Thread: Is Apple betting the farm on the new iPad (iPad3 or iPadHD or ?)?
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Old 03-07-2012, 11:14 PM   #86
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Originally Posted by tomsem View Post
I would point out that while iPadNew matches the price points of its predecessor, the 16GB models will likely have inadequate storage to meet the requirements of most people.

That is because apps designed for it will be larger (bitmap resources are 4x larger), 1080p video is roughly 2x bigger than 720p, 5MP pictures are 5x bigger than 1MP pictures, etc. Not to mention that media-laden .ibook's can be 1-2GB each (maybe even more when updated to target iPadNew).

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And that's why Android has SD card support for movies, it also works okay for apps, but the whole app doesn't go onto the SD card.
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