Wow two base storage bumps in as many years, iP7 went to 32GB base last year and now 64GB base. Apple shouldn't be so generous lol.
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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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I know that, I didn't say it was anything to do with storage space. My point was, what good is h.265 saving you space when you can't play h.265 on the other devices you may own.
Well on my 128Gb 6s I have around 30Gb free so guess I'm going for the 256Gb version. Fine for me to be honest as it's not the top storage model like this one was so might not be too much more... I imagine with all the AR stuff we probably need a bit more room as well.
I agree with that statement 3 years ago. I use to be the person that could get away with an 8GB phone. Now, by default, all of your documents, photos, etc. are on all of your devices all of the time. The person with an ipad/iphone has easily doubled their storage compared to previous times where each device was separate. Plus videos take up a lot more space being 4K. Apple has really altered storage compared to a few years ago. Their version of the "cloud" is a lot different than dropbox, box, google drive, etc.
My habits have not really changed at all in that time frame, just the way Apple has decided to store documents and photos.
edit: oh, and I don't even store music/movies on any of my devices. That is all streamed.
Hmmmm good point. I was thinking 256 would be plenty. I'll probably still just go with 256 or even 64 since 512 would likely be waaaaay to expensive for my liking. Just sync my rated/loved music.
True. Thankfully, I have a laptop and TV that supports it. As for 256GB vs. 512GB, I think I'll get the 256GB, 64GB would definitely not be good enough after using 128GB for the almost two years on my 6s (about 25GB free space at the moment). If the 512GB model is only $100 more and has better availability than the 256GB, I may be tempted to get that capacity. It may be overkill, but since I'm paying a premium anyway...what's an additional $100?
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Apple screwed consumers with the 16gb phone for YEARS but in one year they go from 256gb to 512gb?
What a company...
Did they force you to buy the 16gb? Gun point? By knife? Just curious
Most people like to take a lot of pictures and record high definition video.
Pictures and especially high definition video can eat up a lot of space really quick.
Combine those two factors with the fact that most people are not tech savvy enough to put in place a system to keep all those gigabytes of data stored somewhere else than their phones and now you suddenly know why people may need for such storage sizes inside a phone.
Oh and I know that you can use iCloud Photo Library to solve this issue, but the amount of data that needs to be transferred is not compatible with the speed of the internet connection of most people in the world (most people still have 8-20 Mbit/sec DSL with like 2 Mbit/sec upload speed).
Btw, why are you so pissed off about other people choices? Even if for a minority of users it came down to just having all their music stored locally, who are you to say it's not worth it to them? Why is it that just because you feel you "never needed more" than 16GB then it automatically means that nobody else in the world would need more?
People have different desires and needs. Surprise.
Anyone who knows aprox how many days it takes backup 512GB over that wonderful USB2-connection Apple loves to use on iOS devices?
Gun point. An old six shooter revolver, it only held one bullet though they wanted an extra $200 for the other five.
Cloud storage? When you're in the middle of nowhere? How long do you think it takes to upload 64GB of 4K video to the cloud at 1 bytes per second? A thousand years.
When your device is full it deletes older media from your phone, which is already stored in the cloud, thus freeing up space. What's the problem here?
Knew it when they came out with 512GB on the iPad it would follow on the iPhone. God knows how much that will be.
64GB makes more sense for the "lower-priced" iPhone 7S. But since the iPhone 8 is projected to be the high-end "anniversary iPhone" they should bypass the 64GB model. So I agree.
What is it you like? Increasing the base storage or increasing the base price?
Base price for an iPhone use to be $650 usd, then when the plus got released the base price went up to $770. Now it is rumored to start at $1000.
Yeah there is still the $650 model but that has been same design for 3 years now and features are being held back so they can go in the more expensive models. When features are held back, the "new base " model is the $1000 one.
This is a very confused bit of logic. A base model is by strict definition a basic iPhone set to a base price. If the rumors are true, a base model at a base price will be the iPhone 7S Plus and iPhone 7S. The iPhone 8, if rumors are true, will be the premium product in the iPhone lineup, and will be priced at a premium and feature premium specs.
If I was in the market, and I'm not until maybe the next version, I'd still get the minimum storage on the phone. I have my 51GB iPad Pro. The iPhone is for communications for work, at lest for me. I don't really care if I can't load every tv show, and movie onto it or record for hours and then edit it on the phone.
If you're so tired of rumors on a rumored website,why would you visit A rumored website and comment on it? Furthermore, Ming Kuo actually has a fairly positive track record with predictions months before anyone has any idea of what to expect with the iPhone 8. So his precedence is welcome by all means.
