iPad Pro is 64 enough

[rui no onna]

But yes, kids with iPads probably don't need anything other than 64GB.

Lol, it's actually seniors that are on 32GB. They only use the iPad for Facebook, FaceTime, web browsing, online banking and minor Excel and Word. Photo viewing as well but iCloud Photo storage works for them.
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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.

Oh, yes, I definitely understand. Personally, 64GB hasn't been enough for me since 2012. On iPad 3, I couldn't even update my apps due to not enough storage and that was max available at the time.

Right now, I have two primary iPads. A 256GB 9.7" that's pretty much 80% Japanese manga and a 512GB 12.9" that's 60% US comics. If I only had one iPad, 256GB wouldn't be enough. My next purchase is 1TB when that becomes more affordable.

Mind, the more storage you have available, the higher "System" tends to use (likely for temp/cache).

 

[Torty]

from My 64GB Air 2 ca. 30 GB used after over 4 years of usage. So for me it’s fine but I got today the Air 3 with 256 GB, because It should hopefully serve me again for at least 4 more years ☺️

 

[stylinexpat]

Mine is a 256GB model which I find perfect. The more you fill it the slower it will get. Less room for files to move around. When the freeway is crowded you can not go as fast or move around as fast. I wish the 512 GB model came with 6GB of RAM as I did not feel like spending laptop money on an iPad to get 6GB of RAM. To me 64GB is way too little. Figure 13-20 for OS with updates over time.

 

[Alvi]

I’ve got the 64GB 2nd Gen 12.9” Pro and I’m really happy with it. Usually I get higher storage models of devices like this (I have a 256GB phone and all my previous iPads had more storage) but I realized that this device doesn’t need much offline storage.
My 256GB iPhone is full of pictures and music but my iPad doesn’t have to, I can always listen to music from my phone if I’m on a plane and I usually have 10-15GB free on my iPad to store Netflix shows offline when I’m on a plane.

 

[Torty]

from My 64GB Air 2 ca. 30 GB used after over 4 years of usage. So for me it’s fine but I got today the Air 3 with 256 GB, because It should hopefully serve me again for at least 4 more years ☺️

Update after 4 Years: iPad Air 2 not usable since Years because storage is full. iPad Air 3: 160gb free.
IPad Air 3 didnt give me a very good experience because of the white spot. Got it once replaced but the replacement developed one too.
Battery is still ok.

 

[Yuuuki]

Update after 4 Years: iPad Air 2 not usable since Years because storage is full. iPad Air 3: 160gb free.
IPad Air 3 didnt give me a very good experience because of the white spot. Got it once replaced but the replacement developed one too.
Battery is still ok.

Thanks but this only makes sense if you explain why you run out of storage and for what you use your iPad the most.

 

[Torty]

Thanks but this only makes sense if you explain why you run out of storage and for what you use your iPad the most.

„Battery“ tells me: Safari, Telegram (storage usage set to minimum), Twitter, iMessage. I think iMessage is taking a lot because I am too lazy to delete photos And it’s not possible to delete all attachments only. Don’t have time to mark thousands and thousands of photos to be deleted. There is no „mark all“ or „delete all attachments“ button.

 

[Isengardtom]

64 gb is definitely on the low end in 2023.

For me Apple needs to move the Air to 128 GB to remain compelling. For the iPad 10 / base iPad I think it’s less of an issue.

 

[Yuuuki]

„Battery“ tells me: Safari, Telegram (storage usage set to minimum), Twitter, iMessage. I think iMessage is taking a lot because I am too lazy to delete photos And it’s not possible to delete all attachments only. Don’t have time to mark thousands and thousands of photos to be deleted. There is no „mark all“ or „delete all attachments“ button.

I see. Thanks for explaining.