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Will you be upgrading to the 16gb iPhone?

Are you going to upgrade to 16gb?

  • Hell yes! There's never enough memory!

    Votes: 48 18.9%

  • I think I'll wait and see what the release of the SDK brings.

    Votes: 68 26.8%

  • No way. 8gb is definitely enough for me.

    Votes: 138 54.3%
  • Total voters
    254
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cyberbolt

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Original poster
Just out of interest, if you currently use an iPhone, will you be upgrading?

If so, what are you going to do with your old phone?
 
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My iPhone is hacked so I don't really have the option of upgrading right now. I will be in Asia and hope the development team can do some good things. If they manage to crack the SDK I will upgrade as soon as they are sold in Bangkok. If it looks grim on the hacking front then I would wonder if a service will be offered by third parties to replace the 8 GB module and swap it out for 16. Anybody see why this wouldn't be possible?
 
I voted yes, because I just did! I was within the 14-day return window and decided I wanted to have music AND movies with me during my travels.
 
I voted no. I will let my 8 run it's lifecycle and get a new one at some point with whatever features it has then. A memory bump is not enough reason to.
 
I bought my iPhone on MacWorld day, since there was no announcements of an update then. Unfortunately that was just over the 14-day return policy window. Not that I'm completely sure I would have replaced it anyway. Thankfully the extra space is also an extra $100 (if it was the same price, then I would have REALLY been pissed). And 8gb is enough for me...for now. Of course the SDK might change all that. But either way, I don't mind switching out media all the time -- I do it a lot now anyway.

More room isn't a big enough deal for me. I don't think I'll switch to a new iPhone until there's a version with a much better camera, and perhaps a 2nd camera on the front for videoconferencing. (I assume 3G will also be part of an upgrade -- which is nice, though not as essential for me...)
 
roland.g said:
I voted no. I will let my 8 run it's lifecycle and get a new one at some point with whatever features it has then. A memory bump is not enough reason to.
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Very true. While many of us have the money to do such a change, a memory upgrade is not a good enough reason to swap a perfectly good iPhone. I'll let mine run it's course and/or once 3G comes out I will consider it among my options.(which should be next year I pressume...Apple doesn't want to release a 3G version too soon and piss AT&T after they spent alot on their EDGE network.)

Besides, out of my 8GB I have 2GB free and I have many TV shows, a movie and 700 songs (which is more than enough since you don't listen not even to 1/4 of it anyway).
 
There's no choice for those of us happy with the 4 Gig ones ($299 was a great deal and they have the old boot-loader 😉 )
 
I had just one day left to file the return request. When I saw the new model on TUAW, I didn't even flinch, I checked to see if I could still return mine and then ordered the new one. I was also one of the people that was at first very pissed, but the more I thought about it, its good that Apple isn't letting the model stagnate. I am just happy that I have return mine and get the 16gb one. (Sorry if I seem like I am rubbing it in to people who weren't in the window).
 
nah, i'm good with 8. i have so much crap on there i dont watch any more or listed to.... and i still have room. i'll wait till iP2.
 
gkarris said:
There's no choice for those of us happy with the 4 Gig ones ($299 was a great deal and they have the old boot-loader 😉 )
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Right with you.

I have a 60g video iPod anyway, I have no need for 16 extra gigs on my iPhone.
 
I'm in the 14 day windows, but I think 8GB will be enough for me for a while. I don't need all my music on the phone, that's what the "big" iPod is for. By passing on this upgrade, I wont feel so bad upgrading it in a year or two when there is some real killer new feature.
 
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My question is, once the SDK is out in the wild, and people want to start adding more and more apps, how much room are they going to take up?
 
NOT a big upgrade for me . I have a 5th generation iPod for my music. But 32 gig and 3G, maybe I will.
 
I'm waiting on 32GB and 3G. That's when I'll upgrade. Despite not being able to keep my entire 24GB music library on the iPhone, it's still quite a collection to be able to carry 6GB of my favorite music around.

I usually upgrade every other generation for iPods. Might as well keep that philosophy with the iPhone too.
 
I just replaced my 8 gig with the 16 gig.

My 8 gig was over the 14 day return period (a month, to be exact). I posted it on ebay and sold it for 380 last night, which is more than what I would have gotten had I returned it to apple with the 10% restocking fee.
 
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