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32GB vs 64GB iPad

I don't get this "Can't afford $100 - can't afford an iPad" line at all.

As somebody rightly said above, where do you stop? Incrimental step ups of a $100 are still $100.

What if somebody has managed to save $499 specifically for the base iPad but can't afford an extra $100 to go up another notch. How and why does that make them not in a position to buy an iPad at all?

Regarding the OP's question, I will probably be buying 32gb in this case. I'm finding myself increasingly pushed for space on my iPhone and simply hate the restrictions of knowing you're running out. I'm not sure if I can afford a 64gb though, or justify the extra storage, so 32gb seems like a happy medium right now. If however you can afford 64gb and envisage yourself needing access to large volumes of media (particularly music and video) between long stits away from your PC/Mac to sync, I'd go with the 64gb without a moment hesitation.
 
wingnut8 said:
I want to go with a 64GB, but may end up going with a 16. My iPhone is a 32GB and has 2 gigs free. I don't really want to have to update my music on two devices all the time. I would just put a few movies at a time on a 16GB iPad.
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Same here, though I went with a 64GB wifi iPad.
 
MattWylde said:
So I've been contemplating my decision to buy the 32GB iPad 3G. While I'm sold on wanting the 3G feature, I'm a little unsure if the 32GB is going to be sufficient for me. I have a large library of music, and the playlist that I like to have access to at all times takes up about 21GB, which doesn't leave much room for movies and books (which I'm now very likely to want to have on my iPad with that nice big screen), let alone all my apps. Until recently, I was not concerned about the memory capacity limitations. However, with the recent news of Simplify Media no longer offering service, it's made memory capacity much more important for me. It's also uncertain that Air Video Server will work with the iPad, although I'm speculating that it will.

What are the chances that someone will develop an app to replace Simplify Media? I read all the rumors about Apple starting their owning streaming service, or cloud. My problem with that is that I don't want to pay a subscription to access music that I've already bought. There are already sites out there that offer this service. Simplify Media was great because it was a FREE desktop client server.

To me, it seems likely that the 64GB version would also have a greater resale potential when the 2nd Gen iPad is released. Apple is surely to increase the memory capacity and 16 or 32 GB versions are going to look a little inferior, just like the 8GB iPod touches are.

So what do you all think? Is it worth the extra $100 to upgrade to 64GB?
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i don't know about you but i ALWAYS buy the highest capacity model available for my mobile devices. I'm not even satisfied with 64GB, I would easily pay another $100 for a 128GB version and I won't even be happy with that. I think with 512GB or so, i'd be willing to settle down a bit. you can never have too much capacity in electronics, remember "more is more"!

now in some cases, 'less is more' applies but with storage capacity, always get more!
 
I thought I was going to buy a 32GB but now I'm not sure which model to buy. I definitely don't need 64GB. While it would be nice, I don't think I'll ever get around to using all that content. I have a 16GB iPhone 3GS and don't use any of the content really. The only thing I really need is the 3G. Most likely I'm going to get the 32GB though because as people were saying, you can never have enough storage but I realistically don't think I'll even use that much :).
 
I definitely don't need this thread as I already cancelled my order for the 16 to get the 32! :D

Two more flippin' weeks!
 
pirateRACE said:
I definitely don't need this thread as I already cancelled my order for the 16 to get the 32! :D

Two more flippin' weeks!
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I canceled my 32GB order and decided to wait for a 16 3G. To pay an extra $100 for just 16 more GB didn't make sense when I could use that money to get GPS To really get a significant storage bump you have to pay $200 more to go to 64GB which I don't see as a good investment if the probability is high that a new model will be out in a year or so that you may want to upgrade to.
 
Are you really going to use the iPad as an mp3 player? Carry it around and listen to podcasts, take it to the gym, etc? I'm thinking of going for the 16gb model, because I will use it primarily for web surfing and reading. Take the cost difference and invest in an iPod nano to carry your mp3s around on. MUCH more convenient.

The only reason I'd invest in a larger iPad is if you intend on loading it with video and can't sync it often.
 
WLS said:
I canceled my 32GB order and decided to wait for a 16 3G. To pay an extra $100 for just 16 more GB didn't make sense when I could use that money to get GPS To really get a significant storage bump you have to pay $200 more to go to 64GB which I don't see as a good investment if the probability is high that a new model will be out in a year or so that you may want to upgrade to.
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This is exactly why there are 6 different models. There are many use cases for this thing.

For me, my iPhone w/ GPS+3G is perfectly fine when I'm out and about. The iPad is replacing a laptop we sold that was used only for surfing the web at home. It will also be holding our entire iPhoto library to view all of our family photos/videos. It will also serve as a movie player on long car trips for our young daughters.
 
