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'iPhone 6s' Logic Board Suggests 16GB Base Model and Updated NFC Hardware
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I seriously don't understand apple logic..... It's 2015 and the iPhone is the only flagship phone that launches in 16gb.... Nexus 6, galaxy s/edge/ note/ note edge, htc m8/9 lg G3/4 all launch with 32gb and don't charge more then iPhone 6plus because of the screens size.
Apple logic is just pathetic, I mean because 16, 64,128 just makes sense right....? No they are just idiots they could easily have the standard be 32 and have a 32,64,128 model but that makes too much sense for Apple. They work to hard to try and prove that unconventional stupidity is cool. And since U.S. As consumers love unconventional stupidity, they will still sell billions of 6s phones....
Apple logic is just pathetic, I mean because 16, 64,128 just makes sense right....? No they are just idiots they could easily have the standard be 32 and have a 32,64,128 model but that makes too much sense for Apple. They work to hard to try and prove that unconventional stupidity is cool. And since U.S. As consumers love unconventional stupidity, they will still sell billions of 6s phones....
The SoC is also physically larger. This could mean more RAM and/or more CPU and/or graphics cores.
How about Apple gets ahead of themselves and competition and release 64GB as the base? Offer 128GB as $100 option. Make one phone that is compatible with all the networks.
From the SKU perspective that would be a win-win for them and for the user. For the next iPhone , call it 7 next year, they should then introduce 256GB storage option and keep 64/128/256 just to kill competition.
I think they need to start doing to crazy things in the good sense to keep people attracted to the platform.
I know this is wishful thinking, but it is Apple nonetheless, so anything can happen.
From the SKU perspective that would be a win-win for them and for the user. For the next iPhone , call it 7 next year, they should then introduce 256GB storage option and keep 64/128/256 just to kill competition.
I think they need to start doing to crazy things in the good sense to keep people attracted to the platform.
I know this is wishful thinking, but it is Apple nonetheless, so anything can happen.
You'd be a VERY bad CEO.
If they started at 32 much less people (including myself) would buy the 64.
And that means much less profit.
Apple is a greedy company. That's ok in some way, since all of the companies in capitalism need to be like this. I just can't stand it when people really believe Apple would care about people and delivering great products.
They want to make money, that's all.
Man, you wouldn't recognize irony if it was stamped on it in capital letters, would you?
I certainly would prefer lesser expensive and more robust (i.e. - higher storage minimums, more RAM) iPhones, no doubt. I purchase anywhere from 1-3 each year, depending on the year and cycles of my existing phones (myself 128, wife 128, son 64) and would love to spend less. In addition, through my family account, I have 7 other iPhones which are also on various cycles, so while I don't personally pay for those other 7, I am involved in the buys. Consider:
1) There are more options. If you don't like 16gb model, buy an alternate. Yes, it will cost you more, but the option is there. If Apple had 16gb as a maximum, then different story.
2) 16gb allows them to have their lowest cost point. This doesn't need to please you. They've priced their product such that it maximizes sales revenue and profit margin based on their business strategy. You can disagree with that all you want, but until the time comes that they are unsuccessful it is really tough to argue they have the "secret sauce".
3) Many people want an iPhone, and want the least expensive one possible. Period. Again, not me, and likely not you if you are on this forum. But even $20-$50 for a bump in storage would keep many people at the 16gb model I am sure.
There are other arguments for and against. And again, I would much prefer that the lowest level is 32 or even 64. But I understand that Apple is in the driver's seat and has an ability to make the right moves to continually extend company value. Well, they make the right moves on hardware at least, let's not start arguing Apple Music! ;-)
Side note: If you really want to get up-in-arms over storage, look to the iCloud 5gb/account starting point. People that struggle with 16gb phones are also likely to be having significant headaches doing backups, assuring photos are actually in the cloud, etc.
1) There are more options. If you don't like 16gb model, buy an alternate. Yes, it will cost you more, but the option is there. If Apple had 16gb as a maximum, then different story.
