People keep asking me which new iPad I'm getting, and while I answered in my Editor's Desk column on Friday, not everyone seems to have seen it (shame on you!) and many of those who did also want to know why.
Here's it is: 64GB Black LTE
tl;dr version: Go big or go Kindle.
Longer version:
I'm getting 64GB because apps are getting bigger. Infinity Blade is already over 1GB in size. 1080p movies aren't proportionately bigger than 720p movies thanks to the H.264 profile Apple's using, but they're pretty damn big. I don't want to have to worry about having to worry about the size.
I just want to be able to store stuff. The extra $200 is worth the lower stress level and fewer management headaches.
I'm getting black because I have a white iPad 2 and switching colors every generation helps me tell them apart. And we also desperately need some non-white stuff for iMore.com hero photos!
I'm going LTE because I want to be able to do stuff fast when I'm out and about. I'm in Canada, which means the same LTE model that works on AT&T in the U.S. works on all three major carriers here -- Telus, Bell, and Rogers. Simon Sage says Telus has the best plan right now but I'm waiting to hear about tethering.
So that's it. That'll be my new iPad and that's why.
Here's it is: 64GB Black LTE
tl;dr version: Go big or go Kindle.
Longer version:
I'm getting 64GB because apps are getting bigger. Infinity Blade is already over 1GB in size. 1080p movies aren't proportionately bigger than 720p movies thanks to the H.264 profile Apple's using, but they're pretty damn big. I don't want to have to worry about having to worry about the size.
I just want to be able to store stuff. The extra $200 is worth the lower stress level and fewer management headaches.
I'm getting black because I have a white iPad 2 and switching colors every generation helps me tell them apart. And we also desperately need some non-white stuff for iMore.com hero photos!
I'm going LTE because I want to be able to do stuff fast when I'm out and about. I'm in Canada, which means the same LTE model that works on AT&T in the U.S. works on all three major carriers here -- Telus, Bell, and Rogers. Simon Sage says Telus has the best plan right now but I'm waiting to hear about tethering.
So that's it. That'll be my new iPad and that's why.