Is it redundant to have an iPad and an iPhone?

[Mad Mac Maniac]

Personally for me, it would be. I had an iPhone and iPod touch, and already found that redundant. Sold the jailbroken iPod touch eventually.

Well, I can tell you right now why you found the iphone and ipod touch redundant... because they are... Why would you even get both in the first place? The only reason I can think of would be if you frequently go to places that you can't/don't want to bring your iPhone (due to fear of damage, or excessive weight, or classified locations where you can't bring a phone). But I can't imagine those being too frequent for most people.

 

[raymanster]

I have both an iPhone 3GS and an iPad. When I'm out I don't like carrying a bag so the iPhone is perfect. The camera comes in handy and I'm also checking stuff on the web or my emails. It's just so handy.

The iPad on the other hand is perfect at home and I really appreciate the extra screen size. I have the 3G version so if I travel it comes with me and I can watch movies on the plane or in the hotel.

So for me I don't think it's redundant to have both.

 

[ssdeg7]

Both are really different, but if you can't notice it then don't buy it.

 

[Wide opeN]

I have iPad and iPhone 4.

I initially thought they would be redundant before I bought my iPad but after playing with my friends iPad one night I saw that they weren't.

To me, in addition to all the other stuff the iPad can do, the size is it's killer feature. Much bigger than a cell phone but a lot smaller and nifty than a laptop...PERFECT!!!

I mainly surf the web on the iPad but things like ebooks, netflix and so on make it irreplaceable.

I don't have to explain iPhone, we all know what we were doing with it before the iPad, lol.

 

[RenoG]

Come on OP you know you're just looking to be talked into buy yet something else you absolutely do not need. If you have to ask it confirms you don't need it. Don't let the commercials turn you into a mindless zombie heading off to your local Apple store. Be strong brotheren be strong.

 

[Joesgirl97]

Reno, we've never met yet you know me so well! I'm stayin strong.......till Feb. 3rd that is!

 

[mallom]

I used to think like you.. but I decided to buy myself an Ipad thinking if I don't like it I would just give it to my girlfriend...

Man, I felt in love with it.. YES, you can do the same thing with your iphone 4, but the size of the screen is just perfect for almost everything you might need to do... I can't remember when was the last time I went out and took my laptop with me... The Ipad has been enough for me.

 

[Xian Zhu Xuande]

I had an iPhone all along, and wasn't initially interested in the iPad. It came out, months passed, and I finally tried one out. I decided I wanted one shortly afterward and I'm quite happy to have both today. I probably won't be as eager to upgrade my iPad with product cycles as I am my iPhone, though.

 

[Savor]

I'm still more interested in the BlackBerry PlayBook and want my tablet to be more compact than an iPad. Maybe when you first get an iPad, you truly love it and such. The honeymoon phase before you realize you wasted $$ a few months later just like when I got a Wii on launch day which doesn't cater to my hardcore gamer taste.

Plenty of superlatives for the PlayBook at CES. People saying it is THE REAL DEAL, is fast, responsive, and smooth. Alot of Apple contrarians are putting money on WP7 as the future when I think RIM has more upside being it has a more popular following for enterprise. The gloom and doom talk about RIM has been greatly exaggerated from fanboys alike even when RIM just sold like 14M phones last quarter and growing by leaps and bounds outside NA. The smart money is on RIM and QNX will go toe to toe vs Honeycomb or iOS5. For a Gen 1 tablet, it looks and feels amazing. I don't always care for the popular sellers and just a need a product that fits me best. Verizon iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPad, iPad 2, many Android devices, Nintendo 3DS, and XPERIA Play doesn't seem like that for me in the longer run. Gotta think ahead and realize if I will still like the product 6-12 months later? My 2011 wishlist is circled with BB PlayBook and PSP2.

But with the imminent Motorola Atrix 4G in March, it could make getting tablets pointless altogether. I just feel tablets is just like double dipping for functions that overlap each other one way or another.

 

[msavwah]

It is awesome is what it is.

There is some overlap, but it's a good thing.
They are complimentary.

 

[CHSeifert]

I have both and a MacBook Air 13" on its way

Use the iPhone for calls, SMS, mms, calendar, small todo's and small emails. Also a bit of Tapatalk and inet surf.

Use the iPad for larger emails, writing letters, small docs and spreadsheets, reading books, more intense inet surfing and project planning.

Will use the MacBook Air 13" for creating and editing larger documents and spreadsheets on the go and maybe a little 'call of duty' on the go [Yes, the Air can do games like that at ok FPS]

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Claus [iPhone

 

[ineedamac]

i was recently on a trip and brought my laptop, while i didnt really mind carrying around a laptop i thought to myself that it would be a lot easier to be traveling with an iPad vs the laptop. This was purely a trip for pleasure so no business functions were necessary. That and it would be great to use on the plane during the flight. I do have an iPhone4 as well.

So, no i dont think it'll be that redundant. I use my iPhone4 for pretty much everything, but wouldnt mind using an iPad for different situations (ie traveling)

I tend to agree. My iPhone 4 is great. I do wish sometimes on the plane I had a larger screen.