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What good is 8GB of storage good for on a media consumption device? Even the Kindle Fire HD starts at 16GB for $199 (with ads).


I don't think I've ever had more than that on any of my iPads. I have more on my phone because I like to store music there, but the media I consume on the iPad is streamed.

On a related note, the use of storage as the differentiating price point is also infuriating--it's so cheap (about $1 a GB). Don't get me started on the inflated cost of cellular chipsets, $130 extra for the privilege of paying for mobile data to a specific carrier is a joke.


Unless you are a good lad and do as Google says it's prohibitively small.




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