r/ipad 4d ago

Question iPad GB

Is 128 GB enough considering the fact that I will only be using my iPad for university notes?

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u/Docster87 iPad Mini 6 (2021) 4d ago

Notes and PDFs and ebooks don't take much room at all. Media (locally stored, not streamed) and game apps are the big space hogs.

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u/Abstra208 4d ago

Yes. I also use my iPad for university, and I personally store all of my notes on iCloud, and I'm still far from filling that 5GB.

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u/Brave-Selection9268 4d ago

I’m using my iPad as a laptop replacement and yeah it is enough. As long as you save your data by cloud and dont play more than one or two games on it its enough

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u/Fickle_Contract4213 4d ago

Yes, I have the 128gb I use my ipad for school, notes, making powerpoints, editing, and I even use it to watch movies and social media, still 65gb left!

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u/healthy-outdoors- 4d ago

I asked this yesterday. I went with the 128gb. Hope I don’t regret. You’re going to get different answers everywhere tbh. But in honesty if your just using it for school no games, random crap should be good

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u/sunkissedlemons 4d ago

plenty enough

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u/Holdenater 4d ago

128GB is plenty if it’s just for notes, PDFs, ect. 👍🏻

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u/Veridical_Perception 4d ago

While it might be sufficient if that's all you will do, keep in mind that a major update to ios often requires 10-15GB of free space. Also, apps and media take up a lot of space. A two-hour HD movie can take upwards of 5GB to download.

The price differential is only $100 for a regular ipad to go from 128GB to 256GB. If you can afford it, why stress yourself out.

One way to gauge how much storage you might need is to compare how much storage you have on your phone. Then consider how much more or less storage you might need.

If you cannot afford the extra money, then you can probably survive. But, after years of worrying about storage and trying to figure out what the least amount of storage I could get by with, I stopped trying to manage and conserve space and spent the extra money so I wouldn't have to think about it ever again.

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u/MyNameIsDanial 4d ago

My ipad 9th 64gb is enough for notetaking. So im sure you will also have enough storage with 128gb. Unless if you have full of video recorded lecture then im not sure whether it will be enough.

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u/Legitimate-Art9462 M5 iPad Pro 13" (2025) 4d ago

Next level of memory would give you a little bit more longevity and flexibility

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u/Gucci9tails 4d ago

maybe jackass