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Is 16GB enough for you?

leroyky said:
Yep. I have two games, Impossible Road and Threes, installed on my iPhone. The remainder are on my iPad. Anything other than casual gaming on the iPhone is a recipe for headaches. :D
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Fair enough. Hardcore games contain well over 1GB of data in them just FYI.
 
I've had 16GB phones since I got my first iPhone, and I've never used up more than 75% of space.

I have a 16GB iPad and I've used up most of the space but not all of it yet. I think i'm good with 16GB but at the same time, I think that 32GB really needs to become the new base amount, and 16 to be dropped completely.
 
I've had to delete so many pictures, apps, messages because the 16GB was just not enough. Next time I want to get at least the 32GB.
 
16GB was barely enough for me when I got my first iPhone (4). Towards the end I was at the point I had to delete songs to install an app or vice versa.

I upgraded to an iPhone 5S and this time opted for the 32GB, well worth the extra two week wait to order one in to Telus back in October when the frenzy was on. Now I sit with a very comfortable 12GB available, that's with about 10GB of music, maybe 200MB of photos, and 35 or so apps. I don't play resource-heavy games or take a lot of photos so I can keep my storage pretty low even without using any streaming or third-party cloud services.

My iCloud backup is only about 1.7GB, and that includes my iPad mini on the same account that uses less than half a gig (basically only settings and data for a handful of apps). I have enough free storage both on my iPhone and my iCloud to handle whatever comes up during the 2-3 years I will have this phone. After that I still can't foresee any need for a 64GB upgrade unless it becomes the new mid-tier model and the price comes down to current 32GB levels, in which case why not?
 
Just all you guys be grateful we are t running surface. 32 gig device only has 16gb free once the os goes on.
 
I'd prefer 32GB, but there's about 12GB usable of the 16, and I now listen to all my music through Google Music so I don't have to store my 10GB library on the phone.
 
CEmajr said:
No.

I've been getting 32GB models for the past two iPhones. Thought about getting the 64GB but iTunes Match and Dropbox have eliminated my need for that much storage. So I'll continue to buy the 32GB models.
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I'm the same way with my 32GB. I can almost get away with a 16GB due to iTunes Match, but im very happy with the 32GB.
 
Plenty for me although I bought the 32Gig thinking it would not but it turns out it was more than enough and every time and update comes out and I do a clean install and use my back up I gain at least a gig or more back again from cleaning it out.
 
techiebug said:
That's alot of pirated music....
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Yoshi Yogurt said:
Well for the one friend....yes

Not saying I'm 100% pure-bought but I have a lot of CDs...
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I hate when you have a lot of music, people assume it's pirated. I have 130GB also and all paid for. Back in the day my sister worked at a music store, so I took advantage of her discounts and bought a lot then. Now with used CD stores, I can get a CD for under $5 most of the times. I just found out a band I like has a pre-sale for iTunes for $4.99 if I get it before the release next week.

I can't remember the last time I paid full price for a cd, but with friends in the music business I won't pirate either.

chrf097 said:
I've had 16GB phones since I got my first iPhone, and I've never used up more than 75% of space.

I have a 16GB iPad and I've used up most of the space but not all of it yet. I think i'm good with 16GB but at the same time, I think that 32GB really needs to become the new base amount, and 16 to be dropped completely.
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I agree for the normal consumer and have the 32GB as the base one. Maybe have 16GB for enterprises or something? My company has iPhones too and locks them down, so 16GB is more then enough.

Donoban said:
Just all you guys be grateful we are t running surface. 32 gig device only has 16gb free once the os goes on.
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:eek: wow! I heard this, but never looked to see how true this is.
 
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I've always purchased the 16gb iphone model. I've never had storage issues, but I dump the majority of my photos to Dropbox. I don't shoot video, nor do I download videos. I stream music via Spotify, and video through Netflix and Hulu Plus. However, I would certainly consider a 32gb model for the iphone 6. If anything, I wish I purchased my rMini in 32gb.
 
nburwell said:
I've always purchased the 16gb iphone model. I've never had storage issues, but I dump the majority of my photos to Dropbox. I don't shoot video, nor do I download videos. I stream music via Spotify, and video through Netflix and Hulu Plus. However, I would certainly consider a 32gb model for the iphone 6. If anything, I wish I purchased my rMini in 32gb.
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And you do your photos smart IMO. I don't get people how they run out of space and have to delete phones. With Dropbox/OneDrive/Google Drive, there is no reason anymore.

I have my wife's iPhone set up that soon as she hits wifi, it uploaded her pics to OneDrive. Every once in a while I move the pics to the computer and then that is also backed up.
 
I might be able to make 16 work, but I'll likely go for 32 next time around. I have 64 on my 5S and 128 on my rMini. Since I've got the mini now with enough for all of my music I care about, I will likely go to a smaller phone and just keep my 2 or 3 nested smart playlists on there. Depending on how you listen to music, you can do a lot with smart playlists. If you listen to albums, you'd have to pick the night before and that would be a nightmare. I listen to music on headphones as much as I can every day, and I don't make it past 100 songs most days. I have 23 gig of music in 1500 songs on here now, along with 7 gig in photos/videos.
 
i had the 32gb iPhone 4 and filled it up.

i now have the 64gb iPhone 5s and here's my breakdown:
24.9 GB available, 31.8 GB used
Music: 16.2 GB
Photos: 4.5 GB

i love music. i don't own any single songs because I've very picky and only have full albums of the artists i like. photography is huge as well.

essentially, my entire library of music and photos is mirrored from my macbook pro to my iPhone. i like being about to carry around my entire photo collection, and being able to look back in the past and share with others.
 
Enough? Lol. Once I had 30 gigs iPods which was a lot by the time. Now, with cloud drives and streaming, hard drive space is a waste of time and materials. No way I will ever spend time again loading stuff onto hard drives. It would be a waste of time and not give access across both devices and platforms. 8 gigs is way too much today. I have a 16 Gb 5s... Would gladly choose 8 GB.
 
617aircav said:
16gb is more than enough for the tens of millions of people that buy it.
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It sure is and I found that out by buying a 32 Gig thinking with all the newest features I would load more on it and it and it turned out to be the opposite but at least I have the extra space for future use and trade in value. You can have more than you need but it is not like a PC where you can throw in a memory stick for more RAM.
 
The miser in me picks 16gb or 64gb. The 32 gb is the worst value, 16 extra gb for $100 more. 64 gb gets you 3x that for 2x more.
 
cynics said:
The miser in me picks 16gb or 64gb. The 32 gb is the worst value, 16 extra gb for $100 more. 64 gb gets you 3x that for 2x more.
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Unless you barely need that extra 16 GB and certainly don't need any more, which kind of wastes that extra $100 then.
 
C DM said:
Unless you barely need that extra 16 GB and certainly don't need any more, which kind of wastes that extra $100 then.
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It's still not a good value comparatively speaking and even if you don't use it there is still resale value. Just hard for me to justify spending so much on so little. Saying aloud 16gb extra for 100 or 48 gb extra for 200 is a no brainer for me. That's just the way I'm wired though and I understand everyone is different. That's why I said "the miser in me" in my OP.

I find iPhone storage to be similar to money. People live within their means (couple of posters in this thread hint at this). Someone that maxes out 16 gb of storage will max out 32 gb. Like money this isn't always the case. I have a 16 gb 4S and I'm thrifty with my storage, if I had 32 gb I would only be concerned about it less and be less thrifty.
 
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