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Is 16GB enough for you?
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Becuase with social media, you post pics. Pics take up space. I have around 1200 pics that takes up a little over 7 gigs and they all have to do with social media. In a 16 GB iphone, you only get around 12-13 usable space. 7 gigs is more than half of the usable storage
So it's more photos than social media per se (given that photos can be backed up to somewhere like Dropbox, Flikr, computer, etc. from the phone while they are still there on social media after they have been posted without the need for them to still be on the phone necessarily).Becuase with social media, you post pics. Pics take up space. I have around 1200 pics that takes up a little over 7 gigs and they all have to do with social media. In a 16 GB iphone, you only get around 12-13 usable space. 7 gigs is more than half of the usable storage
Goodness, no. My phone is 64GB. I take too many photos and have my entire iTunes music library on my phone!
I need a 32gb. I'm always running out of space and hate having to put things on my iPod since I rarely take it out with me anymore.
16 Gig has always worked good enough for me. I don't keep any apps that I'm not using on my phone, and when I want to play a large game I download it, play it, and then delete it and if I ever want it again I can redownload it. Micro-managing my phone has never been an issue for me. I always have between 5-7 gig available. Used to be a problem, but Spotify and such has freed up lots of previously used space.
I would like to move up to 32 gigs if it ever becomes the default version.
I would like to move up to 32 gigs if it ever becomes the default version.
It's enough if you don't use your phone as a media device. Way too many still use their phones as a mobile phone and don't need the 'smartphone' bit. They just make calls, send SMS, use the camera, check emails and browse occasionally for train tickets and cinema listings. 16GB for people who listen to music, download videos and install tons of apps is a tiny amount of storage space.
I listen to music but stream all of it; I don't seen the point in keeping music files on a device. At least not more than the occasional album or playlist for offline use.
Nope. I have a 64GB 5S and take a TON of photos. Just had to delete a few hundred because I was bumping up against the limit as it is. The extra space allows me to be a bit lazy and not delete things as often.
Thats all good but when i travel and there is no reception, streaming kind of doesn't work. So yea space is a necessity in poor reception areas. 64gb is the only option for me.
I prefer to use an iPod touch to listen to my music while commuting because I like to save my battery juice on the iPhone for surfing and using it as a phone.
I typically keep one or two albums on my iPhone so I have a fallback if my iPod dies or I don't have it with me.
Both are 16gb versions.
I have 8.4Gb of space left on my iPhone.
Very interesting to see other peoples needs and wants and usage.
I typically keep one or two albums on my iPhone so I have a fallback if my iPod dies or I don't have it with me.
Both are 16gb versions.
I have 8.4Gb of space left on my iPhone.
Very interesting to see other peoples needs and wants and usage.
Currently have a 16GB 5S and honestly, it doesn't work out for me. I take A LOT of photos and videos and have to constantly let them upload and then proceed to delete them at the end of my days. I do not have any music on them and just the essential applications that I do use. Other than that, would be nice to have a sd card slot or the functionality to hook up a USB and play music from it. But Pandora keeps me going.
16 gig is fine for those who will not use all the space for massive data collection (e.g education / office workers , padded down to the workplace stuff) But for someone like me who wants media on the iPad all the time, 16 gigs is just way too low. This time I went with a 64gig iPad. Was tempting to get the 128Gig iPad Air, but i think 64 gig was a great compromise. 7 gigs of melbourne,sydney trip photos (high quality photos of course looks awesome on a retina display!) 25 gigs of music 6 gigs of videos. Leaves me with around 10 gigs.
I have a 32 GB iPhone 5 but will be dropping to s 16 GB iPhone 6 if they are available. I recently picked up a 64 GB iPod Touch 5G fit all my music so a huge phone is no longer needed.