You are going to get an extremely biased opinion from me as I'm the type of person that buys what they want and nine times out of ten that meets my need many times over.
I was in camp 256 for years. But my next phone will be 512 minimum. Granted I do a lot of 4K video with them (usually 80 GB for a project) and then use iMovie to render adding another 40GB. Then I’d have to delete the original like a shell game to make sure I have enough for another project etc. Hassle! 512 will be best (for me) and that piece of mind goes a long way.
If you are asking whether to buy the next larger size, then likely you'll be fine on 256 GB. Stuff like storage are immediate give aways given your usage of the device.
I have had 256gb on last 2 phones..I am going for 512gb next as I have a lot of music that I want to have as lossless and that takes up a lot of space
Yup, iCloud helps a lot.
I like to get the middle usually for the better infotainment system, and then see what options each one has and the price. One time the only other option on one was heated seats, which were nice.You are going to get an extremely biased opinion from me as I'm the type of person that buys what they want and nine times out of ten that meets my need many times over.
In this regard it means I always purchase the max capacity Apple offers for the model I'm buying - always. 64GB for the iPhone 5, 128GB for the 6+ and 6s+ and 512GB for the 11 Pro Max, which is my current primary phone.
But I upgrade every 2.5 to 4.5 years. I'm not plunking money down for this every year. I want to have capacity in case I need it, even if I never do. You can't go and get more later on if you need it.
So, that's me. It's your decision though, of course, so go with what you're going to be comfortable getting.
I'll just add one point…my mom once was in the market for a new car. She had a choice between a high-end 1996 Honda Accord with all the options and a 1997 middle of the road Accord with one custom option. Guess what she got? Well, I drive a 1997 Accord I got from my parents.
I heard her regrets about that choice for years.
I wish Apple would upgrade all plans. The current tiers are too low for what other services offer.
Hi, so i am assuming you record the 4k footage with the iphone, do you also edit on it or do you transfer to an apple computer, in that case do you do via cable or airdrop. i am looking to purchase phone and computer for 4k video so was thinking about jumping into the apple ecosystem
It depends. Mostly what I do for it is extract the audio, airdrop the audio into my iPad, edit the audio there, then reintegrate onto the original footage on the iPhone in iMovie. Then I render the video on iMovie on my iPhone (the processor is faster than my iPad) and It cuts the file size in half. After it’s rendered, THEN I transfer that completed footage to my iPad for video cuts etc via airdrop.