A 8GB iPad Mini seems really small to me

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2 points·samrijver··8 comments

I just looked at one of the iPads laying around with a single screen of apps, no photos, and a couple synced videos from iTunes and its definitely already more than the 8GB. And thats on an iPad that has almost nothing relative to average use. I think 8GB is too small.

Given that the iPod nano has 16GB, and last gen iPod touch starts at 16GB, I can't see Apple introducing an 8GB tablet, and even doubt they'll do a 16GB one (note the new gen touch starts at 32GB).

With the rumors about it being targeted towards reading books, with a focus on iBooks, then that size seems respectable for the low-end.

If you think it's focussed on iBooks, do you expect it to come with a retina display?

For me the retina on the iPad 3 made a world of difference and actually enabled me to read much more of my Kindle books. With the iPad 2 I still crabbed Kindle 3 most of the time, now much less.

8GB model, iOS uses 2.5GB, 6.5GB left? I think your math is broken.

Lol I suck so much. I fixed it. Thank you for pointing this out.

If all you are doing is reading websites, checking email, browsing through Pinterest and reading books then 8GB is more than enough.

Yeah but I don't think that's Apple's goal with this device. I don't see them releasing a 7.xx" tablet because it better but because it can be sold much cheaper. To get the first time buyers and start locking them into the Apple ecosystem. So they can sell them bigger/better/higher margin things later on. At least thats what I thought until I saw the rumored 8GB version.

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