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early morning purchase

My iPad was officially pre-ordered mere seconds after the Apple Store came back up at 5:30am this morning. I went with the 16GB WiFi-only model. In case your curious here’s why:

1. I have an iPhone with 3G & GPS, and I plan on having one for the foreseeable future. To me, my pocket device is really where GPS and a constant internet connection are useful. My iPhone is where I want to get notifications, whether texts, calls, or emails. For instant communication anywhere, it’s still the go-to device. That, and the extra months wait, $130 price tag, and $30/month service make the WiFi model a no brainer for me.
2. I’m starting to realize I’ll never have enough storage in a highly portable device to store all of my media. And if I can’t have it all, then having 16GB of it isn’t much more of a compromise than having 32 or 64 gigabytes of it. Apple always charges a seemingly unjustifiable premium for storage in their portable devices as a way of differentiating price-points. It just doesn’t necessitate an upgrade for me.
3. Chances are, this isn’t the iPad I’ll have five years from now — maybe not even two years from now. I can wait it out and let the changes come to me as they trickle into the baseline models of future generations of the iPad.

It was the option that made sense for me, and maybe I’ve helped inform your decision if you’ve been thinking about getting an iPad. Now hurry up April 3rd!