Most Popular iPad Model

[Rodster]

I was surprised to read that the most popular model is not the 32GB. I would have thought most would play it safe and split it down the middle. Instead most people either buy all or nothing. The 16GB Wifi model was the most popular followed by the 64GB Wifi.

http://gigaom.com/apple/most-popular-ipad-2-model-is-also-the-most-expensive/

 

[-TYLER]

You realize that article was from may 2011?

 

[Rodster]

You realize that article was from may 2011?

Yeah but there was another article that had similar results with people trading in their 1st Gen iPad's for the iPad 2.

 

[jgc]

Weird. I'm not surprised at all that the 16 gb is ahead. It's an expensive device and I think that most people can comfortably live with 16 gb with few compromises. I'm surprised that the 64 gb is ahead of the 32 gb though. I guess my mindset would be aim for 16 gb, if I don't think it's enough just go one step up. But yeah, all or nothing it seems.

 

[Rodster]

I approached both my purchases with the idea that 16GB is not enough and 64GB is too much. I thought the majority would fall into that category as well. But the tip-off that my assumption was wrong was when I was at BB when the 3rd Gen's arrived. All they were selling were the 16GB model and the biggest seller were the Black iPad's. They had a few white iPad's and the black were all sold out.

 

[iEvolution]

I think its best to go all out on devices like the ipad, its better to have too much capacity rather than too little. Its also the best value per GB.

I'm hoping that the 64gb sales are even higher this time around in order to convince Apple to bump capacities. It is long overdue as haven't seen past 64 gb since which was introduced back in 2009, with all the content Apple offers I would think we'd be at 128 by now.

Unfortunately I think the icloud and itunes match (which is one of the poorest implemented systems I've ever seen from Apple) is having a negative effect on local storage.

I am a pack rat and like to have as much stuff with me as possible, though admittedly most of my space usage is from music, something I don't feel the need to put on the ipad.