2) 16gb allows them to have their lowest cost point. This doesn't need to please you. They've priced their product such that it maximizes sales revenue and profit margin based on their business strategy. You can disagree with that all you want, but until the time comes that they are unsuccessful it is really tough to argue they have the "secret sauce".
3) Many people want an iPhone, and want the least expensive one possible. Period. Again, not me, and likely not you if you are on this forum. But even $20-$50 for a bump in storage would keep many people at the 16gb model I am sure.
There are other arguments for and against. And again, I would much prefer that the lowest level is 32 or even 64. But I understand that Apple is in the driver's seat and has an ability to make the right moves to continually extend company value. Well, they make the right moves on hardware at least, let's not start arguing Apple Music! ;-)
Side note: If you really want to get up-in-arms over storage, look to the iCloud 5gb/account starting point. People that struggle with 16gb phones are also likely to be having significant headaches doing backups, assuring photos are actually in the cloud, etc.
Agreed, but Apple will put out an 32 g base model soon enough. I just don't see it with the 6s rotation, but you never know.
I have no words for this.
If this ends up being true it's a punch into customers' faces and someone at Apple is brave like a warrior for ruining the rep of this company yet again, just another, but big, instance of showing greed.
Glassed Silver:ios
If this ends up being true it's a punch into customers' faces and someone at Apple is brave like a warrior for ruining the rep of this company yet again, just another, but big, instance of showing greed.
Glassed Silver:ios
Wow 16GB, that was a lot half a decade ago...
What a joke, I will never buy Apple cloud, it's overpriced, proprietary and lacks features that Google Drive has.
What a joke, I will never buy Apple cloud, it's overpriced, proprietary and lacks features that Google Drive has.
Apple's iCloud is the worst of the cloud services. Yet I get a couple emails every couple weeks that says this:
It's funny I started getting this now when I've had iPhones for years.
The reason I was getting it was because I was using photo library. I disabled it and use Dropbox.
It's funny I started getting this now when I've had iPhones for years.
The reason I was getting it was because I was using photo library. I disabled it and use Dropbox.
Everything you record on the phone itself has gotta be saved to the device before upload. How many mins of video can you record at 4k on a 16GB device ? Not many.
Storage hogs like video and photos come to mind. Videos are the main reason my storage gets eaten up so quickly. iCloud is too small to be a viable solution. I can't even use iCloud to back up my phone - they do always pop up a prompt to let me know if I want to back up my phone via iCloud, I can buy storage.
It's been explained here
My guess is that they answered a series of questions that roughly follow the ones below.
1. What's the largest capacity iPhone we're going to make?
2. How many models (different capacities) should we offer?
3. What is the capacity of each model going to be?
1. Largest capacity phone
Apple supported 64GB capacity on their iPhone 4S back in 2011. Other competitors like Samsung already offer phones with 128GB+ capacity (via SD cards). With storage costs dropping quickly, Apple's last storage improvement being in 2011, and competitors beating them in storage increases, there was likely no question that Apple had to release a 128GB model to justify selling a "premium product".
2. Number of models
Robert Frost nicely pointed out that Apple loves to follow the rule of three. Not only is the rule an Apple tradition and a great communication technique, but it's also a powerful marketing tool. Selling fewer similar products makes buying decisions easier.
3. Capacity for each model
From (1) we decided that the largest model will be 128GB and from (3) we decided that there will be 3 models in total. We don't want to sell 8GB or smaller models since we passed that stage with the 5S. That leaves us with three combinations.
Combinations
A/ 32GB, 64GB, 128GB
B/ 16GB, 64GB, 128GB
C/ 16GB, 32GB, 128GB
Option (A) is the most straight forward. But now consider what happens with option (B) and (C). In option (B), the 64GB model is most attractive because it's 4X as good as the next level down. In option (C), the 128GB is most attractive because it's 4X as good as the next level down. Apple likely has higher margins on the bigger size models so they want to get customer to buy 64GB or 128GB versions. Going with (B) accomplishes this because it make the 16GB model look relatively worse.
