage streaming everything on cellular.
It's strange how things change. I remember saving up as a teenager to buy a 16 MB stick of RAM for a little more than $100 to play X-Wing (or maybe TIE Fighter) on a Performa 5300.
Now we have to decide if it's worth $100 to move from 16 GB to 32 GB to 64 GB to 128 GB.
For me, my next iPad will definitely have at least 64 GB. I've stuck with 32 for awhile, and, the past several months, it's been a challenge to decide what I want on it when I'm going away for awhile. Usually involves deleting some apps and media.
Now we have to decide if it's worth $100 to move from 16 GB to 32 GB to 64 GB to 128 GB.
For me, my next iPad will definitely have at least 64 GB. I've stuck with 32 for awhile, and, the past several months, it's been a challenge to decide what I want on it when I'm going away for awhile. Usually involves deleting some apps and media.
I wish you could add memory like you do to your computer. So you could test drive 32gb or whatever and if you need more, add it later.
My wife's iPad 3 is 32gb and she is constantly bumping up against the limit. Next iPad is going to be either 64 or 128, probably 128.
Apple's pricing is a bit strange since it's $100 to double the storage. that 1st 16gb bump is $100 and the last 64gb bump is $100. Doesn't really seem fair.
Apple's pricing is a bit strange since it's $100 to double the storage. that 1st 16gb bump is $100 and the last 64gb bump is $100. Doesn't really seem fair.
I know.
Comparatively speaking, 64 to 128GB is actually the cheapest memory upgrade.
16 to 32: $100 / 16GB = $6.25/GB
32 to 64: $100 / 32GB = $3.13/GB
64 to 128: $100 / 64GB = $1.56/GB
16 to 64: $200 / 48GB = $4.17/GB
16 to 128: $300 / 112GB = $2.68/GB
If they had a 256GB model for the same $100 bump over 128GB, that's actually pretty fair pricing for the NAND ($0.78/GB from 128 to 256, $1.67/GB for 16 to 256).
I'm in the same boat, but trying to decide if I could get by with a 16. I am using 25gb right now and have plenty of crap that I don't use.
32GB should be standard, have a couple magazines and some large apps and you're already at the limit, and that's not counting any music or movies on the device