Retail price for 32 GB flash memory is around $40 right now, and 64 GB is a little over $100. I don't see those costs as prohibitive. Are the chips that go into an iPhone more expensive than the ones in thumb drives?
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Any chance of getting 64GB on the next iPhone?
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How much do the ones in the iPhone cost? and how much do the 64GB chips cost? I know the 64GB chips have been around for quite a while now.
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"There wasn't ever much hope ... only a fool's hope." - for the iPhone 4; for the iPhone 5, I think that there is a good possibility.
"There wasn't ever much hope ... only a fool's hope." - for the iPhone 4; for the iPhone 5, I think that there is a good possibility.
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I think we will. No, 64GB is a definite. Look this post up and laugh at me later if this doesn't come true.
I think we will. No, 64GB is a definite. Look this post up and laugh at me later if this doesn't come true.
It does more but it's still sold as a cellphone.
For the time being, but cellphones are more an more becoming "mobile offices" and the expanded memory capacity will be welcomed by those who use their phones to do office work in the field. The small form factor of a cellphone makes it easy to carry as opposed to a laptop, as well as having the built in capability to access the internet on the fly makes the smartphone a device that will always continue to evolve and dominate. The ability to receive, edit, and send files on the go is invaluable to some people, myself included. A 64GB iPhone makes it easier to hold more information. Take for instance this app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autocad-ws/id393149734?mt=8
For someone who works with CAD files, something like this is invaluable for changes on the fly while traveling between the office and a jobsite. Adding files like that will eventually take up some space, not to mention the eventual .pdf's and Word files that go along with it. Then you factor in video and music files and yes, it's easy to go over 32GB. So, a 64GB iPhone would be a welcome addition to the iPhone lineup to me.
It does more but it's still sold as a cellphone.
I see. Good thing I have an iPod Touch. It's exempt from your rule.
Actually there are plenty of people that would love to have 64 gig or more in the ip5. I listen to alot of music, and have pretty much almost my entire music collection on my 160 gig ipod classic. This results in me carrying around my iphone AND ipod on any given day which kind of blows...64 gigs would not allow me to put all my music on there, but I could fit most of it on there which would be great and than i wouldnt need to carry both.
This. Photos alone are the killer for me. I have a 64GB iPod Touch, which is nice, but I'd kinda prefer not to have to drag 2 devices around everywhere. Definitely hoping for a 64GB iPhone this summer.
I would kill for 64GB... I travel a lot and use my iPhone for movies and music. I've most of my music and some movies on it, and all 32GB are full. Very frustrating. I thought 32 would be plenty!
So can a laptop....
I would love a 64gb phone. My music alone (And yes, I do listen to all of it, depending on the day) is around 35gb. The videos I want, the apps I want, the pictures I want would easily put me around 40-45gb.
It's not the fact that you HAVE to have everything with you at all times...it's nice to for those times that you want it. In your argument, Applejuiced, it's not a necessity to have a smartphone. Why not just buy a MP3 player and a dumbphone?
It's the ease of use, and the fact that you can have everything in one place. Your iPod, your video player, your apps, your phone, your email.
So, the 64gb option might not seem like a need for you, it could be for somebody else. Well, not a necessity, but rather a luxury that they want.
To all those arguing against the expansion: really? How in the world does this harm you? If anything, a 64gb model would help you. It would drive the other capacities down. If people want to carry around that much with them why shouldn't the have the option? I personally don't need 64, but I would like to upgrade to 32 from my 16 iPhone 4, and this would probably make it more affordable.
And as far as it not fitting, I personally would welcome a slightly thicker iPhone with open arms. An extra 2mm would:
Make the phone fit better in the hand
Make enough room for more memory and other cool stuff
Allow for a better camera/sensor
etc.
And as far as it not fitting, I personally would welcome a slightly thicker iPhone with open arms. An extra 2mm would:
Make the phone fit better in the hand
Make enough room for more memory and other cool stuff
Allow for a better camera/sensor
etc.
Try this app Audiogalaxy. It's free and streams my 90GBs of music to my iPhone.
Cool, let me now how that works out with battery, tiered data plans, and when you lose internet/cell connection.
Hey obviously its a tradeoff. Carry a 90GB USB drive and your laptop, and an aircard or use that service.
How do people stream Pandora, Sirius XM and many other services with tiered data plans, battery life and carrier connections.
Oh yeah I forgot, they still do it anyway
You dont have to use it if you dont want to
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Maybe YOU can't find a need for it, but others can, and they have every right to want to buy it
Not the same. Ipods have two slots for the storage vs. the iphone which only has one. This is why ipods always have twice as much as the Iphone
Then you've obviously not used iTunes on windows, I try to avoid that crapware by all available means. With my contacts and calendar synching OTA through google exchange the only thing needing iTunes is media, and that is really a pain having to go back to your laptop just to get one album kr something that was missing.
By your argument there would never be need for a large HDD on a desktop or laptop computer either, as any album you might not have on there can quickly be downloaded at any time.
Truth.
Why argue against expansion? Sometimes from looking at MR, I think people would be ok if we still had 4GBs of storage, because that's all they need.
Remember when we thought 8GB of space was a lot?
While it would be nice I still wouldn't be able to carry my entire library, which weighs in at 300GB+ of legit music. I would buy a 64GB over the 32 so I could carry more tunes.
300GB?! What is that... everything on the planet? Or is it all uncompressed flac?
I've got over 4000 songs on my iPhone and that's only 19gig or so and that's around 3-400 cd's worth.