iPhone 7 Plus Said to Have 256GB Option and Larger 3,100 mAh Battery

[Burger Thing]

Why exactly does a larger display on a phone make it modern exactly? It just makes it bigger. I'd say the main thing a person wants in a pocket computer is the ability to fit in their pockets. The larger phones now require bags to carry them around. I wouldn't exactly call that modern since laptops have been around for over 20 years.

What exactly does a thinner casing on a phone make it modern exactly? It just makes it thinner. I'd say the main thing a person wants is an great all in one device without the need to carry additional dongles and adapter. The thinner iPhones 7,8,9 without the 3.5 mm audio jack now requires millions of users to carry an external DAC amplifier with them. In addition to the DAC which they already have built in inside their iPhone - but useless when then a headset is connected.

But yes, maybe I would call it modern. The modern world of the new Apple with soldered RAM, standard laughable 5400 drives and disappointing Desktop Computers. With justifying customers like you, MAC128, everything is possible these days.

 

[2IS]

If the 3100mah battery rumor ends up being true, I'm in for one. Otherwise I may just end up keeping my 6 Plus for a 3rd year (longest I've ever kept a smart phone) there just seems to be fewer advancements with each year and ATT getting rid of subsidized phones I'm even less excited.

 

[VertPin]

The 4.7 inch 7 had better have that storage size available, and hopefully with SoT on par with the Plus. Hopefully their is no differences in specs/camera (OIS) this time around...

 

[AleXXXa]

Could someone please let me know if they have a 128GB that is not enough? I don't see why you would need 256GB in a phone.

HD movies, HD tv shows, lossless music, photos and 4k videos.

 

[KidAKidB]

They'll just have a small lighting to 3.5mm accessory..

Yeah at a cost, which in Apple's standards is not cheap

 

[Enygmatic]

Could someone please let me know if they have a 128GB that is not enough? I don't see why you would need 256GB in a phone.

Otherwise, I think Apple should bring the 32GB iPhone (not as standard though).

This is not me ranting/hating, but I'm just wondering, and do find it weird having 256GB?

That "necessary" threshold will never be met when it comes to consumers... if Apple were to offer 128/256/512, you'd have threads months later bemoaning the lack of a 1TB option. Aside from simply reinforcing the "gluttonous" tendency, advances and new standards do call for certain increases.

I think you'll see 1TB+ phones within the next decade; sooner for tablets.

 

[nordique]

The iPhone 7 could be the best phone on the market in 2016. But I still wont buy it if it doesn't include a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, regardless whether or not the lightning port can give higher quality audio.

This is how I feel as well. I'll be holding on to my 6s otherwise.

And no adapters either

 

[Enygmatic]

More like

16GB model = $649
64GB model = $749
128GB model = $849
256GB model = $1549

I actually chuckled out loud

 

[Mr. Dee]

I only bought the 64 GB 6S because I felt forced to. I live in a developing country (Jamaica) and where I live I don't have fast broadband, limited by metered 3G connection. Until Digicel or Flow bring 4G to my area (which is next to never), I will have to keep syncing my data locally and download that occassional hit song.

I have a 32 GB iPod Touch I won on Twitter Giveaway in 2009 and I have not been able to fill it up with my playlist and images, which proves it is really sweet spot. I have a unlocked 4s, with iOS 9 eating up space plus the huge size of the small amount of apps almost asking for updates daily, the 16 GB is down to 256 GBs. Apple is simply milking this because they know in a few years those users will frustrated into getting a higher capacity model.

I am happy with the 6s though although the battery life is terrible especially since I use personal hotspot most of the time. I don't see myself getting a new iPhone for the next 5 years or if a future version of iOS does not support it.

 

[paulrubin3]

doubt the 4 inch iphone will have a new design nor will it have a A10. I think they will just shrink the 6s. However those images are probably fake. The camera is in the centre which is not like apple and the battery info and apple logo is upside down lol.

If there's a 4" phone, it will replace the $449 phone in the lineup (currently the 5S) and figures to have the guts of the 6 at worst, but probably the 6S, because it needs to be viable enough to worthwhile update from the 5S. Look for a 7/7Plus built around the A10, continued use of the 6S/6SPlus built around the A9, and a 4" version of the 6S. Don't be shocked if Apple keeps the 6 around as well as an alternative update for people who want a cheap iPhone but don't care about 4".

 

[chasonstone]

I don't think you'll see 64/128/256 in the next iPhone UNLESS the 128/256 models have other differentiators or the pricing changes to make the 128/256 models WAY more attractive. 32/128/256 won't do the trick either. The moment the 32 becomes the low end, people will gravitate to it for the next 24 months UNLESS you make the other models have additional features and included extras like mini-plug to lightning adapter, bluetooth headphones worth using, an external battery, more ram, a unique camera feature, greater clock speed, etc.

