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What are the chances of 64GB or 128GB iPhone part of the refresh?
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I think there is a very good chance of seeing a 64GB iPhone however 128GB is pushing our luck a bit to far and to be honest and don't know how many people could fill 128GB?! I only just fill 16GB!!
64GB I think there's a good chance, as for 128GB I doubt it. I think the iPad will get that before the iPhone.
The Californian
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With the move to iCloud - I don't really see it coming.
With the move to iCloud - I don't really see it coming.
I sure hope so. It would allow me to ditch my 32g iPod. I've got ~36g of music alone which I obviously have to trim down to fit on my ipod now (regretted not getting a 64 almost as soon as it arrived), so with apps, pictures, etc. There is 0 chance of fitting all I want on a 32 phone. If they don't I'll be stuck with a 16 phone and my 32 ipod 🙁
Jimmy James
macrumors 603
It's unlikely that storage will quadruple.
I'm hopeful for 64 gigs, though. Not everyone rips/obtains their music at 128 kbps.
I'm hopeful for 64 gigs, though. Not everyone rips/obtains their music at 128 kbps.
Mliii
macrumors 65816
I think that's the real answer. Apple can make the persuasive argument that there isn't the need for on-phone memory for music because of the cloud.
That not true because the music won't be streamed from the iCloud it has to be stored on the phone downloaded from iCloud
Yeah exactly so a higher capacity iPhone would still make sense. I think a 64GB iPhone will come this year, or at least I am hoping it does.
deadlystriker
macrumors regular
I'm really hoping for a 64gb iphone, but that would go into ipod touch and ipad territory. Along with the introduction of iCloud, it seems even more unlikely.🙁
ECUpirate44
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Jimmy James
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WiiDSmoker
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Who needs gigabit ethernet? Who needs 512 KB RAM? Who need 1024x768 resolution? Stop using this as an argument.
benhollberg
macrumors 68020
Your right, oh wait. Anyone that actually wants to use their iPhone for more than a phone.
onthecouchagain
macrumors 604
In general, is 16 GB not enough? I'm wondering if the extra $100 dollars to double storage is worth it?
ucfgrad93
macrumors Core
I agree, however, I'm not ready to completely rule out a 64GB version but I think it is a longshot.
benhollberg said:
So I guess all of the current iPhone users are just using it as a phone since none have 128GB of storage.
onthecouchagain said:
For me it is. However, I don't need to have every last song I own, 20 movies, and 500 apps with me all the time. Others may have different needs.
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I have 40GB of music. I have 10GB of photos. I've just filled up almost 64GB right there. I also have about 6GB of apps that I have on my iPhone, and that's not with ALL of the bigger ones that I own. That doesn't even get me started with videos, which I store on an external 1.5TB hard disk.
With the advent of AirPlay, it makes carrying around such things very useful. Theoretically, you visit a friend and can watch one of your movies or TV shows streamed from your iPhone or iPad. So I could fill up 128GB very easily.
As far as chances of a 64GB iPhone, I would put them pretty high. There was no storage bump last year, probably because of the added expense of the improved display, so I'm guessing it's time. I have a 64GB iPad 2, and I can easily fill that sucker up. I'm easily running out of room on my 32GB iPhone 4 even with my songs at 128k. I have only a few photos on there.
My hope is the 2012 iPhone will be compatible with both Verizon and AT&T with 4G and, dare I hope, 128GB. My AT&T contract runs out by then, but I would hate to not be able to pass that down to my parents or another relative once I'm done with it.
Azzin
macrumors 603
Me. I wouldn't mind having all my music on my phone but I do like to have a device that would store my whole library.
And with going to the cloud, I don't really see a 64GB phone coming. With the new music app can't you delete songs right off your phone?
What do playlists have to do with anything? You realize they still need to have the songs on the phone right?
