So instead of going with 64 your advice for the question the OP has is to upgrade to a TB?
Sweet spot how?
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So instead of going with 64 your advice for the question the OP has is to upgrade to a TB?
Sweet spot how?
64GB is fine for me, though I was managing a 16GB until I upgraded.
I’m on just over 20GB used with some videos and music that I didn’t keep on my iPad before. Plenty of room to load up some more in the event of being away from WiFi.
I do agree that there should be a 128GB option though. While it’s good that base storage isn’t as stingy any longer, it seems nearly as bad where the only available upgrade forces people to pay £150 more for more storage than most actually want.
With AppleCare+ only guaranteeing two years use out of the device, I wouldn’t want to splurge on more storage than I need.
I’m on just over 20GB used with some videos and music that I didn’t keep on my iPad before. Plenty of room to load up some more in the event of being away from WiFi.
I do agree that there should be a 128GB option though. While it’s good that base storage isn’t as stingy any longer, it seems nearly as bad where the only available upgrade forces people to pay £150 more for more storage than most actually want.
With AppleCare+ only guaranteeing two years use out of the device, I wouldn’t want to splurge on more storage than I need.
128GB has always been the sweet spot and Apple know that probably reason why you can’t get that config.
Personally 64GB is borderline while 256GB is just overkill for most consumers
You’re probably right that 128 GB works well for a lot of people. 64 GB is a bit tighter for some and some might have to really get into data management. The OP might as well be on the save side knowing that currently they don’t really use that much data on their storage. However like with any other tool, as the owner you have to have an idea what you want to achieve with it. If there’s a danger that the tool is not fit for purpose, maybe get another, better, more capable one - the OP will be the judge of that.
I also have the 2015 12.9 128. I find 128 to be a sweet spot—enough to hold all my data, apps, and downloaded music, and I have options if I want to download or upload a bunch of movies or videos. This is my favorite iPad to date.
I worry more about the A9X chip being compatible to any more iOS updates beyond 13. The thing is so powerful though that I don’t know what Apple could do to obsolete this baby.
I worry more about the A9X chip being compatible to any more iOS updates beyond 13. The thing is so powerful though that I don’t know what Apple could do to obsolete this baby.
For me it depends on use. I recently picked up the 2018 12.9" and I got the 256 gb. I have over 100 free gb right now but if I add movies for the kiddo to not stream so much it might fill up quite a bit. On the other hand I don't plan on letting my 5 year old use it much as it’s large for him. He usually uses my 9.7" 1st gen pro since it’s the "old" iPad now. That one I also got in 256gb and it’s got about 15 free gigs of space. I won't go below 256 on any devices going forward but for me 512 is definitely overkill never mind 1 tb! I could probably scrape by on 128 but I'd rather have the little bit of extra in case I decide to use it later on.
I need at least 128gb for my iPhone since I use that for everything, but on my iPad, 64gb is completely fine. All I use it for is Youtube and reading/browsing.
- All photos are in iCloud, don't need them local on iPad
- I stream mostly everything
- I don't download movies on there
- I don't play many games either (in fact, offloaded a ton of games that I never play which is how I found out I'm okay with 64)
- The thing taking up the most space is offline music, which can easily be purged
- All photos are in iCloud, don't need them local on iPad
- I stream mostly everything
- I don't download movies on there
- I don't play many games either (in fact, offloaded a ton of games that I never play which is how I found out I'm okay with 64)
- The thing taking up the most space is offline music, which can easily be purged
I stick with 64, although I don’t sync movies or store music on my iPads.
I can’t speak to private seller resale or markets outside the US, but the trade-in value of a 256 vs 64 of the same questions pad is insignificant. As an example, one vendor has the 2nd gen 12.9 valued 30 dollars higher than the 64 gb version at the time of this post. I’ve found this to be the case for every iOS device I’ve sold since the original iPhone. The people willing to pay handsomely for more storage are often not shopping in the preowned market.
If you trade often, stick with the lowest storage that you can work with. If you want to keep it a long time consider future needs.
I moved to 64 with the Air 2 and I seem to be using less storage with my pro now than I did with that Air 2 because of iCloud and other cloud services.
I can’t speak to private seller resale or markets outside the US, but the trade-in value of a 256 vs 64 of the same questions pad is insignificant. As an example, one vendor has the 2nd gen 12.9 valued 30 dollars higher than the 64 gb version at the time of this post. I’ve found this to be the case for every iOS device I’ve sold since the original iPhone. The people willing to pay handsomely for more storage are often not shopping in the preowned market.
