assuming you get the wifi only version (and hey the LTE version depending on where you live isn't really an upgrade either), the only thing that appears to have changed is the screen resolution. Sure it has a bigger battery and a "quad core" GPU, but the CPU hasn't changed and lets face it the new GPU is needed to support the screen resolution increase (won't make anything faster than before, just look better) and the bigger battery is to offset the increased performance of the GPU (battery life is the same). So its all smoke and mirrors, its the same as the IPad 2 wifi except with better resolution, that is all that changed, am I wrong? oh yeah and it finally has a 5MP camera (not sure why they didn't just put the iphone 4S 8MP camera in there...).
I am not trying to be a troll or anything, in fact I am looking to buy an ipad, just trying to justify it! Especially because I don't see any version other than 64GB being worth it, why buy an ipad unless you put most of your photos, all of your music, and a few movies on it. My photos and music alone can take up 15-20GB (depending how many photos I upload). with apps the 32GB becomes the minimum, now the problem is with the new resolution and movies! can't store 1080p movies on it, you would be able to fit 1-2 movies and thats it. Really wish they offered a SD card slot or Micro SD slot but then they couldn't charge $100 extra per storage upgrade that costs them $20 or less... I mean seriously $100 to go from 16GB to 32GB? You can get a nice 80GB SSD for $100. Now if they charged $100 to go from 16GB to 64GB and another $100 to go from 64GB to 128GB, then it would be worth it... I really don't understand how they could make this such a high resolution display and not offer a 128GB version, even if you only put movies in 720p on it, those will command at least 10GB per movie...
okay done with the rant, but just wanted to make sure I am not missing anything with the NEW Ipad, its just a screen upgrade, right?
I am not trying to be a troll or anything, in fact I am looking to buy an ipad, just trying to justify it! Especially because I don't see any version other than 64GB being worth it, why buy an ipad unless you put most of your photos, all of your music, and a few movies on it. My photos and music alone can take up 15-20GB (depending how many photos I upload). with apps the 32GB becomes the minimum, now the problem is with the new resolution and movies! can't store 1080p movies on it, you would be able to fit 1-2 movies and thats it. Really wish they offered a SD card slot or Micro SD slot but then they couldn't charge $100 extra per storage upgrade that costs them $20 or less... I mean seriously $100 to go from 16GB to 32GB? You can get a nice 80GB SSD for $100. Now if they charged $100 to go from 16GB to 64GB and another $100 to go from 64GB to 128GB, then it would be worth it... I really don't understand how they could make this such a high resolution display and not offer a 128GB version, even if you only put movies in 720p on it, those will command at least 10GB per movie...
okay done with the rant, but just wanted to make sure I am not missing anything with the NEW Ipad, its just a screen upgrade, right?