change of storage needs with iCloud?

I'd always go with the high physical storage, iCloud and iTunes Match is all well and good but it's kind of hindered by the small dataplans that are rolling out.

But if you have a fair enough dataplan or are on WiFi whenever listening to music and the coverage in your area is good then go for the 16GB by all means.

Hope this helps
Ben

 

iCloud is incredibly useful, but ultimately it uses data. This means that it won't be available if you're on a plane, or out of coverage and don't have wifi, and it'll be inconvenient if you're stuck in a slow data area.

Additionally: If you're on a data cap, iCloud will use some of that if you don't have it on wifi. And this might even be something to consider if your home Internet connection is also capped (such as 250GB on Comcast).

For all of these reasons, it's still good to have lots of storage, and everything stored locally when possible.

The 64GB iPhone is the first one that can store all my content, so I'm glad to have it.