and you're going to leave what amounts to over 20 hours of 4k video on your phone forever, and not move it anywhere else? If that's your storage strategy then no amount of memory will ever suffice.
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'iPhone 8' Said to Come in 64, 256, and 512GB Storage Capacities, All With 3GB of RAM
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and you're going to leave what amounts to over 20 hours of 4k video on your phone forever, and not move it anywhere else? If that's your storage strategy then no amount of memory will ever suffice.
iPhone 6S: 16/64/128
iPhone 7: 32/128/256
iPhone 8: 64/256/512
Apple, I like what you are doin'
iPhone 7: 32/128/256
iPhone 8: 64/256/512
Apple, I like what you are doin'
I use icloud storage, but that just pushes all of the data to all of your devices. Plus I like having everything with me all of the time. I have 3000 photos and 102 videos and that is over 25 GBs. I also use "files" so my mac files are there. I am sure that is probably on the low end by comparison.
I hate it when people spout "cloud storage" as the answer to everything. Not everyone has unlimited data plans or the desire to wait for data to transfer from the cloud when they want it. Some may not even want any of their data in the cloud.
Sorry to break the news, but the invites have been sent. You didn't get one.
Silly my iPhone will have as much storage as my 2016 MBP but if you step back it's the same "upsize" marketing Apple has always conducted with iPhones. What has changed is that we've gotten into storage levels that satisfy actual data needs now.
But it's not a phone is it? It's a mini computer! For me, it's a video streamer, music player, Pro audio recorder, vlogger, camera, camcorder, sat nav, radio, alarm clock, egg timer, internet device, social media unit, FaceTimer, photo album, something that holds my HD film collection & videos, iMessage, WhatsApp and maybe just maybe, once every two days i'll make one phone call on it! If anything, it's a MACBOOK MINI
Except they're now using H.265. Forget about that?
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Hahah yes it holds your HD film collection that you never watch. It's merely a great way to have you give them more money because they know that you want to store a bunch of stuff you'll never use on it.But it's not a phone is it? It's a mini computer! For me, it's a video streamer, music player, Pro audio recorder, vlogger, camera, camcorder, sat nav, radio, alarm clock, egg timer, internet device, social media unit, FaceTimer, photo album, something that holds my HD film collection & videos, iMessage, WhatsApp and maybe just maybe, once every two days i'll make one phone call on it! If anything, it's a MACBOOK MINI
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And never listen to 90% of it
I agree, especially with the FANTASTIC 4K 60FPS (luckily it'll be HEVC or it would have been 1GB PER MINUTE, this is going to be 500/600MB per minute).
Out of internet, of all of my friends who have iPhone 7, none have gone for the 32GB option and have 128GB instead. I was planning on the 256GB for the iPhone Pro but wow, 512GB!!!
H.265. iOS 11. 30-50% storage. Welcome back to common knowledge
Last year they sent out invites on the last week of August, so we can expect to know the date in less than a week, I'd say monday
4K video is about 300mb per minute. While I don’t strictly disagree with your sentiment, I doubt the battery would die sooner than the storage would fill. Assume you have nothing else on your phone you’d fill the 64 gigs in a little over three hours....
Actually doing the math that may legitimately kill your battery haha. I’ve never actually tested battery drain while recording though.
Awesome...Now 64 GB is the base model
I hope they'll start with 64GB on the 7s and 7s+ as well, I'd save $100 and go for the base model
I don't really keep much on my phone. I've used 40/128GB on my current 7+ and most of it is stuff transferred from my 6S!
I'll gladly stick to the 64GB this time.
I'll gladly stick to the 64GB this time.
That’s what I was thinking. It’s really incredible that the computer in our pocket will have significant flash storage yet desktop Macs which are more expensive (even high end 27” iMacs) still ship with HDD as the base.
I did the math based on Apple’s data. Are we getting better compression with the upcoming phones?
128 GB was perfect for me. Guess I will go for the 256 which will probably be the hardest one to get.