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The got mine! thread
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Pre-ordered my 64GB wifi-only iPad.
At about 8 AM Austin, Texas time, I pre-ordered the following:
32 gb Wi-Fi iPad
Apple case
iPad dock (the plain one w/o the keyboard).
Can hardly wait.
Young Turk
If I were buying an iPad I'd probably get a 64GB wifi. Does anyone else think it's a little ridiculous that they are charging $70 for a keyboard?? Really? The profit margin on that is probably like $65. A lot for a peripheral.
The profit margin on that is probably like $65. A lot for a peripheral.
I wonder if this poll/site may be a little skewed. I seem to remember some market analysis that indicated the cheapest (16gb wifi) and most expensive (64gb 3G) models showed the highest interest. The Fortune/CNN blog that is supposedly extrapolating the number of sales so far (91k in six hours they're saying) shows a higher percentage of 16gb than 32gb wifi.
Maybe Apple enthusiasts/forumgoers are more likely to go for bigger storage.
Ordered mine with 64 GB WiFi/3G + case + Keyboard Dock + extra Charge cord. Can't wait, and Late April seems so far away. . .
Got mine pre-ordered after work. I was on the fence for a while. I decided life is too short. This year is my 35th birthday so let's get spoiled!
Can't wait until April 3rd!
hellll yeah! it's going to be awesome. My problem is reserving one for in store pick up. It won't let me select a store after I selected a state.
HALP!!
HAALP!!
I have a 64gb Wi-Fi on pre-order and a 64gb Wi-Fi + 3G on pre-order.
I just can't decide which order to cancel yet. See, I only get EDGE in the part of Maine that I live in, but, I'm moving to Montreal for four years over the summer. And there's obviously 3G up there. It's just a matter of when a Canadian provider will offer Micro-SIM cards up there.
Ugh, I can't decide what to do. It'd probably be best to just spend the extra $130 and wait a little longer to get the iPad that will work best for me come late Summer and through the year. Or, shoot, I don't know. Haha. I'm terrible at these decisions.
Either way, I'm getting an iPad. Heck yes!
I just can't decide which order to cancel yet. See, I only get EDGE in the part of Maine that I live in, but, I'm moving to Montreal for four years over the summer. And there's obviously 3G up there. It's just a matter of when a Canadian provider will offer Micro-SIM cards up there.
Ugh, I can't decide what to do. It'd probably be best to just spend the extra $130 and wait a little longer to get the iPad that will work best for me come late Summer and through the year. Or, shoot, I don't know. Haha. I'm terrible at these decisions.
Either way, I'm getting an iPad. Heck yes!
It's maybe better to spend an extra $130 if you really want a 3G connection. You should think how you are actually going to use it. Are you bringing your iPad everywhere? Or are you only going to use it at home, work etc. (where you will usually find a WiFi network).
And if you are sitting next to the driver in a car, what will you do faster (assuming you've got an iPhone)? Pick up your iPhone and open a webpage, or get your iPad?
Think about how and where you are going to use it. And if you've got an iPhone, what you will do faster for quickly checking a webpage when you are travelling: get your iPad, or get your iPhone?
Personally I'm going for the wifi only version. I will use it mostly at home, but sometimes I will bring it with me and if I'm somewhere else there's usually some (open) wifi network. If I bring it with me when I'm sitting next to the drive when we're going abroad or something like that, than it's more likely that I will use some apps and watch a movie. If I quickly want to check the internet, I will just pick my iPhone and browse het web.
And than there's another thing. I don't know if this is the case in the USA, but over here in NL I got free wifi hotspots via my iPhone carrier (and it's partner's wifi hotspots) all across the country and even at airports. So if I want to use my iPad and want to go on the internet I can just check if there's a wifi hotspot of my carrier or it's partners and I will use that wifi hotspot.
The onliest moment I can think of where there is no WiFi, is in the car or in rural areas. But than again, you won't find a very good 3G connection - if you find one at all - in rural areas.
So, the WiFi only version saves me $130 already plus the extra subscriptions for the 3G connection. Next to that, I don't really like the black strip which is also visible at the front of the iPad).
Ignoring wifi vs 3G, the current distribution of memory choice in the poll is as follows:
16Gb = 55
32Gb = 75
64Gb = 52
After having read the many iPad threads over the past couple of months, I had the impression that a lot more people expressed interest in the 64Gb model - - though perhaps once the credit card was in hand, the bravado waned...
16Gb = 55
32Gb = 75
64Gb = 52
After having read the many iPad threads over the past couple of months, I had the impression that a lot more people expressed interest in the 64Gb model - - though perhaps once the credit card was in hand, the bravado waned...
I was bored so I made some charts with the info from the poll in this topic.
Maybe I'm also going to make three of these charts from the poll on engadget.
EDIT:
This topic's poll results
Maybe I'm also going to make three of these charts from the poll on engadget.
EDIT:
Engadget's poll results
Went with the 32GB iPad Wi-Fi with the iPad Case. Seemed to be a nice balance between price and storage.
Really looking forward to having it when I do some traveling for work at the end of April. Plan on loading it up with books.
Really looking forward to having it when I do some traveling for work at the end of April. Plan on loading it up with books.
You make a lot of good points. When I'm moving around the city, I'll definitely just have a cell phone with me most of the time, as I can't really bring my iPad everywhere without a bag. However, when I'm in school, I'll be able to have my iPad with me, however, I'll have Wi-Fi on the campus.
So yeah, thank you, because I'm pretty sure you just saved me $130 and then some.
And of course, if I do decide when I get up there that I miss 3G, I can just get the next revision (if it's a worthy upgrade) as a 3G model.
Thanks again, man, you really put it into a good perspective for me.
You're welcome
And as you say, if you miss 3G you can always decide to get a 3G model the next time. And if you really miss it, then you can always sell your WiFi-only iPad and buy a WiFi+3G one. And, oh, also remember you get more storage for less.
16 GB WiFi only = $499
16 GB WiFi+3G = $629, but the 32 GB WiFi only 'is just' $599.
And you can always think it over, the iPad doesn't launch until April so you still have got enough time...
Went with 32gb wi-fi. Will commit to the full memory wi-fi+3G model after the first or second hardware refreshes, when I anticipate a camera will be added.
I am buying this device with the hope that, much like the iPhone, the OS updates will add a lot of the stuff that was missing from the first iteration. Looking back at my iPhone when it ran OS 1.0 compared to current, it's quite an impressive evolution.
If not, then I sell my iPad and buy a 13" Macbook Pro. It's a calculated risk, I guess. Worst case I end up losing a couple of hundred bucks, not the end of the world.
I am buying this device with the hope that, much like the iPhone, the OS updates will add a lot of the stuff that was missing from the first iteration. Looking back at my iPhone when it ran OS 1.0 compared to current, it's quite an impressive evolution.
If not, then I sell my iPad and buy a 13" Macbook Pro. It's a calculated risk, I guess. Worst case I end up losing a couple of hundred bucks, not the end of the world.
Reserved my 16/WiFi iPad early Friday. I'll be in line at the Apple store on the 3rd. *anxious like a mofo*