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Is a 6+ 16GB pretty much useless ?

i owned a 16gb iphone 6 and having hard time filling the capacity.

Now 6 gb empty. My music is around 2 gb video 1.5 gb i dont think it make sense to put many movies in such small screen.
 
Girlfriend has the 16GBP, and she regrets it now. Mostly photos eat up her space and it seems to pain her that it's always nearly full.

She's too lazy to file manage daily/weekly or whatever.

I think 32GB should have been the base model. Pure greed motivated Apple's decision to have a 16GB base model. Squeeze consumers for every margin they can get away with :(

If she takes it on holiday, there's no way there will be enough space on the phone for extra music/moves/video footage/photos. So in one sense, yes, it would actually be useless.
 
goofy1958 said:
16GB might work for someone with a killer internet plan that can afford to keep music and movies in the cloud, but a lot of us cannot. I'm moving to the 128GB from a 64GB, since I have only a few GB left, and can't even put all of the music I'd like to on my current phone, much less adding a few movies.

Heck, I've got 8GB of photos alone, and that isn't anywhere near all of them!

I would return it for a refund, and wait until you can get the 64GB. Good luck!

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Depends on the store and manager. They might waive it if you order another one during the return. YMMV.
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You should be on T-Mobile. Not only do you get unlimited LTE, but streaming music from any site and all the popular sites is free. It doesnt count as data!

cymolia said:
I bought a 16gb yesterday and calling all around to do an exchange for a 64 gb and no one has it . How would i go about doing an exchange if i cant find any ? I regret getting the 16 gb , beautiful phone but not enough memory.
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No. If you don't want to spend the extra dollars, you can use a 16, which is what most businesses get anyway.


I will never again understand why people waste time syncing to iTunes when all their music can be streamed.


Google Play Music is the clear winner and will be for the foreseeable future.
 
I think it depends on the user. My boyfriend could easily get away with 16 GB. His iPhone 4 was 16GB and he never came close to filling it up. Now he has the note 3 and he's only used about 6 GB of internal storage and the 32GB SD card I passed onto him is largely unused. I personally wouldn't have gotten a 16GB iPhone. It's just too little space. I like to have my music on my phone. Plus I'm a hoarder. I've got the 64GB. I wanted the 128 GB but they didn't have it in stock. It's probably the right amount of space. I never filled my 64GB iPod touch and I have everything I could possibly want on there. I had a 128 GB SD card in my S5 and I had 70 GB free, even when I filled it up with loads of junk.

OP if you are worried keep trying to get it changed for a 64GB model.
 
Shanghaichica said:
I think it depends on the user. My boyfriend could easily get away with 16 GB. His iPhone 4 was 16GB and he never came close to filling it up. Now he has the note 3 and he's only used about 6 GB of internal storage and the 32GB SD card I passed onto him is largely unused. I personally wouldn't have gotten a 16GB iPhone. It's just too little space. I like to have my music on my phone. Plus I'm a hoarder. I've got the 64GB. I wanted the 128 GB but they didn't have it in stock. It's probably the right amount of space. I never filled my 64GB iPod touch and I have everything I could possibly want on there. I had a 128 GB SD card in my S5 and I had 70 GB free, even when I filled it up with loads of junk.

OP if you are worried keep trying to get it changed for a 64GB model.
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My iPad is 16GB and I have no pictures or music on it and for some bizarre reason it still says I haven't got enough space for iOS 8. I need to back it up, wipe it, and install the update but haven't got around to it yet. I couldn't have a phone in that size unless it was only used as a very basic smartphone. I think modern apps take up more space than they did a few years ago with Facebook being one of the worst offenders.
 
TJ82 said:
Girlfriend has the 16GBP, and she regrets it now. Mostly photos eat up her space and it seems to pain her that it's always nearly full.

She's too lazy to file manage daily/weekly or whatever.

