I use to feel this same way, and for this reason I always stuck to 16gb. Although I don't personally need 128gb I now have out grown the 16 as now I record a lot more video's, those eat up some serious gigs. With no real easy way of transfering those off your phone and saved into icloud I think my next phone will finally be the 32gb.
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iPhone 6 Said to Launch on Friday, September 19 in 32 GB and 64 GB Variants
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I use to feel this same way, and for this reason I always stuck to 16gb. Although I don't personally need 128gb I now have out grown the 16 as now I record a lot more video's, those eat up some serious gigs. With no real easy way of transfering those off your phone and saved into icloud I think my next phone will finally be the 32gb.
I'm sure these contacts you see every few years are dying to see thousands of pictures of your kids...
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No it isn't. This is worst than trying to explain to a 5 year old why he can't have XYZ product like his friends have. In both cases the subject's can't seem to grasp the situation outside of their own interests.
Which is exactly what he was saying.
He did answer in a civilized manner and avoided the asinine response, that Defies all logic, that you posted.Next time, try to answer the question as civilized as it was asked (as many other people did before you).
You really can't think of a scenario where someone would need a lot of photos/vids on their phone?
Here's one: My father-in-law owns a welding shop. He's ALWAYS taking pics of models and mock ups (or whatever, I don't know, not my business). He keeps these on his phone. Some of the designs and mock ups are sensitive data that he doesn't want in the cloud but at the same time, he may have 60 different pictures of the same thing for a specific customer. He may even take a walkaround video of it. he may then put it into a folder for that customer and when he's out on their site again in 6 months, he can just pull the pics/vids from last time to recall what he needs to recall. Multiply this by 50-75 customers and you can easily see how he may need a lot more storage.
Put other things like apps and music on the phone and he'd need *that* much more storage. And this is just ONE example of a medium-sized business...
I'm sure the cloud is infinitely more secure than the phone that is in his pocket, on his desk, in his car etc...
I have an iPhone 5S and a Note 3. Unlike the iPhone, which I eagerly anticipate the new one (really hoping for 128GB), I'm not so fired up about the Note 4 because the Note 3 is already so crammed with stuff, there's not much they can do to a Note 4 to make it worth an upgrade.
Its got the screen size, the rez (1920 x 1080 is full HD and higher rez doesn't do much for me), wireless AC, NFC, Bluetooth 4 - all the latest specs, plus IR blaster, 3GB of RAM. I mean, what more could they cram in there?
Fingerprint scanner? Eh, don't use the one on the iPhone. 4GB RAM? Couldn't hurt I guess. Heartbeat monitor? Maybe for workout nuts. 64GB internal storage? Maybe that would be worth it.
A Note 4 just isn't as compelling to me, when compared to what the Note 3 already has.
Dear Apple, I need 128GB.
We've been stuck at 64gb for 3 (and now 4) generations. Up the ante, Apple.
LOLing out loud at all those "sources" who said iPhone would launch earlier than usual this year.
NOT. GONNA. HAPPEN.
iPhone will always launch some time in September-October. Never earlier.
NOT. GONNA. HAPPEN.
iPhone will always launch some time in September-October. Never earlier.
I have 64gb and am almost out of space. Tons of apps (GPS apps take up lots of space), a few thousand songs in 256kbps AAC, I had to get rid of movies on my phone to upgrade iOS. That's why. I want some movies on there and my songs in lossless format.
They keep slimming down the phone as quickly as the memory is being slimmed down.
Do you have actual data to back that up? I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just curious. I did a quick search and couldn't find figures one way or the other, but I'm guessing the 16GB iPhone greatly outsells the other two combined.
Personally, my sweet spot is the 32GB option. But I use iTunes match and delete most of my photos.
Yep most users!
That says more about Apples pricing of flashnstorage than it does about peoples needs. Further why do you think so many of those users of these minimal systems upgrade so soon. The fundamental problem here is that you are equating high sales with a certain happiness with the situation.
Baloney!
Just because you don't have any uses for your cell phone beyond games doesn't mean that everybody is in the same boat.
Music (60GB if I put all mine in) and the mysterious "other" slice that takes like 2GB.
My last 2 week trip, I ran out of space before I had a chance to offload my photos. This has happened on all of my vacations in the past 2 years.
But yeah, not explaining this anymore. You should be able to figure out the multitude of reasons why anyone would want more storage on their phone on your own and realize that everyone is not you.
I'd like a 4.7 128 gig.
I like the convenience of not having to download photos and videos all the time. I take them out once in awhile but when I'm on field work, it helps to have everything with me.
I use my phone as a document scanner (think big big pdfs), camera, and music box. I've been waiting to replace my 64 gig for a few generations. I do not want a 5.7 inch cause I don't want people to be able to read my messages over my shoulder. Networks in my country aren't reliable so I'd rather have the data with me.
I like the convenience of not having to download photos and videos all the time. I take them out once in awhile but when I'm on field work, it helps to have everything with me.
I use my phone as a document scanner (think big big pdfs), camera, and music box. I've been waiting to replace my 64 gig for a few generations. I do not want a 5.7 inch cause I don't want people to be able to read my messages over my shoulder. Networks in my country aren't reliable so I'd rather have the data with me.
While the cloud probably is more secure, it's absolutely useless for any one who works away from an office, on a building site for instance. Which is why 128GB (or 256GB!) can't come soon enough.
Plus if Apple do start selling hi-res/lossless music as rumours have suggested whats the point of paying a premium, which we'll probably have to, when we don't have enough space on our phones to carry it round?
Some people have a lot of content. The more space their device has, the less they have to worry about managing it.
And, 64GB isn't that much for video. At 5.5" a device is almost not pathetic for personal video viewing.
I need 128gb so I can stop carrying around a phone and an iPod. I have the 64gb iPod Touch 5g almost filled with music, and it's at a lower compression rate. I would like to go to higher quality songs. The Pono music player is looking really appealing - lossless audio on a portable device.
With a bigger screen, I could see myself watching movies and tv shows on the phone. Many providers are now offering the option to download the movie or show directly to your device, so you can watch without streaming.
Not everyone is 100% onboard with streaming. Some of us prefer to have a copy of the media stored on our device.
And with the larger form factor, there is room to up the maximum storage to 128gb. And the price of memory is constantly dropping, so I am sure that 128gb now is cheaper than the 64gb used in the 5.
If they aren't going to offer a 128gb version, then I think it is high time that Apple put SD card slots in their phones so we can add the extra memory ourselves.
And if they are increasing the quality of the camera, I could see myself finally leaving my point-and-shoot at home instead of taking it to concerts with me.
Carrying 1 device instead of 3, a no brainer. That's why I want 128gb.
With a bigger screen, I could see myself watching movies and tv shows on the phone. Many providers are now offering the option to download the movie or show directly to your device, so you can watch without streaming.
Not everyone is 100% onboard with streaming. Some of us prefer to have a copy of the media stored on our device.
And with the larger form factor, there is room to up the maximum storage to 128gb. And the price of memory is constantly dropping, so I am sure that 128gb now is cheaper than the 64gb used in the 5.
If they aren't going to offer a 128gb version, then I think it is high time that Apple put SD card slots in their phones so we can add the extra memory ourselves.
And if they are increasing the quality of the camera, I could see myself finally leaving my point-and-shoot at home instead of taking it to concerts with me.
Carrying 1 device instead of 3, a no brainer. That's why I want 128gb.