My guess is that they answered a series of questions that roughly follow the ones below.
1. What's the largest capacity iPhone we're going to make?
2. How many models (different capacities) should we offer?
3. What is the capacity of each model going to be?
1. Largest capacity phone
Apple supported 64GB capacity on their iPhone 4S back in 2011. Other competitors like Samsung already offer phones with 128GB+ capacity (via SD cards). With storage costs dropping quickly, Apple's last storage improvement being in 2011, and competitors beating them in storage increases, there was likely no question that Apple had to release a 128GB model to justify selling a "premium product".
2. Number of models
Robert Frost nicely pointed out that Apple loves to follow the rule of three. Not only is the rule an Apple tradition and a great communication technique, but it's also a powerful marketing tool. Selling fewer similar products makes buying decisions easier.
3. Capacity for each model
From (1) we decided that the largest model will be 128GB and from (3) we decided that there will be 3 models in total. We don't want to sell 8GB or smaller models since we passed that stage with the 5S. That leaves us with three combinations.
Combinations
A/ 32GB, 64GB, 128GB
B/ 16GB, 64GB, 128GB
C/ 16GB, 32GB, 128GB
Option (A) is the most straight forward. But now consider what happens with option (B) and (C). In option (B), the 64GB model is most attractive because it's 4X as good as the next level down. In option (C), the 128GB is most attractive because it's 4X as good as the next level down. Apple likely has higher margins on the bigger size models so they want to get customer to buy 64GB or 128GB versions. Going with (B) accomplishes this because it make the 16GB model look relatively worse.
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All of which ignores the fact that 16GB is an outdated base level of storage in 2015 and that all Apple's competitors offer double that amount as their base level. 32GB is the industry standard for a premium smartphone, *as is three times the RAM that Apple offer.
Face it, Apple charge the earth for not only yesteryear base level storage specs but also insufficient base level storage specs. A premium product marketed as the best smartphone available shouldn't have an insulting and insufficent 'base level'.
*Please don't tell me that Android 'need' 3GB of RAM and Apple only need 1GB due to 'optimisation etc' because my 6+ runs like a dog due to the insufficient onboard RAM. It has done since unboxing it.
Almost every comment on these 18 pages is about 16GB of memory. Are you listening 
? Certainly not with all that money in your ears.
Nobody should be surprised - there is no way they would bump the base on an S model. If there will be any changes it will be done next gen. And probably not even then.
Personally I haven't had a 16GB iOS device since the iPhone 3G. I won't be going back. I'll pay the exorbitant $100 for 64GB like a sucker before that happens.
? Certainly not with all that money in your ears.Nobody should be surprised - there is no way they would bump the base on an S model. If there will be any changes it will be done next gen. And probably not even then.
Personally I haven't had a 16GB iOS device since the iPhone 3G. I won't be going back. I'll pay the exorbitant $100 for 64GB like a sucker before that happens.
It's difficult to determine this, as no pattern exists yet.
Phone / lowest memory model at release :
original / 4
3G / 8
3GS / 16
4 / 16
4S / 16
5 / 16
5C / 16
5S / 16
6 / 16
6+ / 16
That list, right there in black and white, says it all. Apple and their premium smartphone specs.
Do a list for RAM now.
There's certainly a pattern - as soon as you hit the 3GS.
It looks like this:
The 3GS certainly was an anomaly regards to my previous comment about S models - but remember, it was the first "discount" previous gen phone they offered 8GB later when the 4 dropped. I'd wager that was planned far in advance.
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That list, right there in black and white, says it all. Apple and their premium smartphone specs.
Do a list for RAM now.
Okay...
The Samsung Ads are going to be great this year.
*imagines visuals of an Apple being be squeezed into a tiny tube, getting turned into a paste
While an Orange is getting casually tossed into a Samsung bucket*
Tagline: Your 4k Videos
*imagines visuals of an Apple being be squeezed into a tiny tube, getting turned into a paste
While an Orange is getting casually tossed into a Samsung bucket*
Tagline: Your 4k Videos