If Apple didn't take away 32GB this wouldn't be an issue.
Yeah it was pretty traumatizing to get 64 for the same price 32 was a year before. Still reeling over that one...
If Apple didn't take away 32GB this wouldn't be an issue.
I was getting ready to post this. The difference in cost for Apple between 16 and 32 GB flash is negligible. Apple might spend more in bandwidth costs for this convoluted workaround when people are forced into re-downloading apps.How about just starting phones at 32GB? Now that's an even better solution.
I know... I was also traumatized when they started giving us 32GB for the same price 16GB was a year before.... OH WAIT... THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!Yeah it was pretty traumatizing to get 64 for the same price 32 was a year before. Still reeling over that one...
I have a 64GB but always am running very low on free space and have to delete apps or photos to make space for others. No junk apps or photos either. I used to have a 16GB and that was a pain in buttocks to use. For me, it seems the more space I have, the more I use. May have to get the 128GB next time...nice but i guess i will never see this pop up as i currently have 38GB remaining on my 64gb iphone 6. upselling worked on me, i used to always get the entry model but not this time around
why not simply add a clear cache button in the app overview tho
Ah I see. Okay, that makes sense. Thanks much!When you download software from Apple's servers, it's compressed. The process of decompressing them requires that you temporarily have both the compressed and decompressed files on disk. As soon as the decompressing is done and you've verified that no data corruption took place, you can delete the compressed files.
So, IE, the compressed files might be 1 GB while the decompressed files are 2 GB. For a moment during the install, you'll need 3 GB of space free.
In addition to this, after you run the installer, you can delete files from the old OS which are no longer needed. But you can't delete those files until the new OS is actually installed and running.
you have to wonder... what is a greater threat to the bottom line?
the amount of resources and time needed to create this "feature"
OR
selling devices with an adequate amount of storage in 2015
Some of us have iPhones issued by work and don't get to choose our storage. My wife has a personal iPhone 6 with 64GB of storage. I have a work-issued iPhone 6 with 16GB of storage. (I was one of the lucky few when they issued everyone new phones last fall to get an iPhone 6 instead of a 5s, so I could hardly complain. I make do with my iPad Air 2 64GB and an old iPod Touch 5th gen 64GB.)
You're running out of space because of these apps?We should be able to delete any up after setup. This is ridiculous at this point. I have ZERO use for apps like Stocks, Compass, Watch, Tips, and Voice Memos.
Make that 64GB or we'll have that same discussion in 1-2 years again.I'm still waiting for Apple to increase the iPhone's storage. Why not drop the ancient 16GB and finally start at 32GB?! Now that would be a better solution.
cause a lot of older folks and on-the-go iCloud users either don't need or don't care. tell your friends who buy the 16gb model to stop doing it or apple will continue to sell them to the market that gobbles them up. then they'll be like 'why' and you'll be like 'cause i find 16gb ridiculous' and they'll be like 'well sucks to be you, dunnit' and you'll be like 'yeah, when it comes to iPhone base storage it sure does.'
considering i doubt more than a handful of people on MR ever buy/bought a base model when there was 4x - 8x the storage for another $100-200 over [x] lifetime usage, i think those who have so much of a problem with the base model should just pretend it doesn't exist. would anyone here really buy the 32gb base model to save $100 when that's probably not gonna cut it for people who don't rely on iCloud (and are the type to obsessively browse tech sites?)... i rest my case.
My guess would be to delete the app itself, and not the data, and when the app is re-downloaded, the hooks will reattach. Changes in the app delete routines in the O/S should be able to do this pretty easily.
let me DELETE passbook, apple pay, newsstand, podcasts, tips, and health
Have you confirmed that through testing multiple apps? As the default practice would be the data is lost when a user manually deletes the app and reinstalls it unless the app has additional built in protection or syncing. If it does backup the data that's great.
Nah, it's all about a stupid pricing strategy: How to up-sell an iPhone? Give customers 3 options - basic (which can store f*** all), mid range (this is the one you want them to buy) and high end (holy grail with largest margins). Then make the 1st option affordable but not really worth buying for what you get, so that they go for the middle option to get "good value for money". And then for the top range, give them a beefy option - at a beefy premium, that will make the largest profit margin, even though the customer may not even need 128GB and they'll be seeing the phone in 2 years anyway.
Basic model should be 32GB full stop. And syncing with the mac should be making the most of Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 as my 5s is as slow as my 3G was...
you have to wonder... what is a greater threat to the bottom line?
the amount of resources and time needed to create this "feature"
OR
selling devices with an adequate amount of storage in 2015
Yeh, that's why I said "mind the profanity". They clearly forgot to cross the other word outSo "bastard" is blurred but the f-word is visible? Some censorship that is!![]()
Even if iPhone 6 was started from 16 GB, there's plenty 8 and 16GB devices sold over 5 years. Or maybe you want Apple go back in time and fix this?