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iPhone 7 Plus Said to Have 256GB Option and Larger 3,100 mAh Battery
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Everyone ASSUMES everyone needs 64/128/256 saying it should be the base storage.
I GUARANTEE their biggest seller is the 16gb in both iPhone and iPad. The people in forums are the 1% of 1% of power users and opinions are skewed. Soccer mom doesnt care about gigs, as long as she can store her photos and videos of her kids and some apps; maybe a few dozen songs.
She isn't putting 23 movies and 900 songs on her phone. That's the under 10% media guzzler.
Again, thing big picture instead of so small minded.
I GUARANTEE their biggest seller is the 16gb in both iPhone and iPad. The people in forums are the 1% of 1% of power users and opinions are skewed. Soccer mom doesnt care about gigs, as long as she can store her photos and videos of her kids and some apps; maybe a few dozen songs.
She isn't putting 23 movies and 900 songs on her phone. That's the under 10% media guzzler.
Again, thing big picture instead of so small minded.
My "soccer mom" doesnt have a clue about 16gb or 64 or 1200 but u have to hear when her iDevice tells her she doesnt have more storage space. They do care, even if they dont know, they do care.
The worst part is that he is bragging about doing something that will probably have a negative effect on everyone in the future.
and the people who have a smartphone to do email and apps? Again trying to group everyone is mere ASSUMPTION
You don't understand. Everyone needs more storage even if they don't use more.
Am I arguing it right?
Although it seems overkill, ThunderBolt3 over USB-C is a possibility. Those diminutive little USB-C ports are believed to be becoming mainstream soon across all platforms and brands as over 700 tech companies including all the big ones, have signed onto USB-C.
I will chime in with everyone saying they need to scrap 16GB, I agree. It's becoming a usability issue. You used to be able to buy an iPhone with the base storage with no issues. But pictures, apps, video, etc. is all taking up more space than it was in 2009. Both my parents are currently experiencing the 16GB frustration when they get a notification saying the storage is full when they don't even store music or video at all. Admittedly though they could probably dump some of their photos on a computer and be fine. I wish Apple would opt for the largest capacities they could because then it may encourage more robust games in the app store. If everyone has 16GB phones it makes 2-3 GB games unavailable to most. I hope for 64/128/256 in the next iPhone but I honestly expect 32/64/128.
256 though, that's as much as my MacBook Air and I won't lie that would be pretty cool if I could put every single thing I have on my computer on my phone.
256 though, that's as much as my MacBook Air and I won't lie that would be pretty cool if I could put every single thing I have on my computer on my phone.
it's fad not fade btw.
And yes, I'm tired of this make it thinner crap.
I would prefer the original thickness of the first iPhone so we can have 1+ days of full use.
The iPad pro supports USB 3 through its lighting connector. Presumably a 256GB iPhone will support this as well.
Let's create Live Photos (bigger photo files), higher quality video recording capabilities (bigger video files), improved/complex apps (bigger download files), but let's keep selling a 16GB device.
Huh?
Huh?
I'll wait until my iPhone 6 packs up and I need to upgrade. I bought it new at launch and hope it lasts at least 5 years because it cost me a boot load of cash... more money than I can justify spending on a yearly basis.
LOL half the decent jailbreak hacks eventually become 'features' ay?
If she fills up 16GB... she'll fill up 32GB too. More storage isn't exactly the solution.
Perhaps it's time to teach her how to get photos OFF the phone.
A phone isn't supposed to be permanent storage for photos. And if every photo she's ever taken with that phone is left ON that phone... how is she backing them up? I sure hope the photos on the phone aren't the ONLY copy of her photos. It would be a shame if her phone is lost, stolen or broken.
Be a good child and help her... teach her what to DO with her photos. Don't let them pile up on the device forever.
BS, USB-C is thicker then existing LIGHTNING, wake the **** UP!
Beside even doing that does not justify killing 3.5mm!
While it would be nice if apple did offer more then 16gb on the base model I believe heaps of people still find that more then enough for them. I always buy the 128gb model for better resale value in 12 months when I buy the latest model but I use barely 9gb on my phone since I only have a few games and probably a couple hundred photo's. Now on the iPad 16gb minimum is crap and that should be 32gb because of the size of the apps and how long people tend to keep their ipads.
If you need to hold more than 3,000 photos or more than 30 minutes of 4K video at a time... you probably shouldn't have bought a 16GB phone.
And see my previous post #117... the phone shouldn't be used for permanent storage of media files anyway.
Actually 128gb iPhones have the worst resale value. You spent $200 extra for 128gb, but in used market it only translates to $20-30 more than 16gb version. Trust me, I have just gone through selling high capacity iPhone and I sold it for about as much as the base version.
I recently had to get my mom set up on iCloud Photo Library just to do the optimize storage setting, got her back a few gigs. I probably should reinstall all of her social media apps because they are raking in the cache and miscellaneous files, growing and becoming more and more bloated. It's annoying that I have to do this but she simply just doesn't know better otherwise.
Apple, do us all a favor and give us a larger battery even if it's the same weights/slim as the iPhone 5S. I think, we can live without the trend of THINNESS. Goal should be at; Larger battery, RAM, 32GB as entry level, USB-C (wishful) and FFS do not take 3.5mm headphone jack.
Can someone explain why Apple is so fixated on making iPhone any slimmer than it is? There is more loss at hand than any gain. If they really want to make it any slimmer, better of making a bloody iPhone Air.
Can someone explain why Apple is so fixated on making iPhone any slimmer than it is? There is more loss at hand than any gain. If they really want to make it any slimmer, better of making a bloody iPhone Air.
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I'm not sure if there are still people who connect their phones to a computer to sync their good old mp3 collection.
If they ditch the headphone port I'm out
I have way too many headphones
I have way too many headphones