iPhone 7 Rumored to Include 32GB of Base Storage, Potentially Dropping 16GB Tier

[Tinmania]

Presumably this means iOS 10 will come in at 16GB, so they had no choice but to bump the base iPhone to 32GB.

Meanwhile in 2007, nearly a decade ago, the iPhone had 8GB*, much smaller OS footprint, and no installable apps. My how little we have progressed....


*Yes there was a 4GB iPhone initially, but it was discontinued as most people chose the 8GB model. But even that 4GB model, compared to today's usage patterns, had much more storage than a 16GB iPhone 6S Plus.



Mike

 

[ajfahey]

A day late and a dollar short. The minimum should be 64GB. 32GB is already obsolete and the manufacturing cost difference between the two versions for Apple is insignificant, though I'm sure the selling price will not be.

 

[polee]

Oh finally. I hope this is true.

 

[peterdevries]

bitch please they will drop 16 GB but charge an additional 100$ so in the end you get 32GB instead of 64GB

When has Apple ever done something like that? Do long-time macrumors members like you really need to fuel the sour mood that has taken over this board since a few years?

 

[Hastings101]

I don't think 16GB is too little for most people, it's just ridiculous that a $500+ flagship phone only comes with 16GB at base.

I remember when I had an 8GB iPhone 3G and never really ran out of space, and that was when I didn't use "the cloud" and streaming apps like Spotify. I managed to store pictures, music, music videos, and way more apps than I use now all on that without running out frequently.

 

[Adam&Eve]

That some People complaining about the 16gb is totally stupid. It's just like complaining about Coca Cola selling small bottles of Coca Cola. If you don't need more, why buy more. I never had a 16gb, but again I have never been able to use my 32gb. Maybe because I use clouds and so on. But come on, complain about ANYTHING that's relevant.

 

[AlexH]

It's been time for quite a while...

 

[tigres]

Me. But just because I wanted the 6S and told myself to wait all year for the iPhone 7 and I don't want to be without 2gb of ram and band 12 LTE support for another year.

If I could go back I would have just bought the 6S when it came out and skipped this model, but I'm sure there will be other pleasant surprises with this year's new iPhone.

I swear, you are the only one!

 

[akash.nu]

You appear to have confused company profits with customer experience.

Personally, I don't care about Apple's profits, but I do care about the features and usability of their products - and that's the area they're behind. And that's sad, not smart.

Completely disagree with that. Apple has always been with the idea that anybody should be able to pick up their handheld devices and use it. That's exactly how iOS has been designed. This is one of the reasons why even a kid can use iPads and not Android devices. Features aren't of any use of not implemented properly.

 

[mountain]

I hope this rumor is true. They should have eliminated 16GB two years ago.

 

[TallManNY]

Apple will not increase storage wile dropping the price. No way.

Well a $649 base price for a smartphone is going to look ridiculous in 2017. I think the SE price (which has much of the internals of the 6S) is the sign that prices are coming down this Fall. That price is going to have to come down eventually and better to do it at launch then to confuse consumers with price reductions mid-year that aren't connected to currency fluctuations.

 

[kazmac]

Tune in this September as...

if this is (inside) the case, it is long overdue.

 

[emm386]

You just know that a smartphone vendor trolls its customers, when they remove a headphone jack and at the same time intoduce yet another proprietary connector...

But I’m sure they’ll offer to sell us a pricy adapter!

 

[Carlanga]

Simply, the 32g module became the same industrial price as the 16. All about the margins, people.

it has been low for a while, these last 2 gens have been all about greed w ssd apple prices.

 

[tann]

for all u naive people thinking apple are being generous, you'll be very glad to hear of the new probable prices:

32gb: $649
128gb: $799
256gb: $949

meaning all of you that were used to the 64gb of storage, you'll now be paying an extra $50 for that same storage (though you'll be forced to get the 128gb model even though you don't need that much storage). 32gb was overdue 3 years ago, even 32 won't be enough nowdays for anyone who actually uses their phone.

those who only need 32 enjoy the price drop though

- love Apple.

Damn never even thought they could take it like this. I think you're right. We can already see they hiked the iPad storage increment prices.

 

[bushido]

When has Apple ever done something like that? Do long-time macrumors members like you really need to fuel the sour mood that has taken over this board since a few years?

Just a few months ago? Also known as the iPad "Pro"

 

[kuwxman]

Thank you, Baby Jesus!

 

[Soccertess]

If the form factor doesn't change, it better be unbelievable or else I am jumping ship after so many many years. I really don't want a Iphone 6SE.

If it doesn't have wireless charging or something, I see no point staying with Apple. The benzel's are horrid and Android now has really surpassed iOS.

 

[kdarling]

Oh, the beancounters finally caved. Woo-hoo!

Ha. They would never do that! Therefore, there can be only one reason for the upgrade, if true:

16GB Flash must now be so hard to find in quantity, that it's actually cheaper to use 32GB chips

 

[macsrcool1234]

It's sad that it took until late 2016 to even begin rumors about this.

 

[Tinmania]

That some People complaining about the 16gb is totally stupid. It's just like complaining about Coca Cola selling small bottles of Coca Cola. If you don't need more, why buy more. I never had a 16gb, but again I have never been able to use my 32gb. Maybe because I use clouds and so on. But come on, complain about ANYTHING that's relevant.

Coca Cola bottles?? What an amazingly absurd analogy. Do you buy Coke bottles, empty? No. You buy them full and then empty them--the complete opposite of iPhone memory. Do you have to upgrade Coke bottles, and are prevented from doing so if they are merely half-empty? No.

Most people know car analogies suck. But the "Coke Bottle" is a new low.

I assume you have never encountered someone with a 16GB iPhone who dared to use it, and now can't even update to the latest iOS due to not having a enough room (enough room being just about empty). What is really "totally stupid" is Apple selling a device with such limited memory, at such a high price, and no way to back it up with Apple's services without paying even more to add to the woefully inadequate included iCloud storage. The service that has had 5 GB storage for the last half decade.


Mike

 

[allanfries]

Believe that when I see it.

 

[Pman17]

Probably will drop 16gb. iOSX is probably bigger in size.

 

[apolloa]

Now where are those id... oh I mean posters on here that claim 16GB is all you need?

Probably working out what they will post when it's 32GB is all you need!

 

[lyngo]

Innovation? My a**!

Agreed! I was being sarcastic.