I love it when people on forums lecture each other that they're holding... umm using it wrong. Didn't you hear Tim Cook say clearly in the keynote that your phone isn't meant to be loaded with stuff? (No, me neither.)
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'iPhone 6s' Logic Board Suggests 16GB Base Model and Updated NFC Hardware
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Do I believe the entry level iPhone should be 32GB at the 16GB price? Sure do. I know it's not about the cost of the memory, it's just a cheap money grab to get people to move up to the 64Gb level because 16GB is not enough, 32GB might be yet they have no middle option.
As always 16GB sells well because it is the cheapest option. 32GB would sell to if it was the same price. No one is going to complain about there being too much storage regardless if 16GB is enough. That could be said for any part of a phone. I don't need it this large, with this many ppi, this good camera, this fast etc... memory is just the easiest feature to manipulate people with. Sure easier then, this phone has 2GB of ram vs 2GB! (which some phones are now doing)
I would likely go with 64GB. Really not caring for how Apple does business these days, maybe even for awhile. Lack of control, odd costs, too slow to add features.....
As always 16GB sells well because it is the cheapest option. 32GB would sell to if it was the same price. No one is going to complain about there being too much storage regardless if 16GB is enough. That could be said for any part of a phone. I don't need it this large, with this many ppi, this good camera, this fast etc... memory is just the easiest feature to manipulate people with. Sure easier then, this phone has 2GB of ram vs 2GB! (which some phones are now doing)
I would likely go with 64GB. Really not caring for how Apple does business these days, maybe even for awhile. Lack of control, odd costs, too slow to add features.....
The tech community is really ridiculous the past few years. When did "X is not for me" turn in to "X is not good for ANYONE"?
I get by with 16GB, my parents get by with 16GB, and my grandma gets by with just 16GB. Believe it or not, people use their phones for phones, texting, maybe a couple of apps (health and stuff), and light web browsing. That is all I do on my phone. My iPad is 128GB and that is where all my apps are.
All I have on my phone is 50 songs, 10 podcast episodes, and some health apps. That is it. I am comfortable with 16GB and it is enough for me.
Stop it with the "16GB is not enough in 2015!". It is not enough for YOU.
The same argument can be made about anything. The entry level SSD from Samsung 850 evo series is 120 GB. That is not enough in 2015!!!!!
I get by with 16GB, my parents get by with 16GB, and my grandma gets by with just 16GB. Believe it or not, people use their phones for phones, texting, maybe a couple of apps (health and stuff), and light web browsing. That is all I do on my phone. My iPad is 128GB and that is where all my apps are.
All I have on my phone is 50 songs, 10 podcast episodes, and some health apps. That is it. I am comfortable with 16GB and it is enough for me.
Stop it with the "16GB is not enough in 2015!". It is not enough for YOU.
The same argument can be made about anything. The entry level SSD from Samsung 850 evo series is 120 GB. That is not enough in 2015!!!!!
The same can be said against you. Just because you can get by with 16gb doesn't mean i can get by with 16gb so it's not only about YOU. Most people agree 16gb is too little nowdays and if next iphone has 4k it will be even worse.
16GB was enough 6 years ago. Enough time has now passed to where the basic trends of smartphones have changed, as has the resolution of pictures and video.
Enough to where 16GB is an inadequeate amount of storage to use the device as it was designed. You can cripple yourself, and use the $700 device as a phone, with no apps, music, or photos/video, but you basically own a $700 internet connected cloud.
Enough to where 16GB is an inadequeate amount of storage to use the device as it was designed. You can cripple yourself, and use the $700 device as a phone, with no apps, music, or photos/video, but you basically own a $700 internet connected cloud.
You would also likely get by with 32GB at the current 16GB price. Many could get by on less screen space, less, ram, less speed etc... it's not really about it not being enough for some people are about Apple coming off cheap and 16GB being an overall joke in 2015.
Hard drives are different, their price points likely more more sense and there are enough options.
Then get the stupid 64GB version. Guess what? Some people find the 64GB version too small, should we make 128GB the base size?
But do not make statements like "16GB is not enough for ANYBODY now" because it is simply false, just false. You need more, you get more. Some people need 4TB of hard drive space, some dont.
I am perfectly fine with 16GB. If they increase the base model to 32/64....great. It doesn't matter to me. Guess what? I don't give one bit about 4K recording AT ALL. You seem to think everybody does.
All I am saying is, stop saying 16GB is not enough for anybody, or Apple is forcing you to pay another $100.
Never said 16gb is not enought for everybody. You dont care about 4k? I dont care for 16gb either. Yes apple is forcing me to pay for more gb than i need. 64gb is too much and 16gb too little.
Many people want a 32GB at the 16GB price point, that's the big issue. They do not require 64GB nor wish to pay $100 more for it. Personally I will not say 16GB is not enough for some people yet it is a huge joke in 2015.
They are kind of forcing (strong word) people to get the 64GB iphone if they went at least 32GB thus spending more then a 32GB should cost by now. It's just a money grab, everyone sees that. Cheap business moves etc...
Make the base 32GB and a hundred more? 64GB is a hundred more, people just want 32GB at the current 16GB price.