What physical iOS devices for testing?

Considering the current offering of iPhones and iPads today (sept 30th 2012), what devices should I purchase to do a "reasonable" testing for iOS apps? I mean, should I purchase all iPhones and iPads and test them all, like some Android developers do having dozens of Android devices for testing?
If possible, I'd like to use the iOS simulator for testing, and then test the app on no more than 1 or 2 real physical devices, because I tend to believe iOS doesn't have the same fragmentation of Android, but I ask because I want to know if my plan is reasonable, and how many physical devices would you test at least.

Ok, I didn't know that (because I'm not used to test all machines/OSX combinations for OSX applications, my experience with OSX says a few combinations are enough usually).
It wouldn't seem reasonable for me to buy 3 iPhones and 3 iPads in this moment. I think I'll start with just one device. If I get income from my apps, I'll buy a second one. But all devices I buy should be payed from the apps income, otherwise I wouldn't consider it reasonable.

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