BruiserBear said:
A lot of people who carry credit card debts do so for most of their lives, so I stand by what I said. Especially if they pay the mnimum payment, which is exactly what the person suggested when they made the original comment I replied to.
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No I didn't.
 
One Love 1867 said:
I don't get this "Can't afford $100 - can't afford an iPad" line at all.

As somebody rightly said above, where do you stop? Incrimental step ups of a $100 are still $100.

What if somebody has managed to save $499 specifically for the base iPad but can't afford an extra $100 to go up another notch. How and why does that make them not in a position to buy an iPad at all?
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It is completely understandable that somebody may not have any use for the extra 32GB and therefore will consider a waste of money to pay for something they will not use, or the value they perceive they are getting is not worth that extra hundred dollars. I think we all get that. We want value for our money.

My original point is different. If you want the 3G 64GB because you suspect you might need more than 32GB of storage, and are hesitating because of the price bump from $729 to $829, then maybe you should consider whether you could really afford it. If that extra $100 is going to cause you hardship, maybe you should hang on to the other $729 for a rainy day and hold off buying an iPad until you've built up a little nest egg.

If you can afford $729 but not $829, I submit there are better uses for that money than buying a new iPad.

That said, I am patiently waiting for my 3G 64GB to show up, sometime in the end of April I hope.
 
One Love 1867 said:
I don't get this "Can't afford $100 - can't afford an iPad" line at all.

As somebody rightly said above, where do you stop? Incrimental step ups of a $100 are still $100.

What if somebody has managed to save $499 specifically for the base iPad but can't afford an extra $100 to go up another notch. How and why does that make them not in a position to buy an iPad at all?
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This is going to sound confusing to some people, but to others it's going to make total sense.

If I'm being completely honest, if someone truly needed to "save up" $500, they still probably have no business buying an iPad. I know, that sounds crazy to some of you reading this, but in my mind if you need to save up for something, you probably don't have enough money saved up to begin with, which in turn means you should probably be saving a lot more money instead of buying luxury electronics to play with.

The reason I say that's going to sound crazy to some of you, is because in today's society most people don't save money, or if they do it's not really enough to truly be prepared for the future. So with that mindset my advice might look crazy, but to those who do save money, and live their lives responsibly when it comes to finances, it will make total sense.


stevensteven123 said:
No I didn't.
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Actually, you did.

Stevensteven123 said:
Hell yeah! Its just a hundred bucks. What is that a month if you put it on a credit card? I'm all for buying the best version of anything right away, more so if its for something that you won't be able to upgrade yourself later on. You'll never regret the 100 bucks; you might regret the lost space.
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When you say "what is that a month if you put it on a credit card", you are clearly indicating that you see the minimum monthly payment required by the credit card company as the only true concern in regards to that extra $100. If you were going to pay it off on the next statement you would never say such a thing, because the words "what is that a month if you put it on a credit card" are never spoken by people who don't use credit that way.

I never carry a monthly balance on a credit card, and thus I would never even ponder the thought "what is that a month if you put it on a credit card".
 
BruiserBear said:
A lot of people who carry credit card debts do so for most of their lives, so I stand by what I said. Especially if they pay the mnimum payment, which is exactly what the person suggested when they made the original comment I replied to.
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When did I ever say that? I said what is an extra 100 bucks a month on a credit card? Pay an extra 10 bucks a month and it is gone in a year, more or less, depending on your interest rate. I never once said, typed, implied or otherwise even mentioned MINIMUM PAYMENT. There is a middle ground between paying off the entire balance every month and only paying the minimum payment. Why is it so hard for people on these threads to ever admit they are wrong?
 
I understand your point Brusier Bear but, I am somebody who does look after their money and live within my sensible financial means. I certainly wouldn't advocate taking a "what's £100 on a Credit Card" approach that some have suggested in this thread.

Personally speaking - and this won't be for everybody - but it's because I am responsible with money and what I spend why I have saved up for an iPad. I'm saving money for several things at the moment, not least so I can take my first step on the property ladder, but since January I have been saving (and will continue to save until the end of April) over £100 a month, along with my other savings, so that I can afford to buy an iPad when they're eventually released. I'm not particularly going out of my way to do so or putting myself through financial hardship for it, but it's just a case of putting aside some of my earnings each month so that I can buy one when they're finally released here in the UK.

