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Apple's Base 128GB iPhone Storage Tier Needs to Go
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I think you misunderstood most of us here. 256GB today cost as much as 128gb last year. So they could sell the 256GB for the same price as last years 128GB and lower the price of the 128GB option by $100 (the same amount Apple charges you for more storage)
True, but when that first 128 GB iPhone was introduced in 2014 most people were still frequently using their local storage for most things.
Spotify was still relatively new, Apple Music hadn’t launched yet… iTunes downloads we’re still relatively normal and PC sinking had only been supplemented with iCloud backups three years previously.
Not to mention, HD movie and TV shows outside of Netflix were still pretty much download only.
The landscape today is completely different, most people don’t store anything locally.
Even if they aren’t an iCloud customer and don’t pay for any storage, most music is still streamed today, most video is still streamed today, the needs for massive amounts of local storage have gone down and down for a lot of people.
Samsung usually has the better storage value compared to Apple and even they have pretty much decided that 128 GB is fine enough for most people, the S25 defaults to 128 GB.
No, it had 4GB
Apple iphone 1st generation- 4GB - Black - A1203 (GSM) Collectable!. | eBay
iPhone in excellent condition, there is a bit of a problem with the battery (runs out quickly) sold because it is not used
www.ebay.com
Source for that?
This argument is BS. The post I replied to claimed that because the camera has 48 megapixels one needs more storage (than 128GB) which is nonsense. Photos get compressed to about 1-1,5MB) so one can store thousands even on a 128GB phones … but this whole thread is just the usual crowd whining …
No, it had 4GB
Apple iphone 1st generation- 4GB - Black - A1203 (GSM) Collectable!. | eBay
iPhone in excellent condition, there is a bit of a problem with the battery (runs out quickly) sold because it is not usedwww.ebay.com
There were 4GB & 8GB models
Yea, and the display costs the same, th/e modem and and and … no price increase for any component whatsoever…
Nonsense argument …
The same technology is cheaper this year than it was last year. As Apple is known for not using the latest and greatest in technology, it’s cheaper. Samsung S25 is using a newer chipset from Qualcomm than Apple is using in their iPhones for 5G etc. Samsung is using a better OLED screen with higher pixel density and more brightness (2600 nits) than the iPhone (2000 nits) too.
I just heard you can buy iPhones with more storage if you need more storage. Thought I would pass that along. You're welcome in advance.
Lucky for you you can’t install iOS 18.x 😜
I got your point about the origin. I was simply questioning whether the quote was actually ever said by anybody. I thought it was just a myth or urban legend.
I remember when the 4 was coming out and 8gb was the base. I complained here and said it should be more and just got ripped in the comments. 8gb is plenty, use icloud storage, buy a model with more storage, blah blah blah. The phone should be usable without having to buy extra storage and 8gb, it just wasn't. Boy how times change.
Well I don’t mean to be harsh but people have a choice in what storage capacity they choose.
Jeez, I remember how long we were stuck on 16GB base. iPhone 3GS, 4,4S, 5, 5S, 6, even the iPhone 6S...
People are a bit spoilt these days.
People are a bit spoilt these days.
Yup, that same bottle of milk is cheaper this year than it was last year…
This was about storage not RAM. Yes, storage was a lot more expensive back then but Apple pricing today reflects a much lower price. In USD, the cost to add storage (e.g., go from 4GB to 8GB) on the original iPhone was $25 per GB. The cost to add storage (e.g., go from 128GB to 256GB) on an iPhone 16 today is just 78 cents per GB. That’s quite significantly lower. If Apple charged the same amount per GB today that they did in 2007, it would cost $3,200 to go from 128GB to 256GB instead of just $100.
However, my point was simply that the iPhone $100 per storage tier pricing structure was introduced and maintained under Steve Jobs.
I think about the closest thing Apple did recently was in 2021 with the iPhone 13. The 64GB option was eliminated and the 128GB price was the same as what the 64GB price had been with the iPhone 12.
Wow -- that's quite a flipped narrative, I have to admit
Apple being super cheap, stingy and wildly overcharging for upgrades ...
...and folks being vocal and unhappy about it means they are "spoilt"?
Wow.. Just wow
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That's basically Stockholm Syndrome thinking if being honest
There is a simple solution don’t buy the product
I was waiting for this one
This always gets trotted out, eventually, if being critical of Apple
I'm surprised it took until page 8 actually
Wait, what? I can delete attachments, photos, in a text message and still keep the message. There is a whole area where attachments and photos etc, for each person you have a text string with are all separated from the actual text. You can go in and delete individual ones or bulk delete, keeping all the actual texts. I do it often.