iOS 6.1 Beta 5 Code Hints at Upcoming 128 GB Devices

[AppleGuesser]

Originally Posted by sinsin07

+1
Thank you

People who can't fill up a 16gb or 32gb device don't need a smartphone, a feature phone would suit them just fine.

Really now? I seem to need a smartphone. I blog for my website I work for, I bank on my iPhone, I skype to do interviews, and I use my iPhone as a planner. I have a 16 gb iPhone, use several cloud storage apps including Amazon Cloud Player and don't fill up my iPhone.

Tell me again why I should sell my iPhone for a pantech keyboard phone? Please

[sinsin07]

Originally Posted by Ryth

snip...The 'Average' user is someone who is not going to need 128GB...that's a rare rare case. As we start moving into higher size apps and movies, then yes, there will be a nature move to higher sizes...just like any media does.

Thanks for defining what you think the "average" user needs.

Originally Posted by Ryth

snip... but I haven't heard one person I know that has an iPhone or iPad that needs 128 or complained that their 32 or 64GB wasn't enough.

What you haven'g heard could probably fill a library.

Maybe you should "know" more than one person LOL

Originally Posted by Ryth

snip... not the norm.

You are defining "norm" within your on scope, which is fine, however mileage will vary on the term "norm".

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Originally Posted by AppleGuesser

Really now? I seem to need a smartphone. I blog for my website I work for, I bank on my iPhone, I skype to do interviews, and I use my iPhone as a planner. I have a 16 gb iPhone, use several cloud storage apps including Amazon Cloud Player and don't fill up my iPhone.

Tell me again why I should sell my iPhone for a pantech keyboard phone? Please :

You answered your own question, highlighted in red. You don't need space, thus an iPhone.

You need features.

[putongnihongo]

I NEED 128 GBs on both my iPad and my iPhone. iPhone wise I have a 150+ gigs of music and even though I can't squeeze all of it into an 128 gb iphone I could get enough for my jukebox fit plus my various reference apps, finance apps, and news apps. I work in the finance market with a focus on Asian markets and not a surprise asian language dictionaries, or at least the good ones, are pretty damn big. I hate having to pick and choose apps day by day because I easily fill up my phone. While my iPhone has my music library, my iPad has my TV and Movie collection besides the thousands of documents of investment reports. I would snap up a 128 gb iPhone 5S and an iPad 5 in a heart beat.

And to all the people that say Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud, AND Cloud. I LOVE the cloud as a backup but I prefer to have everything already on my device.

[mouser45]

How about starting with apple not gouging us 100 bucks to go from 16gb to 32gb? It costs them pennies.

[Bahroo]

Hopefully 32 gb is going to be the starting model for future iPhones.. That would actually be fantastic if Apple did that

[Technarchy]

Originally Posted by 1Alec1

What if you have very little music? The other stuff doesn't take up much space, but you can't use it well on a dumb phone.

Since signing up for Spotify my storage needs have shrank dramatically. Music and video are typically the most memory hungry things on phones.

I dont many are walking around with 16gb of email and pdf's.

[AFDoc]

Originally Posted by Ecofriend

I've never seen the need for 128 gb. I have a 32 gb iPhone 5 and I still haven't used all the space, despite an hd movie, 400 songs, 1000+ pictures and a ton of apps. 128 seems like overkill, especially with iTunes in the cloud.

I agree with what you're saying but that in no way excuses apple from not having a higher gb device if it was technologically possible for them to do so. I wouldn't buy a 128 device unless it was simply to have a higher resale value. Of coure if they do come out with a 128 device the immediate cries for a 256 device will start.

[irDigital0l]

Originally Posted by sinsin07

The why is not important. Having the ability to do it if you want is.

But if you actually manage your device you dont need that much.

[1Alec1]

Originally Posted by vartanarsen

With an 180 GB iOS device, we can effectively start saying goodbye to the classic.....It will always still have a special place in my heart though...RIP iPod Classic

Or also up the Classic storage... to 1TB.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's going to die. It still uses the old Dock Connector, too! They didn't even bother updating it.

[sinsin07]

Originally Posted by 1Alec1

No. My Mac Pro has 4 hard drives in it, totaling about 4.5TB of advertised storage. If I didn't have these hard drives lying around when I got my Mac, I wouldn't have bought them.

Not concerned with what's in your Mac Pro, it's irrealevant to why people on this thread want a 128gb device.

