16, 32, or 64 GB

[lawhawk]

Hello. This is my first post.

I am going to buy an iPad 2. I'm a Windows/Android guy so I have never owned an iOS device. I'm wondering whether I need to get the 32 or 64 GB model. I read the lifehacker piece on living with "minimal storage space" and I don't see why I would need to get one of the bigger ones.

I do not plan to use the iPad 2 for music at all. I do not plan to save any videos - any videos I watch will probably be browser-based and won't require storage. I don't plan to save any podcasts or audio books. I will probably use it for photos, but more as a photo album with our best 100 pictures as opposed to the thousands I have saved on my laptop.

For those of you that have an iPad - were you happy with the amount of storage you got? Is there something I'm not expecting that will chew up a bunch of my storage?

 

[freebirdforever]

Hello. This is my first post.

I am going to buy an iPad 2. I'm a Windows/Android guy so I have never owned an iOS device. I'm wondering whether I need to get the 32 or 64 GB model. I read the lifehacker piece on living with "minimal storage space" and I don't see why I would need to get one of the bigger ones.

I do not plan to use the iPad 2 for music at all. I do not plan to save any videos - any videos I watch will probably be browser-based and won't require storage. I don't plan to save any podcasts or audio books. I will probably use it for photos, but more as a photo album with our best 100 pictures as opposed to the thousands I have saved on my laptop.

For those of you that have an iPad - were you happy with the amount of storage you got? Is there something I'm not expecting that will chew up a bunch of my storage?

I personally think 32 is just right for most people. It allows the user to have whatever they want on their ipad, plus a little extra. There's nothing really to" chew up" storage per say other than apps, videos, podcasts, and songs. It all really boils down to personal preference.

 

[DaveSt]

Hello. This is my first post.

I am going to buy an iPad 2. I'm a Windows/Android guy so I have never owned an iOS device. I'm wondering whether I need to get the 32 or 64 GB model. I read the lifehacker piece on living with "minimal storage space" and I don't see why I would need to get one of the bigger ones.

I do not plan to use the iPad 2 for music at all. I do not plan to save any videos - any videos I watch will probably be browser-based and won't require storage. I don't plan to save any podcasts or audio books. I will probably use it for photos, but more as a photo album with our best 100 pictures as opposed to the thousands I have saved on my laptop.

For those of you that have an iPad - were you happy with the amount of storage you got? Is there something I'm not expecting that will chew up a bunch of my storage?

If you aren't keeping music or videos on the device then the 16GB model is more than enough. I use mine in much the same way. I have quite a few apps installed, a few photo albums, numerous ebooks and a full Cydia install. Last time I checked I was using a little less than 4GB of my storage memory. That still leaves me with a little under 75% free storage.

 

[Demandarin]

Yeah, u would do well with 16gb please its the lowest costing one. I have the 32gb wifi version with 192 apps n games. Heavy duty games takes a chunk outta memory. But if u streaming movies or music, no need for large storage. I got the 32gb because i figured id be doing alot of stuff with my ipad. Glad i did cuz i have 6.6 gb of memory left..lmao

 

[lawhawk]

Thanks for the help!