As is people are gravitating to the 16gb option, and it's becoming a usability issue for more and more "average consumers" everyday. I think in interest of the "it just works" and the user experience it would make the most since to go to 32 at least. With 32/128/256 we are in a similar pricing structure to the current 16/64/128. Where you have base, add 100 dollars for 4x the storage, add another 100 to double that.

If Apple wants the App Store to grow and have more robust apps leading to a better experience they're going to have to kick the 16GB for good. If they want anyone to truly adopt Live Photos or record video in 4K they need to kick it too.

But I agree adding features to different storage levels would probably help to push people in that direction, and I don't think that's a bad idea at all.

 

[Glideslope]

How about finally ditching the embarrassing default 16GB of memory?

7 will be 16, 64, 128
7+ will be 64, 128, 256.

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

i will wait for the 7s plus with wireless charging

Wireless charging has been a rumor reported to be included on "the next iPhone" here for more than 4 years. I wouldn't count on it any time soon.

Though it would be funny because it would have the people here soooooo mad that all of their chargers were no longer useful. They'd cry so much and complain about it.

 

[Mac 128]

If there's a 4" phone, it will replace the $449 phone in the lineup (currently the 5S) and figures to have the guts of the 6 at worst, but probably the 6S, because it needs to be viable enough to worthwhile update from the 5S. Look for a 7/7Plus built around the A10, continued use of the 6S/6SPlus built around the A9, and a 4" version of the 6S. Don't be shocked if Apple keeps the 6 around as well as an alternative update for people who want a cheap iPhone but don't care about 4".

No, sorry. Based on the 5c alone, I seriously doubt Apple will go to the trouble of developing a brand new phone model based on 3 year old tech, only to offer it for $449 and have it fall off the line-up the following year. Moreover, they will lose money from wealthier customers who could otherwise afford the 7, but really do want a 4" phone.

And of course they will offer the 6 and 6 Plus for $449 & $549 respectively because that's the carrot that's going to pull in the last of the cheapskate Android holdouts into the Apple fold.

I expect to see the 6S sold at $549, and the new 4" phone maybe occupying a new $600 spot, despite its smaller size, with slightly better tech than the 6S in the same way the 5c was slightly more advanced than the 5, if not more so. it should hit a sweet spot that appeals to everyone who wants a 4" phone, without costing Apple too much from customers who can afford more.

 

[brownbird]

You don't need a redesigned audio connector to listen to high res audio. I can do that right now through a regular 3.5mm connection. The problem with doing away with the 3.5mm connector is that it makes millions of headphones incompatible with the new phone, and strong arms hundreds of equipment manufacturers into making headphones that will comply with the new Apple standard, while at the same time making their new (Apple compliant) devices incompatible with literally every other audio device on the new and used market.

So what's the workaround? To carry a dongle?! That's a ridiculous ask. Especially coming from a company that prides itself on simplicity and a beautiful user interaction.

It's a crappy design move. There is nothing wrong with the 3.5mm connector. If it aint' broke don't fix it.

 

[Michael Scrip]

oh, I think you are misunderstanding me and others. Being mad is a bit much, atleast I am not mad. I as well as others just feels it is unjust. It is not something that I am going to stress over. However we as consumers should not tolerate greed. Alteast that is how I feel.
When persons say 16gb is useful, a 32gb will be just as useful and will only benefit consumers. U don't think we as consumers should care if Apple makes 100 million less because they now offer a 32gb.

As I said... it is an upselling technique.

If Apple made 32GB standard... there probably wouldn't be too many people who paid the extra $100 for 64GB. I don't know.

It's a dirty game... but it's Apple's game. If you choose to play in Apple's world... this is what you have to deal with. This isn't the first time Apple put crappy components in the entry-level hardware. 5400RPM hard drives?

I've accepted it and moved on. I don't buy the entry-level iPhone.

 

[mejsric]

As I said... it is an upselling technique.

If Apple made 32GB standard... there probably wouldn't be too many people who paid the extra $100 for 64GB. I don't know.

It's a dirty game... but it's Apple's game. If you choose to play in Apple's world... this is what you have to deal with. This isn't the first time Apple put crappy components in the entry-level hardware. 5400RPM hard drives?

I've accepted it and moved on. I don't buy the entry-level iPhone.

what if no 64GB but next will be 128GB... how many people will upgrade?

 

[Blaze4G]

As I said... it is an upselling technique.

If Apple made 32GB standard... there probably wouldn't be too many people who paid the extra $100 for 64GB. I don't know.

It's a dirty game... but it's Apple's game. If you choose to play in Apple's world... this is what you have to deal with. This isn't the first time Apple put crappy components in the entry-level hardware. 5400RPM hard drives?

I've accepted it and moved on. I don't buy the entry-level iPhone.

