It's completely subjective. There are plenty of opinions in existing threads on all variations of the "Is X enough?" topic if you want random opinions. Whether any capacity is enough for you depends on how you use your phone. Polling others won't help you unless your usage is going to be similar. I have 22GB free on my 64GB 4s. YMMV as with any subjective matter.
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16 GB iPhone users: is it enough?
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If not for iTunes Match then 16gb definitely would not be enough. I like to have access to all my music (50GB). I also have aboiut 10GB of pictures that I sync to my phone. Without that, 16gb would probably be enough (again with using itunes match). I always get a 32gb also, good selling point when you resell it every year to upgrade.
It is never enough. Even iTunes in the cloud, you always need more space.
Games occupy 500 MB or 1 GB, or more.
Pictures and Videos recorded with the iPhone take a lot of space also.
The iPhone starts to work slowly once you reach maximum capacity.
But at the end it is just what you can afford and really need.
Games occupy 500 MB or 1 GB, or more.
Pictures and Videos recorded with the iPhone take a lot of space also.
The iPhone starts to work slowly once you reach maximum capacity.
But at the end it is just what you can afford and really need.
Even with 64 GB I would wish I had more storage, which is why I stick to 16 GB anyway. 16 is enough for my apps and most of my music, and I can access all my video files from my server any time by using iFiles.
Just go with 32GB...dont really have to worry about space.
If your asking/having doubts about 16GB...you should probably go up.
If your asking/having doubts about 16GB...you should probably go up.
When I had iPhone 4 32GB I felt need to fill it out to justify extra price I paid for it. Now I got 16GB and its perfect for my needs. However extra space was not major factor in decision to get 16GB. I was extremely disappointed when I sold my 32GB iPhone 4 few weeks after 4S came out for the same price my wife's 16GB sold one week before 4S release. Both phones were in like new condition and both had boxes and unused accessories.
I've got a 64 gig 4S and that's still not enough space. But when you're cramped for space, there's always a way around it. Use Pandora and Netflix. Only keep music you listen to all the time.
I remember before I jumped on the iPhone bandwagon having an 8 gig Touch. Man, oh man, was that horrible.
I remember before I jumped on the iPhone bandwagon having an 8 gig Touch. Man, oh man, was that horrible.
On the main screen when you select your iPhone in iTunes, on the bottom it says the option "Convert higher bit rate songs to: " and there are a few choices. iTunes should automatically show you how much storage will be impacted on the bottom, color coded bar
As long as someone isn't a complete pack-rat with their music, photos, etc 16gb is more than enough.
I don't think having a 20+ gig music collection is being a packrat, necessarily, and neither does Apple - remember, they sell 250 gb ipods. So for people who no longer carry an ipod but use their phone as both (like me), it seems completely reasonable to want to be able to store as much as possible.
Well I have definitely decided I need more than 16 gigs. Took a closer look at my current 32gb iphone 4, and I've only got 6 free gigs. That's about 15 gigs of music, a few hundred pics, and a few short 720p video, plus the apps. Not too crazy app heavy, a few 100MB apps/games, garageband, but I guess most of it is pics/music. Considering the iphone 4s' 8 megapixels and 1080 will take up even more space, I do think >16gb will make a big difference in the long run in the day to day use of the phone.
Found a local guy selling a "new" black 64gb 4s for $580. Trying to arrange a meet, but if it seems legit I'm going to grab it.
Found a local guy selling a "new" black 64gb 4s for $580. Trying to arrange a meet, but if it seems legit I'm going to grab it.
I can't say for sure. I haven't really noticed any sluggishness when it's full, but maybe I'm just not aware of it. If there is, it's pretty minimal. I generally make sure there's always at least 1GB free either way.
I usually had around 4 GB free on my iPhone 4 16 GB. I had like 1,200 photos, a bunch of podcasts, lots of apps, and a few movies/tv shows. Before I would keep around 60 some CDs on my phone but I switched to iTunes Match. Works well enough for me because I am usually listening to podcasts when listening something from the iPhone.
I'm a big geek and I survive off of 16GB. I regularly delete photos I no longer need and cycle applications and only keep movies on my phone that I've either never seen or consider classics. With all that in mind I have 6.6GB of free space left to sit on.
I store my music in iPod, therefore the 16GB is enough for me. I still have 5GB left, the rest is filled with apps, photos and recordings.
No, it really isn't for me, I had a 64 GB iPod touch before. 16 GB made me think a little and I deleted a lot of music I don't listen to, I know I can select which artists/albums I want to transfer but I needed to free some space on my SSD too. Yesterday I wanted to transfer a film to my iPhone but there wasn't enough space for it