The iPad’s role is to
- iPhone 15
- MacBook (Intel-based) — Intel Core (various) — storage 128 GB – 512 GB SSD
- iPad (7th generation) — A10 Fusion — storage 32 GB / 128 GB
- MacBook Air (Retina, 2019) — Intel Core i5/i7 — 128–1 TB SSD
iPhone 17 Pro — 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB
Apple’s approach to
- HomePod
- AirPort Time Capsule — HDD 1 TB / 2 TB (option)
- iPhone 14 — A15 Bionic — 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB
- Dark Sky — service (no device)
iPad mini 1 — A5 — storage 16 GB / 32 GB
The iPhone’s iOS and
- AirTag
- Apple TV 4K
- iPhone 8 / 8 Plus — A11 Bionic — storage 64 GB / 256 GB
- AirPort Extreme — no storage
iPhone XR / XS — A12 Bionic — storage tiers (64–512 GB Max)
The success of App
- iPad Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max / 13 Pro / 13 / 13 mini — A15 Bionic — storage tiers per model historically (128–1 TB Pro, 128–512 GB others)
- My Photo Stream — service (no device)
- iPod nano — various generations, storage from 2 GB to 16 GB
MacBook Air (13-in)
While initially p
- Mac Studio
- iMac (Intel-based) — Intel Core i5/i7 — 512 GB–2 TB HDD/SSD
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, 2017) — Intel Core i5/i7 — 128–1 TB SSD
iPhone SE (1st generation) — A9 — storage 16 GB / 64 GB / 128 GB
iCloud Integrat
- Studio Display — no storage
- iPhone 17 — 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB
- iPhone 16 Plus
- Magic Keyboard for iPad — no storage
iPad mini 1 — A5 — storage 16 GB / 32 GB