If you trade often, stick with the lowest storage that you can work with. If you want to keep it a long time consider future needs.
I moved to 64 with the Air 2 and I seem to be using less storage with my pro now than I did with that Air 2 because of iCloud and other cloud services.
Honestly, that depends on what the user needs and also what’s available on their country. The question comes up every other week, if you browse a bit I’m sure you’ll find some good information on this board!
I have the 64gig and I’m more than happy with it. I suspect those choosing high capacities are filling their iPads with videos, photos and music. I use google photos, netflix, amazon prime and iCloud Music for that. I’m done with managing media libraries.
Actually, I’d love Apple to explain the purpose of 1TB iPad Pro. It’s supposed to be a Pro machine, to get work done, not merely a content consumption device. (Other than editing 4K video, and how many of us do that).
Actually, I’d love Apple to explain the purpose of 1TB iPad Pro. It’s supposed to be a Pro machine, to get work done, not merely a content consumption device. (Other than editing 4K video, and how many of us do that).
But not everyone can or wants to run large file collections in the cloud so that’s when the additional storage comes in handy. If have 300 GB in Music and probably a similar amount in Photos. If I were to have all my data with me without a cloud of sorts, only the 1 TB would be capable.
Fair enough. I’ve about 100GB of music on iCloud Music, which costs me £25 a year and I can access that all that same music on my Watch, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV and Mac. I also don’t need to spend money, disk space, and time managing and backing up 1TB of data.
I do get it though, some people prefer to have large media libraries on device. As I said in my previous post though - how many need large capacities to do pro stuff? I’m a developer and the iPad Pro is great for me because I can use it to make notes (Previously I always carried a notepad and filled one up every six months. Now I have searchable notes going back three years). I also use it for reading reference books and in my free time I use Procreate for art. If you’re not a 4K film editor I struggle to see why you need 1TB (Other than content consumption)
Now that iPadOS lets you plug in SSD drives and other storage to the USB-C that can go a long ways to providing expansion options. I have a lot of photos and music, but rarely need them all at the same time.
Plus I like having my data backed up in multiple locations already, so everything is on my devices and my NAS.
Yes more options are certainly never bad to have. For the moment I believe you’ll need the internal storage still as the apps aren’t written to work with external drives in mind. But that may change one day!
Probably as straight forward as adding the storage selector to an app, so that should be something people can add quickly. And would be a way to determine which app developers are updating their apps to support iPadOS.
This is pretty much spot on. OP may not need 256 in full, but 64 will make you think about storage and how much you're using.
Really depends on individual usage.
In our household, I'm the only one with massive storage requirements. The rest primarily use their iPads for web-based stuff and light games (Sudoku, etc) and for them, even 32GB is more than sufficient.
A few photos, some Netflix downloads, any music stored locally and that 32GB (26GB realistically) is gone in an instant. If you plan for longevity, always go bigger. The iPad Pro will be my daily driver for at least another 3 to 4 years. And in that time, my needs may change and app sizes will increase. But yes, kids with iPads probably don't need anything other than 64GB.
I agree, it really depends on usage. Although I do think 32GB is a bit small. According to my iPad, System took up 8GB of space. I had a 64GB iPad 1 which I upgraded to 128GB iPad 5 then 128GB iPad 6 when I entered college (needed the Pencil).
When possible, I try to upgrade to the highest amount of space I can afford. I normally buy only WiFi since in Europe, SIM data is expensive (except for data usage for chat apps like WhatsApp etc which they bundle for free), so I tend not to use cloud storage as a means to store data on the move. When I use iCloud and I need the files in my iPad I will download the data to the local drive and keep them.
I need a large iPad storage, even though I don't keep any movies, songs (I have the songs in my iPhone) or games (I only have Plants vs Zombies 2 in my iPad). I also have less than 15 apps in my iPad (excluding the default ones bundled by the OS). The reason I need this large storage is due to the massive amount of books (textbooks, journals, references, atlases, magazine articles) that I carry with me. Some of my textbooks are 1GB in size each. I sometimes keep two copies of my textbooks (one in iBooks, pristine copy, another in GoodNotes for me to mark and scribble on). And those are just for schools.
I don't really like to buy a device that's too small, because I may not know whether I might want to do more things in the future. For example, I used to draw icons before I entered college, now if Adobe is going to support Illustrator on the iPad (if it's as powerful as the desktop version, with proper grids and bezier curve pen tool) I might just go back to drawing icons again in my spare time.