Yep I agree. I wonder if they slot a 32GB for $50 more than the 16GB if it would come close to sales of 16GB. I know this won't ever happen though.

 

[Tycho24]

anybody has yet to answer me when I hit them with this question. If you have no shares, stake or dont own Apple. Why are you defending a 16gb version? We are both consumers of their products, shouldn't we both want more from them? A 32gb can do everything the 16gb can do. So what reason as a CONSUMER is there to defend Apple?

Everyone that defends it keeps saying 16gb is useful. So does that mean 32gb is not as useful? I am completely lost at this logic as a consumer.

Well, I AM a shareholder, sooooooo....
I have to solidly agree w/ Apple's strategy. If it (the 16gb model) outsells the 64gb by a multiple of five, obviously it's plenty for a LOT of people.
I realize that they make an attractive profit on those that do opt for more & I'm glad they changed the value of that $100 upgrade to 16gb-->64gb, from 16gb-->32gb for the same $100.
That makes it a bit more enticing to upgrade!
If they had upped the base to 32gb w/the introduction of the iPhone 6, I bet the base would outsell the upgraded units by more like 20 to 1, and Apple would've lost out on many hundreds of thousands of dollars... (perhaps even millions).
As a consumer... I'll be ecstatic if it goes to 32gb, 128gb, & 256gb.
As a shareholder... I hope they keep it this way for one more iteration, then pull that trigger for iPhone 8.
Now, that being said... the one area I simply CANNOT get behind their strategy & I genuinely feel that it is greedy, bordering on sleazy- is only having a 32gb/128gb configurations on iPad Pro, w/ a $150 price difference.
Ugh.... LAME!!!!! (and the sole reason I don't own one).

 

[segfaultdotorg]

256 GB? Lame. My next phone needs to have at least 256 TB.

 

[Blaze4G]

Well, I AM a shareholder, sooooooo....
I have to solidly agree w/ Apple's strategy. If it (the 16gb model) outsells the 64gb by a multiple of five, obviously it's plenty for a LOT of people.
I realize that they make an attractive profit on those that do opt for more & I'm glad they changed the value of that $100 upgrade to 16gb-->64gb, from 16gb-->32gb for the same $100.
That makes it a bit more enticing to upgrade!
If they had upped the base to 32gb w/the introduction of the iPhone 6, I bet the base would outsell the upgraded units by more like 20 to 1, and Apple would've lost out on many hundreds of thousands of dollars... (perhaps even millions).
As a consumer... I'll be ecstatic if it goes to 32gb, 128gb, & 256gb.
As a shareholder... I hope they keep it this way for one more iteration, then pull that trigger for iPhone 8.
Now, that being said... the one area I simply CANNOT get behind their strategy & I genuinely feel that it is greedy, bordering on sleazy- is only having a 32gb/128gb configurations on iPad Pro, w/ a $150 price difference.
Ugh.... LAME!!!!! (and the sole reason I don't own one).

if I was a shareholder I would defend the crap out of the 16GB base model. So I agree with you from a shareholder standpoint to definitely keep the 16GB.

Where I am from, iPhones are a bit of a status symbol (we can't buy on contract....well we can but it works out to cost almost 3 times the price if buying it upfront). Hence most persons who have an iPhone where I am from gets the 16GB because it is the cheapest and persons there can say hey I have an iPhone. This is nothing against Apple but that is just how it is where I am from. Most persons there are materialistic.

I can speak for other countries, but I would believe this happen at other countries / areas too. Just to give you an idea, a 16gb iPhone 6s when it just gets released usually retails for 1,300 USD. After it has been out for a few months, it drops to $900 USD and stays there until the new model comes out.

 

[duffman9000]

Yeah at a cost, which in Apple's standards is not cheap

$19.99 USD and no you won't get one included with the iPhone.

 

[doelcm82]

I completely understand why Apple does it. If I was the owner or had stake in Apple, they I would want them to keep it at 16gb. What I don't understand is why a consumer like you would take Apple side when you won't benefit.

I'm a stockholder. Also, I tend to get the middle or higher tier configuration. It doesn't help me at all if the bottom tier is 16 or 32GB.

Also, I'm not taking Apple's side. I'm just saying that Apple is doing remarkably well. They have their own agenda, and you have the same power that I do to affect it. You can spend your money with Apple or elsewhere.

 

[0007776]

I get that the bigger phone allows for a bigger battery, but flash storage doesn't take up that much space. Apple should make the only difference between the sizes be screen size and battery life.

 

[Floris]

Very cool news, I mean rumor. Let's wait until the 7S+ 256, so I can afford the 64gb one with my account, which btw, I am stuck on for two more years haha. The downside of not being filthy rich, I can't just go and buy everything outright, I have to wait until the contract ends so I can upgrade