If someone wants more storage they can buy more. But I think 128GB of storage for a base model phone is more than enough. I don’t think they need to up the base storage any time soon.
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Apple's Base 128GB iPhone Storage Tier Needs to Go
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Which is why I'd like the iPhone to support microSD cards, so that we can buy more storage!
And make the phone more fragile and easier to damage with water and dust. I don’t think that’s a good idea. And microSD cards are slow. Not to mention all the space that would waste internally that could go to better use for things like more battery, better speakers, a better camera, etc. I don’t think there’s any reason to have an SD card slot on an iPhone.
They won't be lowering the price.
So it's just defending a higher profit margin for Apple vs giving a more reasonable base spec.
Another silly artificial scandal drummed up to generate more clicks during a slow news cycle… The 128GB base spec storage is more than enough for the vast majority of people. If someone wants more storage, they can just buy more. I’m tired of these artificial clickbait “scandals”…
Correct me if I’m mistaken, but wouldn’t a USB C micro SD card reader work with an iPhone or iPad?
Thank you for this article. Apple needs to the called out on their storage and memory sabotage.
EU should look into setting minimum requirements that update every few years.
EU should look into setting minimum requirements that update every few years.
I think it is possible, but since Apple never included such slot, I don't think they ever will. They want you to use iCloud or pay more for built-in storage.
I think the small pizza I ordered is too small. I want an extra large pizza at a small pizza price. Maybe I should try to get government to force the pizza place to change their small pizza to an extra large pizza?! See the problem with that? This is clearly outside of the scope of proper government authority. And there’s no reason people can’t buy a different storage capacity if they want more. You’re not entitled to top-dollar storage specs at base-level pricing…. 128GB is overkill for a phone, it’s more than enough for the vast majority of people.
nobody is expecting a 1tb version for the same price as the 128gb.
Your argument is the exact same as when Apple shipped a 16gb base storage version of their iPhone.
Just because your usage says you don’t need it doesn’t necessarily mean that others are getting a poor experience if they keep the mobile for 5 years or more.
If people think they’re going to have a “poor experience” with 128GB of storage, they can buy more. That’s why different storage configurations are available. But people aren’t entitled to bigger specs for free. If the vast majority of users aren’t happy with 128GB, then I’m sure Apple would up the base storage when needed. But 128GB clearly seems to be more than enough for the majority of base spec customers. And those edge-case people who need more can buy more.
i said poor experience if you keep the mobile for 5 years or more not straight away.
No the company wouldn’t just up the base capacity because they still sold a iPhone 6s 16gb capacity known fine well it was practically useless years down the line
I suspect it’s along the lines of this if you have a 128gb iPhone & you have about 50 to 60gb storage free then it makes no difference to you whatsoever because your a light user.
And how do you know it will be a “poor experience” in 5 years? Do you have a crystal ball? Maybe, just maybe, it will be a great experience for very many users for 5 years. And a lot of people don’t even hold on to a phone for 5 years. Those concerned about the experience in 5 years can always just buy a higher storage capacity if they’re that worried about it….
I think what’s is getting alluded to here is that based on your usage then this person doesn’t expect you to understand.
I guess you could say these people are light "storage users". But to be clear, they are not necessarily light iPhone users. My brother runs his real estate business on an iPhone SE (64GB) and a base MBA (256GB).
You can gobble up a lot of storage with social media apps and downloaded TikTok videos.
At the end of the day it’s come down to personal usage some people are fine on a 128gb with lots of free storage where as some have nearly got it full so I think it’s a personal opinion. Not just majority of people have 128gb & they are fine argument
Sometimes it just isn’t as easy as that
Sometimes there are factors involved
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I honestly don’t understand this. It feels like the loudest voices in this discussion are once again the so-called power users or YouTubers who shoot “Hollywood”-level video clips on their phones and use 2TB of storage. And when a small group makes enough noise, even the average user starts questioning whether smaller storage options are enough, even if they don’t actually need more space.
I believe that’s why many regular users end up overpaying for a device with more storage just to be “safe.” Personally, I’m an average user, and I have 64GB of storage on my phone, of which I’m using 27GB. In iCloud, I have 200GB, with 87GB currently in use.
To me, physical storage is outdated anyway. A device should just be a terminal, and all data should be in the cloud, where it can be scaled as needed.
I believe that’s why many regular users end up overpaying for a device with more storage just to be “safe.” Personally, I’m an average user, and I have 64GB of storage on my phone, of which I’m using 27GB. In iCloud, I have 200GB, with 87GB currently in use.
To me, physical storage is outdated anyway. A device should just be a terminal, and all data should be in the cloud, where it can be scaled as needed.
Oh, and you supposedly know what my usage is? You have absolutely no idea about my usage. I think 128GB is more than enough native storage for the average user (who typically have lighter needs than those of us here in forms like this). For some people more storage is beneficial, and they can buy accordingly. Or use portable external storage. Or both. Or use cloud storage. There are tons of options for all kinds of use cases. I don’t think the average base spec iPhone user needs gobs of storage…
Exactly, I totally agree with you on this. As with most of these artificial clickbait “scandals”, they aren’t real issues for the average intended audience of the product, but some edge-case content creator who for some reason thinks that the base spec should be custom built for their more demanding use-case. For the record, I am myself a content creator, so I am not saying this is true of all content creators or anything, but there definitely seems to be a subset that seem to somehow not realize that their workflow or use-case surpasses the average user and doesn’t represent the actual needs of the average user.