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Are you Still inclined to buy the 64GB version considering...
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Even though I stream everything, 'saving' albums and playlists for offline listening is so convenient and I do this a lot. 16gb is way too small to do a lot of that, but 64gb is great. 128gb will be nice to have, but I'm not sure I really need that much so I'll probably stick with 64gb. we'll see.
I have a 64GB 6+ right now and I hav 24GB of photos & videos on it right now but only about 1 GB of music. I have 10GB free but I think i'll upgrade to the 128gb this year because I take lots of photos/videos and keep a lot on the phone so with 4k/live photos I want to make sure I have enough space.. Plus I could easily add a lot more music if I had extra storage to spare.
If you have a backup that includes all your photos in iCloud, and then you upload your photos to the Photos app in iCloud, does that mean you will have duplicate backups? For example, my iCloud backup includes 20GB of photos. If I decide to use the Photos app, will iCloud use 20GB for my backup and 20GB for Photos for a total of 40?
What do you mean you can't have photos and videos completely in the cloud? The reason I ask is because I want to have my photo library in iCloud.
I have my music and photos using google for free so I only need 32GB, since that is not an option I will have to use the 64GB version since 16GB would barely work in 2015 w big gigabyte apps and4k video hd photos... unless you transfer your stuff constantly which is a big no no for me. Wish the iPhone could work as a real thumb drive, oh well...
I pay $5 for apple cloud and that gets me 200GB which is plenty for my photos and videos, so I'm sticking to the 64GB and saving the $100.
I have about 20k songs using google music for free. I just stream whatever I want, I just keep a small 100 top songs on my iPhone the rest I stream. I do have unlimited data w att though.
Its $2.99 after the conference now yay! but IMO its still too much if you only use it for photos and music considering google gives you cloud for those two for free even if you use apple software. Now if you need it for anything else then its a good deal. I use google music and photos for my backups and dropbox for my documents (have 10Gb for free) So I have full compatibility and can play my stuff anywhere and with everything and free forever or until google goes lol.
Given that the 64GB costs $1229 here in Oz I think I'll give the 6S a miss altogether and hope for a better exchange rate next year when the 7 comes along.
Well the way storage is optimized if I understand correctly is the photos will be stored on the phone s long as there is enough storage and kept in the cloud when there is not.
I assume you're still on 8.x. This option is gone in iOS 9. Not sure what they were thinking but I miss this feature from the camera.
When you turn iCloud Photo Library on, iCloud will allocate the space to photos and remove the photos from your standard backup. Your photos will still be in iCloud either way but it will not count twice.
It is based on your setting in iCloud Photo Library. If you select keep on my device it will not make room in the future, the space is used. If you select optimize photos, the fullsize version will be in the cloud with a thumbnail version on your device. As you view the photos, the fullsize photo will be downloaded. That fullsize photo will stay on your device until you need the space. It will reduce the photo to a thumbnail again only because you are optimizing.
I'm backwards. I could have a 16GB iPad but want a 64GB phone. My iPad is mostly News reading.
I had a 64GB and went to a 16GB because I wasn't using the extra space. I might go back to a 64GB with the 6S, haven't decided.
I will be going with the 128GB for sure. I have an iPhone 5 32GB and can only store 2-3 movies on there in SD. My question is though, if I put movies on the 6S does downloading them in HD really make the picture look a lot better? Obviously, they take up a lot more space usually twice the amount of SD so that's mega storage to give up for a movie. Didn't know if it was really worth it in people's opinion. Thanks!
