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Dollar per GB is cheaper for the 2TB Intel SSD but few have the know how to integrate this into the iPad Pro.
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Surely its better and cheaper to pay for extra cloud storage than to pay extra on each device you have. Very rare these day a mobile or internet connection isn't ubiquitous enough to get to your cloud data.
Not doubting the need for large storage but these days that is surely the exception on the norm.
Not doubting the need for large storage but these days that is surely the exception on the norm.
Yes, 1TB would be excessive for me. Will that stop me from purchasing it? Maybe not
I did this. I will never fill it but the thought of wanting it would have never left my mind until I bought it so I did. I have 884 GB free on my Pro right now. I don't buy new iPads very often so it will be a few years at least before I replace it. I bought a Mini 4 in December to take with me if I ever have the need so the 12.9" 1TB just stays at home.
Important thing to note about the current iPad Pro is the 1TB model has 6GB of RAM over 4GB on other models. Which, might just make the difference for guys like OP with huge amounts of content to work with between apps daily. I only found this out last week.
If you've got constant decent 4G/LTE then yeah, or are always near WiFi, certainly. Then, if the networks in your country offer good data packages for a reasonable price on top of your existing iPhone contract. The cloud storage is cheaper, and has other benefits (I have 2TB of iCloud space, and enjoy it. I think it's good value).
Definitely less 'needed', but I know about 20-30GB of Apps alone for someone who is an 'iPad power user' isn't unreasonable. 128GB in my eyes is okay, 256GB good and anything beyond exceptional. I suppose 4K content has a time delay in downloading for people working with that kind of stuff.
Personally, the novelty of having my 90GB Photos Library stored locally for anytime editing / sorting was my silly justification for the 256GB Air 3... though as I speak, it's still downloading the photos lol
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OP, what kind of work / things are you storing, broadly speaking, for each category of storage space used? Cool to see an iPad with storage being used similar to most peoples Macs.
If you've got constant decent 4G/LTE then yeah, or are always near WiFi, certainly. Then, if the networks in your country offer good data packages for a reasonable price on top of your existing iPhone contract. The cloud storage is cheaper, and has other benefits (I have 2TB of iCloud space, and enjoy it. I think it's good value).
Definitely less 'needed', but I know about 20-30GB of Apps alone for someone who is an 'iPad power user' isn't unreasonable. 128GB in my eyes is okay, 256GB good and anything beyond exceptional. I suppose 4K content has a time delay in downloading for people working with that kind of stuff.
Personally, the novelty of having my 90GB Photos Library stored locally for anytime editing / sorting was my silly justification for the 256GB Air 3... though as I speak, it's still downloading the photos lol
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OP, what kind of work / things are you storing, broadly speaking, for each category of storage space used? Cool to see an iPad with storage being used similar to most peoples Macs.
The sweet spot for me is 128 GB, although I get by with 64 GB.
Rumour has it that 2019 Q4 will bring iPad Pros with 128 GB at the entry level tier, with 6 GB RAM. That would be the dream config for me.