Kind of hard to argue that giving everyone getting bigger storage capacity isn’t less wasteful imho. You would be more future proofed and less devices would need to be upgraded. Not saying it makes business sense when you milk people for more money on pricing tiers through the roof (+$350aud for the 512gb iPhone over the 256GB for example) but yeah if your talking pure wastage..
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After 1TB iPhone 13 Pro, Rumor Says iPhone 14 to Feature Up to 2TB Of Storage
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Fine. But Pros should start at 256GB. Requiring 256GB for 4k30 Pro Res and selling a 128GB model is not a Pro move, but a dick move.
So, I would like to know… increasing storage for higher quality video makes sense, but I do believe the iPhone will become portless someday not too far down the road.
how are these wireless transfer rates going to work with a phone that has 2tb of storage? Yikes. Unless Apple has a solution for that.
how are these wireless transfer rates going to work with a phone that has 2tb of storage? Yikes. Unless Apple has a solution for that.
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Storage capacity increase!! Good news for those who want more space
I see that, on 6 pages of comments, just one (1) reader has complained about the poor quality of QLC NAND. I honestly see this with concern, because after several years of usage, when the memory starts to wear and needs to be replaced, I doubt Apple will replace you the SSD on the iPhone. The iPhone will just be “slower” forcing the customers to buy a new one.
I suspect the jump to 128GB of base storage this year comes from a change on the NAND, using cheaper and slower NAND (on some tests, this year’s iPhone SSD is actually slower), which could have worse lifespan.
For those of us who don’t upgrade our smartphone every year, or every other year, this is bad news. QLC NAND is worse in every aspect than TLC, which is actually worse than MLC. But it is cheaper, and Apple has more margin to earn money. Good luck using your $1000+ iPhone for more than 5 years.
I suspect the jump to 128GB of base storage this year comes from a change on the NAND, using cheaper and slower NAND (on some tests, this year’s iPhone SSD is actually slower), which could have worse lifespan.
For those of us who don’t upgrade our smartphone every year, or every other year, this is bad news. QLC NAND is worse in every aspect than TLC, which is actually worse than MLC. But it is cheaper, and Apple has more margin to earn money. Good luck using your $1000+ iPhone for more than 5 years.
This is how Apple keeps the promise of “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.”
2TB is not happening next year, iPhone 15 at the earliest, this rumor is wrong and other sources have confirmed it
The average user may well buy 2T iPhone when (1) the price does not scare them and (2) they will be able to sandbox a section of that memory to use as a secondary backup of their MacBook Pros. Sounds stupid, but an early iPod I had allowed transfer of my PowerBook's data to use as storage. Actually worked well.
The biggest changes are driven by lower costs and Tbs will be no different.
The biggest changes are driven by lower costs and Tbs will be no different.
If the Lightning Port will be come USB-C compatible and allow for 10Gbit minimum Transfer Speed - so you can transfer large Files across OR plug a USB3 / USB4 or even Thunderbolt Mobile HardDrive, then 1TB and more make Sense, particularly if somebody want to use the (Video-) Camera a lot...
It’s the icamera. Next year we’ll hear so much about megapixels and pixel binning we’ll be sick of it. 48mp. 8k recording. The a16 bionic chip will be amazing as it effortlessly reduces 48mp to a 12mp size for low light pics.
Those thinking they got the perfect iPhone this year will wet their pants thinking about 48mp pics and 8k recording (videos of course won’t be viewable natively for years on anything apple sells besides the 8k iMac).
I don't think Apple will ever go above 1 TB local storage for the iPhone Pro Max models due to heat issues, unless Apple completely redo the internal cooling for the SoC to something like what Samsung did with the vapor chamber cooling system on the higher-end Galaxy S23 models.