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iPad iPad Air 4 64 GB - Is it enough for my usage?
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What do you mean by "better screen ratio for videos"? The 2020 Air is 1.439:1 while the 2020 Pro is 1.432:1 - that's a negligible difference, and the miniscule difference there is would favour the Air.
Personally I can see the argument for the 11 Pro 128GB over the Air 2020 256GB, but for someone who thinks 64GB is enough I don't find it convincing. The Pro 128 costs 33% more than the Air 64GB, so you've got to really care about Promotion or 4 speakers for them to be worth the difference, which many people won't (e.g. the new Air will do stereo in landscape with its 2 speakers, so the benefit of the 4 speakers is reduced. And for someone like me, who normally uses headphones when watching video on a portable device, it wasn't really significant to begin with).
I second macdogpro's reply, I don't think you need the iPad Pro, and from what you'll be using it for, 64gb should be enough. I have the 2017 pro version and I do work in the industry where it comes handy sometimes but even then I thought I'd do just fine with normal iPads.
Apple pencil is nice to have and I personally love it, but unless you draw/sketch a lot you probably won't need it. I don't really like using it for writing at the moment.
I was conflicted about the keyboard for a while too but then I could use the onscreen keyboard just fine on the go and when I want more comfortable writing experience I could just connect it to the magic keyboard and other bluetooth keyboards I already have. Another thing which I considered was the weight, it does make the iPad quite heavy and portability was very important for me.
Enjoy your new iPad, I must say I was tempted to upgrade but I shall resist until the next gen Apple pencil comes out.
Apple pencil is nice to have and I personally love it, but unless you draw/sketch a lot you probably won't need it. I don't really like using it for writing at the moment.
I was conflicted about the keyboard for a while too but then I could use the onscreen keyboard just fine on the go and when I want more comfortable writing experience I could just connect it to the magic keyboard and other bluetooth keyboards I already have. Another thing which I considered was the weight, it does make the iPad quite heavy and portability was very important for me.
Enjoy your new iPad, I must say I was tempted to upgrade but I shall resist until the next gen Apple pencil comes out.
This is my subject so I decided to go for 256 GB and already exceeded 64 GB. So I am happy with my choice.
Congrats 
Given that your original post sounded like 64GB would probably be enough, mind if I ask what has used the space? I'm still juggling the same choice, and though I'm pretty sure that 64GB will be enough for the way I use a tablet I'm interested in examples where that proved not to be true.
Given that your original post sounded like 64GB would probably be enough, mind if I ask what has used the space? I'm still juggling the same choice, and though I'm pretty sure that 64GB will be enough for the way I use a tablet I'm interested in examples where that proved not to be true.
What's the breakdown of that? Seems a lot to already have on a new iPadI have broken 100GB
Congrats
Given that your original post sounded like 64GB would probably be enough, mind if I ask what has used the space? I'm still juggling the same choice, and though I'm pretty sure that 64GB will be enough for the way I use a tablet I'm interested in examples where that proved not to be true.
The OP said was going to store everything in the cloud, but you can't store the games themselves on the cloud. I have only two games on my iPad (Cluedo and Genshin Impact) and they take 5gb already, and for the latter I chose not to download the full game which apparently would take 10gb space.
My iPad storage was always nearly empty until I decided to do these:
- Store about 3000 photos (15gb)
- Download Netflix movies (they're about 500 mb each)
- Use Procreate rather often (about 10gb data now, file is about 100-200 mb each)
- Install more apps, they're about 100-300 mb each
Not to mention the OS itself takes about 12gb, technically you start with 50gb not 64gb.
I now have about 12gb space left.
64gb is probably only suited for light usage (web browsing and streaming only?), or if you write a lot, text doesn't take a lot of space. Realistically 128gb is a much better starting point.