lmao, apple makes **** load just from idiots that pay premium price for extra storage. hey look, my ipad has 128gb!!!
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iPad Keep my 32GB or go to 64?
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lmao, apple makes **** load just from idiots that pay premium price for extra storage. hey look, my ipad has 128gb!!!
Why don't you worry about yourself and not what others spend their money on.
I'm not buying a bigger capacity iPad to impress anyone. I'm buying to carry my entire music collection on. I don't go around showing off my iPad.
You must be on some special ebay then.I see lots of sold 64GB's for under $300, a paltry $60 up from 16GB's.
$100 (already ridiculously overpriced) add-on not losing any value on used market?! Lol.
Gotcha. Two different eBays. I backed mine up with proof. I sold, locally a 64GB original mini yesterday for $500. And there isn't a SINGLE sale of a 64GB Mini on eBay as a completed listing for $300. Not one. I can't provide links, as you'll have to sign in to show the completed listing option
Is it typical for you to call someone a liar?
Indeed, more proof offered that the increase in GB IS indeed holding its $100 premium on the year old market. You're completely ignorant to the iOS post sale market it seems
Me...owned every iPhone. Every iPad. Sold them all and made more back than my subsidies on phones two years later and NEVER lost more than 20-25% on an iPad....even a two year old iPad. Now...instead of 'guessing' and spewing BS, show me ONE 64GB Mini LTE sold (without damage for $300---hell, show me an actual sale under $400?). I'll be here
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That's right. The resale value on these things is insane. I sold my 32GB AT&T 1st generation mini for $325. I have no doubt a 64GB could sell for $500.
Two weeks ago, I sold my 16GB unlocked white AT&T 4S for $300.
Yes, they should consider their needs, so you shouldn't buy 32GB if you need 64GB - but to say the markup isn't ridiculous, is, well, ridiculous in itself. Take the 5s: It costs Apple $9.40 to upgrade from 16GB to 32GB, and a mere $10.20 to upgrade from 32 to 64GB - while the consumer is paying $100 per upgrade. That's almost a 1,000% markup on storage. Apple is screwing almost everyone with their storage costs, but if you need more storage you have no other choice.
I've looked on eBay, and I can't find anywhere near the prices you mention for a used item. Let's take an iPhone 5, an item many people are now selling as they upgrade to the 5s. Both models are used with minor scratches, black and slate and are unlocked to any network.
16GB - £345 (here)
64GB - £360 (here)
That's a £15 difference for something you would've paid £170 for a year ago.
I may have chosen these specific examples, and of course there are anomalies, however looking at around 20 16GB vs 64GB on ebay.co.uk, the vast, vast majority only go for £15-40 more. That's a tiny percentage of what you paid originally.
I'm not saying Apple products don't hold their value - they do, much more than any other company's products. However, just as it it with configuring a higher end Mac, the more you pay at the beginning, the more you generally lose when it comes to resale.
So I exchanged my 32GB retina Mini for the 128GB retina Mini.
I got to keep the lightning cable. The guy said they don't want them back with a return
I have 105GB in music and that still gives me room for other things.
Now there is no reason for me to wonder if I should have gotten a bigger capacity because, well, there is nothing bigger.
I got to keep the lightning cable. The guy said they don't want them back with a return
I have 105GB in music and that still gives me room for other things.
Now there is no reason for me to wonder if I should have gotten a bigger capacity because, well, there is nothing bigger.
So I exchanged my 32GB retina Mini for the 128GB retina Mini.
I got to keep the lightning cable. The guy said they don't want them back with a return
I have 105GB in music and that still gives me room for other things.
Now there is no reason for me to wonder if I should have gotten a bigger capacity because, well, there is nothing bigger.
I would of loved to get the 128gb ipad air but at $799 I don't think paying $300 more for it over the base model because I will be paying $130 for the squaretrade warranty +$30 for a sleeve +$87 for a smart case which would make my ipad purchase over $1000 just for an ipad which I could of just bought an MacBook Air.
I returned mine at bestbuy and they want everything back in it's box but it isn't a biggy I only have 1 ios device and that will be my ipad ( I might consider an iPhone 6 or whatever they call it if they make it 5 inch screen like rumors I been hearing ). I just wish I don't have to pay $29.99 for the 2 meter Lightning cable ( 6 Feet and change ) where as my Samsung devices I get 6 Foot cables for them included
I already have two MacBooks sitting here so I don't need another. I don't upgrade my laptops very often and I would rather spend the money on iPhones and iPads. Maybe in a year it will be time to get a newer MacBook.
I have always been a PC user since they are cheaper. MY current laptop is a HP 17 inch screen ( I like bigger laptop screens and the one mac I would buy is the MacBook pro 15 inch screen at $1999 dollars which I am not going to pay. My Laptop has a decent CPU/GPU combo for what I want which is the 2012 model of the AMD A6 Dual core cpu which plays what I want fine and I paid $400 including tax. But seriously if I was going to pay over $1000 I would consider the MacBook air over the ipad at that price
I have an iPad 2 with 32GB. I have 88 apps right now with only 22GB free space. No video and music. 