I was wrong. It looks like the base 3GS had 16GB in 2009. The 8GB model was introduced within iPhone 4 came out in 2010.
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'iPhone 6s' Logic Board Suggests 16GB Base Model and Updated NFC Hardware
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It started from the iPhone 4. The launch configurations were 16/32, and the 8GB configuration was introduced later on. So if you count launch configurations, it's 5 years.
EDIT: The MacTracker app confirms this. For iPhone 4 (GSM) the Introduced field has
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Ah, I didn't recall that it stretched all the back to 3GS either. So that makes it 6 years of 16GB base storage.
Then, why do they produce and sell it?
Let this iPhone (smartphone) issue alone, why do they still produce the iPod Touch 6th Generation, in 16 & 32GB configurations???
They sell the 16GB to advertise the $199 price point. That is all.Then, why do they produce and sell it?
Let this iPhone (smartphone) issue alone, why do they still produce the iPod Touch 6th Generation, in 16 & 32GB configurations???
The OS itself takes up about 3-4GB, so you're left with 12 available. Try putting 50 apps on the phone, with a few hundred pictures in iPhone 6 resolution, videos, and just a tiny bit of music. You might have 3 or 4 GB's left...which can easily be filled with new music, and photos/videos. The base model is almost unusable unless you barely use your device, gross of Apple to keep it at 16GB.
I mean I get it, if they kept the 32 as a base model, only a select few would need the 64 and they would probably all but cannibalize their 128 sales. They should just offer 32/64 or 64/128. Or if they really want their money, 32/128 and offer the 128 for $200 or 150 difference with no mid-step. Anything but sticking it at 16GB.
I must be one of the few that doesn't have a problem with 16BG for the base model. I've never had a bigger iPod or iPhone than that. When I went to android for a bit I had a micro SD card slot, and I realized that I never used it. I don't have a lot of music that I keep on there, I mostly use pandora for streaming, and if I watch videos I use netflix over wifi, or maybe put one movie on at a time.
Nobody is being forced to buy it. I suppose a case could be made that Apple should not be knowingly offering any obvious "bad" choices in its product lineup at all, but at the end of the day, you are responsible for settling on what spec you want, at the price you are willing to pay, then go with it.Then, why do they produce and sell it?
Let this iPhone (smartphone) issue alone, why do they still produce the iPod Touch 6th Generation, in 16 & 32GB configurations???
You could always just imagine that the 16gb model doesn't exist, and pretend that the 64gb model is the "default" flagship at $299 on contract.
Well said!!! There will be a 32GB and a 128GB IF the IP6 options continue. There ain't no free lunch people. My wife's 16GB 5S works fine for her. So, if you want to stack it on, get a unit with more memory.
The 64GB model is there to increase profits, since you spend $100 more for a flash component worth a few $.
Storage size is the only way they can make 3 price points because the difference is easy to understand for the end user and is a key aspect on the phone, so many customers really have no choice and are forced to buy 64 or 128GB.
The switch to 16/64/128 was a brilliant move for Apple. Of course as a customer I'd like to have 32/64/128 to save $100 but a company has to maximise profits, so I understand why they continue to sell 16GB phones
Redundant question is redundant. They still offer it because it simply sales like nobody's business, so for once can we please stop asking this question over and over and over again.
I get what you're saying, but it really is enough for a lot of people. If you don't use your phone as an iPod, and you aren't taking a lot of video, it's plenty.
It really isn't though. On my 16GB 5S, I had 1,083 pictures, 7 videos 30 seconds or less in length, 4 music albums, and apps (not a ton either, maybe 50-55) and I had 1.65 GB remaining. And that was a 5S, moving up in resolution to the 6+ I felt I needed a 64GB this time around, for the first time ever, I've always managed on a 16GB.
I hear what you're saying, but then why sell them that phone. Surely those are the people that buy last yard model. Why else do they need the latest and greatest. If they like to have it, then at least upgrade to 32GB so that it has better resale value. There are so many ways that this is beneficial to the client.
Having said all this of course, at close to 200M annual sales at $10 per unit cost increase (guess), the numbers aren't immaterial even for Apple.
...and don't install any apps, and don't take any photos. Basically only using it to make and receive calls.
will apple still impose artificial limitations on NFC? meaning, it can *ONLY* be used for apple pay? kind of like crippled bluetooth?
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On the NFC side of the new iPhone, the new chip inside the iPhone 6s is again from NXP but with a new 66VP2 part number compared to the 65V10 part in the iPhone 6. Chip teardown experts at Chipworks were unclear, however, exactly what kind of improvements such a chip will bring to the new line of smartphones, although they posit it could be eliminating the need for a separate secure element processor altogether and folding the two into one chip.
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I would agree. I have a 16GB mini that I use for iWork and as an eReader. Nothing else. I think there's like one game on it, 2GBs of music (one playlist) and an email and calendar client.
My iPhone on the other hand is the one that's going to be used like crazy, so I have a 128GB.
I don't think anyone here was paying attention back then. The 3GS with 16GB base model was the first model. That was nearly SIX (6) years ago.
It's really not hard to just do a Google search for this information.
It also helps me remember that the 3GS was the phone that I sold when I first started working for Apple Retail, and I started ON LAUNCH DAY. Hell on Earth.
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I've been using iPhones since they first became available. I've always purchased the 16GB model. I currently have a 16GB iPhone 6 with 50 apps on it. I take all the pictures I want, they are stored in the cloud with just thumbnails left in the iPhone. I stream music using my iPad so I don't need to store music in the iPhone.
16GB works for me. If it didn't I'd pay for more storage instead of whining on a forum about how mean Apple is being to me. I'm surprised at the number of posters who sound like young children upset because their parents won't give them what they want.
Edit: One of those fifty apps is Navigon complete with the maps I need stored locally on the phone.
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You can take that perspective on the complaints, but they are still valid IMO. The only reason you have space remaining is because as you've said, you use the cloud for photos AND music; 2 main selling points of any smartphone. At the end of the day, people are complaining because it's a blatant move to make an extra $100, while every other ecosystem includes more base model space, or allows you to add space into it (at an efficient price).
We shouldn't have to NOT store our media on our device, not for $900.
EDIT: Ok that was the price I paid for 64GB 6+. I guess it's only $700 for 16GB 6, still a crazy asking price for a crippled device.
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