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How much free space do you keep?

  • 0 - (packed to the rafters)

    Votes: 12 12.8%
  • 1 - 4 GB (a little bit of breathing room)

    Votes: 37 39.4%
  • 4 - 6 GB (just to be safe)

    Votes: 18 19.1%
  • 6 - more GB (I don't have anything else to put on my iPhone)

    Votes: 27 28.7%

  • Total voters
    94

ericg301

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Jun 15, 2010
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Just wondering how much free space everyone leaves on the iPhones for app downloads and taking photos/videos. I currently have about 4GB free, and I'm wondering if I should take off some music to free up some more space. I'd hate to be out somewhere and not have enough room to shoot a video.

Thoughts?
 

RafaelT

macrumors 65816
Jun 9, 2010
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NM
I have 1.13 GB free and I have everything I want on there, perfect for now but I will have to go with 32 GB with the iPhone 5
 

nburwell

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May 6, 2008
5,436
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Ideally, I like to keep between 4-6GB of free space available on my iPhone. However, I currently have 20GB free. Although I am in the process of putting the majority of my music collection on my iPhone since it's the only "iPod" I own.
 

TheOriginalKi

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Jan 2, 2011
336
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Belfast
I have a 16GB iPhone 4 and currently have ~6GB free however this will probably shrink by at least a few GB over the next couple of months as I add more music to Spotify and sync it offline. I have ~2GB used on 2 TV shows that I got free over Xmas/New year and as I don't watch shows on my phone I could clear these off if I need the space. ~6GB is used for apps (some of the larger being the 5 games I have which I can clear off as I complete them). 16GB is workable for me but next time round I may opt for 32GB+ so that I don't have to worry about space.
 
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ericg301

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Jun 15, 2010
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Right now i have my entire music collection on my Iphone - about 20GB. But since I spend most of the day at my desk, online, I can see how these new cloud music services would make it easier to keep less music on the phone.
 

TheOriginalKi

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Jan 2, 2011
336
2
Belfast
Right now i have my entire music collection on my Iphone - about 20GB. But since I spend most of the day at my desk, online, I can see how these new cloud music services would make it easier to keep less music on the phone.

That's what I love about Spotify - I can Sync (offline) up to 3,333 tracks on to my iPhone and stream an unlimited amount after that. If I sync my full allocation of 3,333 tracks on to my iPhone that will take up to ~16GB (That's why I wouldn't mind a 32GB+ next time round) and I could still listen to other music if I felt the need, by streaming if in a good network area.
 

err404

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Mar 4, 2007
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I try to keep about 3GB free at all times. This is enough space to update the largest apps on my phone (TomTom/Infinity Blade/Puzzle Quest II…)
 

ericg301

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Jun 15, 2010
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That's what I love about Spotify - I can Sync (offline) up to 3,333 tracks on to my iPhone and stream an unlimited amount after that. If I sync my full allocation of 3,333 tracks on to my iPhone that will take up to ~16GB (That's why I wouldn't mind a 32GB+ next time round) and I could still listen to other music if I felt the need, by streaming if in a good network area.

Luckily you're in a country that HAS spotify...
 

ericg301

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Jun 15, 2010
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I'll be interested to see how the rumored iCloud service integrates into the existing iPod app. I wonder if the local and cloud-stored songs will live seamlessly together, or if there's a totally separate app for streaming.
 

nwcs

macrumors 68030
Sep 21, 2009
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Need a new option: however much is left. Seriously, I don't manage the space at all. If I fill up then I remove things. Since a lot of it is video the space drops as I watch things (since I sync only new items).
 

wordoflife

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Jul 6, 2009
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14.5/32GB as of righT nowt. Normally it hovers around 7-10Gb free. I might consider going 16gb on my next phone
 

kuebby

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Jan 18, 2007
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1.45GB free out of 32

I keep a couple movies, a season of TV, and 300 albums. That leaves me at least 1GB free, which is the minimum I like to have.
 

Pez555

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Apr 18, 2010
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ive got a 32 and i try to leave 0-1 Gb's free. just incase i have the urge to download any large apps.

I hope a 64Gb comes out next as my music takes up most of my space.
 

Grayburn

macrumors 68020
Jul 12, 2010
2,148
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England
I was down to 600MB/32GB the other day and it wasn't performing very well.I had a tidy up of some images and videos and got rid of some Music as well and am now back up to 1.4GB :)
 

fkhan3

macrumors 6502
Apr 28, 2010
383
0
I have about 13 GB free on a 32 GB one. Got couple of movies and rest is all photos and music
 

GP_1

macrumors regular
Mar 6, 2011
154
0
I have 3GB left on my 16GB iPhone 4. I'll run out at about the time the iPhone 5 comes out & just upgrade to the 32GB.
 

torbjoern

macrumors 65816
Jun 9, 2009
1,204
6
The Black Lodge
0.2 out of 16 (14) GB is available on mine.

My music library would easily fill up my entire iPhone, so I have a rotation system with SmartPlaylists for that. I have 6 GB of audio, 6 GB of video, and the rest are apps and photos.
 

DirtySocks85

macrumors 65816
Mar 12, 2009
1,441
82
Wichita, KS
On a 16GB iPhone 4, I currently have:

0.89 GB Audio
1.89 GB Photos
7.3 GB Apps
0.03 GB Books
1.21 GB Other
2.8 GB Free

Navigon and Infinity Blade take up a decent chunk of that 7.3 GB of apps, and the reason I have so much in the way of photo storage is because I currently have my iPhone set to upload via iPhoto, and then sync everything back. I'm thinking about changing that to something a little more restrictive. It's nice to have my phone as a digital photo wallet, but it's starting to eat a decent chunk of storage.
 

iFiend

macrumors 65816
Feb 28, 2011
1,018
0
More than 6, and it is not because I don't have any more. I have a TON of content I could put on there. I like to run it lean as I think my ip4 runs better that way.
 
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