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Humorous Apple Ad Highlights iPhone 15 Storage
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Yes match the bottom of the barrel competition prices. /s
Dear Apple,
Love the new iPhone ad! Next time, how about making a similar one for MacBooks and how they start with an amazing 512GB of storage?
Sincerely,
Reason077
Love the new iPhone ad! Next time, how about making a similar one for MacBooks and how they start with an amazing 512GB of storage?
Sincerely,
Reason077
feature sets. apple website has a great spec comparison.
Eh, you mentioned "I never understood the hate against entry level specs" with the only option seeming to be increasing prices so I put forward a suggestion.
Thanks for the business 101 explanation, though.
I found it amusing, but the message is bizarre to me. Why would Apple encourage people to _not_ clean up their photo libraries? I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but this feels like the backing of an ulterior motive...
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Not loving this recent ad campaign. "Miss You" and other recent ads have kind of a weird vibe — feels like Apple is cherry-picking specific examples of how a specific feature might help in specific use cases. This one, especially so.
If you shoot nothing but still photos in the lowest-quality format, and you have only a couple of third-party apps on your phone — sure, maybe 128GB isn't so bad.
But for most people — especially those who record video of their kids, loved ones, vacations, etc — 128GB is a joke, and the depiction of having to "let go" of memories is an actual reality that these users have to go through regularly. Probably feels like rubbing salt in the wound for those folks.
If you shoot nothing but still photos in the lowest-quality format, and you have only a couple of third-party apps on your phone — sure, maybe 128GB isn't so bad.
But for most people — especially those who record video of their kids, loved ones, vacations, etc — 128GB is a joke, and the depiction of having to "let go" of memories is an actual reality that these users have to go through regularly. Probably feels like rubbing salt in the wound for those folks.
Maybe — this is where those users choose a capacity that fits their needs, rather than forcing everybody to pay for resources that they may never need?
So you're saying because competitors offer more storage, then 8GB is no longer adequate for a segment of users? Let's think about that for a moment.
The pricing of Apple devices covers more than just the hardware specs. We're paying for the ecosystem.
And it's not consumers' obligation to feel good about Apple being stingy on certain things because they can get away with it, but maybe you will show them all the way.
exactly. Glad there is a class action lawsuit against apple for the limited storage.
The pro name has two use cases
- As a signal that it's the more expensive product line
- To cater to a certain personality which believe they're important enough that something not called Pro, isn't good enough for them
It's only a problem if you refuse to use iCloud Photo Library, Google Photos or similar services.
My photo library on the iPhone, takes up about 3Gb. In iCloud, it's 140 Gb.
I only uses 53/128Gb on my iPhone, but my iCloud storage is about 440Gb.
People have to give up the notion of having everything stored on their devices.
Yes, obvs. What I'm saying is that it would make sense to put your ram where your mouth is when you're calling a pro.
Need more memory? Simply pay for it.
Don't need more memory (like millions of happy Apple customers with basic computer needs)? Save some money.
I get that some people want and expect free stuff.
Don't need more memory (like millions of happy Apple customers with basic computer needs)? Save some money.
I get that some people want and expect free stuff.
I thought android has more , cheaper storage and easier to expand with sd cards
No but they can charge fair market value for RAM and SSD upgrades. 200 bucks for RAM upgrade... and 200 dollars for SSD upgrade. Really? Such nice round (incomprehensible) numbers. Let the base be 8/256. Fine. What they charge for an is indefensible.
No one, at all, expects free stuff. What people expect is not to be raked over the coals for an arbitrary 200 buck upgrade for storage/memory.
That was a pathetic joke 10 years ago. Now it's just satire, yet all too real in Apple land.
The good news is it should be very easy to find another computer manufacturer who offers a computer with upgraded memory/storage at a price that makes sense to you.