Now, to me, that shows far more financial astuteness than just slapping one on a credit facility, and I don't see how that makes me any less "worthy" of owning an iPad because I can't afford to take £400-£500 out of my monthly pay packet in one swoop. Just because I have aquired the money for an iPad model differently and over a period of time, at no particular cost or extra expense to myself, does not make me any less in a position to buy an iPad.. in my opinion.

Where do you draw the line with that sort of outlook? Somebody has "no business" buying a house or a car because they have had to save up over a period of time - maybe even years - to buy one? What's the point in saving money for anything if you're apparently not in a position to buy whatever it is you wanted at the end of it?
 
BruiserBear said:
This is going to sound confusing to some people, but to others it's going to make total sense.

If I'm being completely honest, if someone truly needed to "save up" $500, they still probably have no business buying an iPad. I know, that sounds crazy to some of you reading this, but in my mind if you need to save up for something, you probably don't have enough money saved up to begin with, which in turn means you should probably be saving a lot more money instead of buying luxury electronics to play with.
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I'm sorry, I gotta call bs. Your logic (I read the rest of your post and agree to a certain extent) and the others with this belief are flawed. It's not about it being $100 more or saving up, or not being able to afford the 64gb.

This is called budgeting, a word that everyone has forgotten. A person saves for an iPad because it is not a need. It's a want and by "budgeting" for it allows said person to continue to cover his needs while allowing for his want. This may include money for a rainy day, and a family savings fund. I don't understand, when I was a kid and I wanted something, my father would say, save up and then buy it. If it was really expensive my dad would say, save half and I will cover the rest. It's called teaching responsibility.

I could afford 64gb, but I asked myself, (rationally) Do I really need the 64gb? So why spend the money on something I just won't use? In that sense, I could use the extra money for my case, and all the iworks apps, etc.
 
stevensteven123 said:
When did I ever say that? I said what is an extra 100 bucks a month on a credit card? Pay an extra 10 bucks a month and it is gone in a year, more or less, depending on your interest rate. I never once said, typed, implied or otherwise even mentioned MINIMUM PAYMENT. There is a middle ground between paying off the entire balance every month and only paying the minimum payment. Why is it so hard for people on these threads to ever admit they are wrong?
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You did imply minimum payment, even if you didn't think you were doing so.

One Love 1867 said:
I understand your point Brusier Bear but, I am somebody who does look after their money and live within my sensible financial means. I certainly wouldn't advocate taking a "what's £100 on a Credit Card" approach that some have suggested in this thread.

Personally speaking - and this won't be for everybody - but it's because I am responsible with money and what I spend why I have saved up for an iPad. I'm saving money for several things at the moment, not least so I can take my first step on the property ladder, but since January I have been saving (and will continue to save until the end of April) over £100 a month, along with my other savings, so that I can afford to buy an iPad when they're eventually released. I'm not particularly going out of my way to do so or putting myself through financial hardship for it, but it's just a case of putting aside some of my earnings each month so that I can buy one when they're finally released here in the UK.

Now, to me, that shows far more financial astuteness than just slapping one on a credit facility, and I don't see how that makes me any less "worthy" of owning an iPad because I can't afford to take £400-£500 out of my monthly pay packet in one swoop. Just because I have aquired the money for an iPad model differently and over a period of time, at no particular cost or extra expense to myself, does not make me any less in a position to buy an iPad.. in my opinion.

Where do you draw the line with that sort of outlook? Somebody has "no business" buying a house or a car because they have had to save up over a period of time - maybe even years - to buy one? What's the point in saving money for anything if you're apparently not in a position to buy whatever it is you wanted at the end of it?
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citi said:
I'm sorry, I gotta call bs. Your logic (I read the rest of your post and agree to a certain extent) and the others with this belief are flawed. It's not about it being $100 more or saving up, or not being able to afford the 64gb.

This is called budgeting, a word that everyone has forgotten. A person saves for an iPad because it is not a need. It's a want and by "budgeting" for it allows said person to continue to cover his needs while allowing for his want. This may include money for a rainy day, and a family savings fund. I don't understand, when I was a kid and I wanted something, my father would say, save up and then buy it. If it was really expensive my dad would say, save half and I will cover the rest. It's called teaching responsibility.

I could afford 64gb, but I asked myself, (rationally) Do I really need the 64gb? So why spend the money on something I just won't use? In that sense, I could use the extra money for my case, and all the iworks apps, etc.
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You are both correct in saying that I might have gone too far with what I said. There are obviously various degrees to which someone could be financially irresponsible.


So for me to lump anyone who has "saved up" for the iPad into those bad categories could be unfair. So no offense meant towards anyone.