Originally Posted by 1Alec1

A 128GB iPhone is a waste of money, for me.[COLOR="#808080"]

I fixed that for ya.

Originally Posted by 1Alec1

What if you have very little music?

That would be strange.

Originally Posted by 1Alec1

other stuff doesn't take up much space,

Have you looked at some of the previous post of what some users have loaded and the file sizes. queue: "I don't use that other stuff."

Originally Posted by 1Alec1

but you can't use it well on a dumb phone.

Sounds like a personal problem, however the answer is simple. Don't by a large capacity device and let others who are interested in one be.

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Originally Posted by irDigital0l

But if you actually manage your device you dont need that much.

The 128gb point is lost on you.

[1Alec1]

Originally Posted by mouser45

How about starting with apple not gouging us 100 bucks to go from 16gb to 32gb? It costs them pennies.

Sense ^^^
A 32GB MicroSD card alone costs less than that.

[Torrijos]

The 128 GB are for the next AppleTV!

iPhone and iPad are supposed to evolve toward cloud streaming for most content that isn't apps (music, photos...).

A new AppleTV supporting apps and HD (or 4k ^^) would need a lot more space for caching.

[iSee]

Good!

I have no need for a 128GB device, but this implies (I hope) that 32 will be the new entry-level and 64 will be the new mid-level. That would save me some $$$ when I upgrade my old original iPad this year (probably during the Christmas shopping season).

[DesertEagle]

About time. I hope the 32 GB devices will be at the same price point as today's 16 GB.

[fraggot]

That would be my next purchase for sure, I currently have a 64gb 4S and I always find myself debating on what to keep on it.

I do use it for work a lot, I store A LOT of music in both my iPod app and Spotify along with a long long list of podcasts I listen to on my long trek to work.

I tend to store a lot of large files on it at times too.

[iSee]

Originally Posted by sinsin07

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You answered your own question, highlighted in red. You don't need space, thus an iPhone.

You need features.

Weak. So pathetically weak. If that's what you have, why not just admit: "you know what, you're right." At least then you can hold your head up on these forums.

[ZacNicholson]

Originally Posted by sinsin07

+1
Thank you

People who can't fill up a 16gb or 32gb device don't need a smartphone, a feature phone would suit them just fine.

I don't know if you are just that ******* ignorant or just a prick looking for attention. many people have 16gb iPhones that they don't fill it up.

[mrsir2009]

Originally Posted by sinsin07

+1
Thank you

People who can't fill up a 16gb or 32gb device don't need a smartphone, a feature phone would suit them just fine.

That’s the dumbest claim I’ve ever read.

[sinsin07]

Originally Posted by ZacNicholson

I don't know if you are just that ********** ignorant or just a prick looking for attention. many people have 16gb iPhones that don't fill it up.

My my aren't we upset. LOL.

[mrsir2009]

Originally Posted by 1Alec1

Sense ^^^
A 32GB MicroSD card alone costs less than that.

Which is why iPhones don’t have micro SD card slots

[Four oF NINE]

So far, my 64 GB iPhone 4S is only half full, I have over 4000 songs on it now. I don't anticipate needing 128 GB at this point, but if it's added, the 64 GB version would be the midrange instead of the top tier, making it $100 cheaper on the iPhone 5S

I'm for that

[ZacNicholson]

Originally Posted by sinsin07

My my aren't we upset. LOL.

nope not at all. I just think it's funny that you go on here and try and tell people that they're wrong. You must live a sad life. How's your moms basement?

[mrsir2009]

Originally Posted by irDigital0l

But if you actually manage your device you dont need that much.

But constantly swapping stuff on and off your device is a pain. Plus it’s nice to always have it all there.

[Nungster]

Originally Posted by Ecofriend

I've never seen the need for 128 gb. I have a 32 gb iPhone 5 and I still haven't used all the space, despite an hd movie, 400 songs, 1000+ pictures and a ton of apps. 128 seems like overkill, especially with iTunes in the cloud.

I agree. All 128Gb is for lazy disorganized people, who don't archive their s41t. Seriously, organize and clean up your stuff and 32 or 64 is by far enough. But heh, flash is cheap, unless it's Apple flash.

[dukebound85]

Originally Posted by jayhawk11

I still can't believe they haven't bumped the base storage capacities since 2009. When the 64GB option was added, it was added as a new top tier, not a storage bump to existing models.

and watch the 128 be yet another tier with no base increase