I dislike the limitations of apple products and gave away both a macbook and an iphone in the past. But i love my ipad. It has made my toilet time so much more productive. The one thing that makes it shine compared to the phone is the web: With the ipad you can actually surf the web in normal size while in bed or walking around. I don't expect to write code on the tablet. I barely use any other app than safari, but that's enough to justify my purchase.