I always snicker when people say "never". I remember asking a girl at Blockbuster Video when they would start carrying DVDs (shortly after they were first released). Her answer was "never - the players are just too expensive, and since we would need to rent out the players as well, we will never carry them." I just laughed and walked out. Of course they started renting DVD's like 6 months later, and within a couple of years, they no longer rented out VHS tapes. For somebody to predict that iPhones will "never" be offered with a 128 GB drive is just as laughable.
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128gb iPhone: When are we likely to see one?
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Though I agree it is unreasonable, particularly at low boosts, it becomes more reasonable as capacity grows. To go from 16 to 32 (+16gb) is $100, but so is 3 to 64 (+32gb), making +48gb $200. Basically, the larger you buy, the lower your cost per gb is.
Just an interesting note, I guess
I think you agree with me that most users won't need more than 50GB on their PC or Mac, right?
So you say that Macbooks with more than 50GBs are impractical?
Even if most people don't need more than 50GB on their Laptop, most of the modern laptops have 500GB built in Storage. Thats because Technology gets cheaper and the production of older technology (smaller storage) stops. Today, no one produces 50GB HDDs anymore. And that will be the same with Flash Chips for Smartphones. Apple doesn't offer 8GB iPhones anymore because the production of 16GB has like the same price today. And why would they use aged storage if not for the cheaper price? It won't need long til the price difference between 16GB and 32GB dissapears. At that point, 32GB WILL replace the 16GB Version as the smallest storage option on the iPhone. 128GB will be cheaper too so nothing changed but the storage size.
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Yeswith their expandable storage options.
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tooOverpriced storage option is pushing the envelope....
What about the chance of a 96 gb phone?
To make 128 you'd need two x 64gb chips, what if they haven't got to 128 chips yet but are in the middle with a 32+64 chip? Does that make sense? Or does it have to double? I've seen 100gb SSDs.
To make 128 you'd need two x 64gb chips, what if they haven't got to 128 chips yet but are in the middle with a 32+64 chip? Does that make sense? Or does it have to double? I've seen 100gb SSDs.
they have space for 1 memory chip. 64gb chips have relatively recently become available so that's why there is a 64gb iphone. They can fit two memory chips in the iPad hence that now having upto a 128gb capacity. There is not much point putting a 64gb chip and a 32gb chip in for the 96gb, they would just go the whole hog for the 128, like they did with the ipad. The iphone however will have to wait for 128gb chips to become available and i feel that will be some years away.
Someone I know has an 8GB iPhone 4 he got through work. I never remember the iPhone 4 being offered in an 8GB capacity; when I bought it, there was 16 and 32GB as you say.
Where did this mythical 8GB iPhone 4 come from? Special offer for businesses?
When the 4S was released, the 4 was offered as the cheaper option and only included 8GB.
This thread is years old...why was it brought back from the dead?!?
It indeed does seem that Apple's plans depend on the carriers and for a company with a reputation for control that seems odd. I keep thinking that Apple must have a dynamite plan or there is some new technology or something.
Why don't you do a tiny bit of research before you post about something you have absolutely no clue about.
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/news-events/press-releases/detail?newsId=12062
Well, it's been exactly three years... Time to bump this old thread again.
Just think, back when the thread was started, people had to deal with a paltry 16 GB iPhone!
Ha! Things were so terrible back then!
No, choose to. There's a difference.
So true.
The brilliance of Apple's sealed phones is the extra profits Apple has enjoyed because of the fat margins the larger capacity iPhones bring in. With memory being a cheap commodity, it enables Apple to enjoy gross profits other companies can't hope to experience.