But unfortunately it is a reality that a lot of people simply are not financially prepared for the future, and most of them are totally unaware of what it means to truly be prepared. The statistics are staggering right now, and things are going to get ugly in the future. I guess I've just been reading and following news on this topic a little too closely lately, so I got off topic talking about it. ;)
 
getting the 16gb because truthfully I personally believe there is no need for anything more.

I opted for the 16gb because I will be utilizing the whole cloud aspect. I have a mobileme account so the gallery app + idisk + soon to be itunes cloud will cover all my bases in terms of entertainment.

I have a slingbox so if i want to watch tv or watch a movie ill use that.
Or if needed ill rent the movie from the itunes store when going on a trip.
Or load a few movies before hand.

Not looking to store my whole life on it. I am worth about 2tb's of data but for what i will be using the ipad for 16gb is perfectly fine.

With services like pandora, spotify, mog, flickr, photon etc the need for local storage is really not needed.

Cant wait for my 16gb ipad to arrive.

I hope apple updates its photo ipad app to connect to the cloud.
 
The answer is simple now as it always has been: buy as much memory as you can afford, no matter how much you think you need.
 
MattWylde said:
So I've been contemplating my decision to buy the 32GB iPad 3G. While I'm sold on wanting the 3G feature, I'm a little unsure if the 32GB is going to be sufficient for me. I have a large library of music, and the playlist that I like to have access to at all times takes up about 21GB, which doesn't leave much room for movies and books (which I'm now very likely to want to have on my iPad with that nice big screen), let alone all my apps. Until recently, I was not concerned about the memory capacity limitations. However, with the recent news of Simplify Media no longer offering service, it's made memory capacity much more important for me. It's also uncertain that Air Video Server will work with the iPad, although I'm speculating that it will.

What are the chances that someone will develop an app to replace Simplify Media? I read all the rumors about Apple starting their owning streaming service, or cloud. My problem with that is that I don't want to pay a subscription to access music that I've already bought. There are already sites out there that offer this service. Simplify Media was great because it was a FREE desktop client server.

To me, it seems likely that the 64GB version would also have a greater resale potential when the 2nd Gen iPad is released. Apple is surely to increase the memory capacity and 16 or 32 GB versions are going to look a little inferior, just like the 8GB iPod touches are.

So what do you all think? Is it worth the extra $100 to upgrade to 64GB?
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I have a 64gb touch, and while I have more Audio and Video media than that I have no reason to need it all with me at any given time. I delete vids as I watch them, and rotate music occasionally, I'm satified with that, now on the touch it's not really even a dedicate music and Video machine, it will have books on it, Comics etc. If I put 20 gigs of music and twenty gigs of vids that's alot of stuff and it still leaves alot of room for tiny ebook and comic files..
 
Coming from a marketing/sales (business psychology) point of view - the 32gig was designed to upsell most people.

And it's obviously working based on posts in this thread of the 64gig only being $100 more.

Apple priced the 32gig in such a way that it didn't make sense to buy one UNLESS money was really an important reason.

You have your inexpensive but powerful entry model. You have your high tier model. And then you create one in between that makes "sense" but pushes people to just spend a "little more" and get 64gig.

Had they not done this, more people that are getting the 64gig would have just gotten the 16gig. And you can argue that. But believe me - with the price points being what they are - for the average joe - the incentive to spend more isn't as great UNLESS you're comparing it to the middle tier.

Apple isn't the first company nor the last to employ this type of pricing structure.

Look at the wireless networks. It's $5 for 200 txts, $15 for 1500 texts or $20 for unlimited. Most people will just say - hey - for $5 I won't have to worry/count texts. Count me in.

Same price point structure for small, large and super sized drinks/fries/etc

Some people WILL buy what they want/need. Most will base their opinion or bang for their buck overall.
 
BruiserBear said:
So for me to lump anyone who has "saved up" for the iPad into those bad categories could be unfair. So no offense meant towards anyone.
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None taken, and I'm glad you didn't take my post as a personal issue against your comments.

At the end of the day, everybody is different and in different financial situations. I'd love to be able to buy an iPad out of my monthly earnings and not worry about it, but because I can't, I have had to save money each month to do so. My requirement of an iPad is certainly based more around a want than a need, but by saving money over afew months I know that by May time, maybe even launch in April, I will be able to afford to buy my iPad and not have to worry about it because it's money that I've saved.. and I've been fortunate to be able to save without it having too big an impact on my financial situation or continued saving for other things that I do need.

Having said that, this is all relative and speculative. I'm in the UK and we haven't even got any official pricing yet.. I haven't made a firm decision on whether to buy or not yet based around UK pricing. I'd love an iPad and can afford one but I'm still not prepared to get my pants pulled down!
 
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