I think 32GB should have been the base model. Pure greed motivated Apple's decision to have a 16GB base model. Squeeze consumers for every margin they can get away with :(

If she takes it on holiday, there's no way there will be enough space on the phone for extra music/moves/video footage/photos. So in one sense, yes, it would actually be useless.
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Tell her to get a Dropbox account, and put pictures there. That's a simple solution that I use to manage my 16GB iPhone pictures and videos. Plus that way, everything is saved just in case I lose my iPhone or I need to access the pictures/videos from a computer.
 
nfl46 said:
Tell her to get a Dropbox account, and put pictures there. That's a simple solution that I use to manage my 16GB iPhone pictures and videos. Plus that way, everything is saved just in case I lose my iPhone or I need to access the pictures/videos from a computer.
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This is what I do. I have a box account. I manually upload photos I want to keep and just delete the rest from my phone. I typically have 7-8 GB free on a 16GB phone.

Box is integrated into IOS in the sense I can add photos from box to photo stream or the messages app
 
I just got my 16gb 6+ and it is not USELESS! I make just fine with the things I need and I'm very happy very terrible title.
 
nfl46 said:
Tell her to get a Dropbox account, and put pictures there. That's a simple solution that I use to manage my 16GB iPhone pictures and videos. Plus that way, everything is saved just in case I lose my iPhone or I need to access the pictures/videos from a computer.
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Yeah I think you're right.. need to wean her on to doing this :D
 
nouveau-apple said:
You should be on T-Mobile. Not only do you get unlimited LTE, but streaming music from any site and all the popular sites is free. It doesnt count as data!
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Well, might work for you, but T-Mobile only has 2G service in my area! Not even 3G, much less LTE, but thanks for trying.

We can't even get wired broadband (U-Verse, cable, DSL, etc.) where we live. Satellite only with very limited data plans (max of 15-20GB per MONTH) so no streaming.

People need to stop assuming that everyone has great internet here in the US. Those of us in rural areas get screwed by all the telcos, since they aren't willing to spend the money to get us true broadband at home.
 
Useless ? Certainly not.
Very limited space for a smartphone that also doubles as a phablet ? Definitely yes.

Considering that:

- the iOS itself leaves you only with ~11gb free
- average apps size have increased significantly
- Major upgrades of the iOS require around 4-5gb free on the device

...with a 16gb version many people will have issues.

Speaking of which, why did Apple stopped offering the 32gb version ?
 
The-Real-Deal82 said:
My iPad is 16GB and I have no pictures or music on it and for some bizarre reason it still says I haven't got enough space for iOS 8. I need to back it up, wipe it, and install the update but haven't got around to it yet. I couldn't have a phone in that size unless it was only used as a very basic smartphone. I think modern apps take up more space than they did a few years ago with Facebook being one of the worst offenders.
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You could update via plugging your iPhone into a PC and utilizing iTunes. That would minimize the headache and then you don't have to worry about space.
 
Got the 64g for myself so I can store my music on it and got the 16g for my wife. We use our 3T time capsule to store most of what we don't need on a daily basis, and we can access all the files remotely so its not a huge issue. I always sync my photos/vids to my actual computer anyways so they don't take up too much space.
 
16GB is fine for lots of people. My 5s was 16GB. Had over 500 songs and over 900 pictures and recorded videos on it, in addition to all my apps, and I still had about 1.5 GB to spare.
I personally don't see why it's necessary to carry ALL of one's media library on one's phone at all times. Even with with the larger models, I've never considered a phone to be the ideal device for watching movies and tv on, so I keep the heavy media on my laptop/desktop or tablet.
 
cababah said:
Managing storage is a PITA.

Went 128GB so I won't have to worry about it for a loooong time :)
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This! I practically threw my money at the 128GB model! I want to enjoy my phone, not manage space!

goofy1958 said:
Well, might work for you, but T-Mobile only has 2G service in my area! Not even 3G, much less LTE, but thanks for trying.

We can't even get wired broadband (U-Verse, cable, DSL, etc.) where we live. Satellite only with very limited data plans (max of 15-20GB per MONTH) so no streaming.

People need to stop assuming that everyone has great internet here in the US. Those of us in rural areas get screwed by all the telcos, since they aren't willing to spend the money to get us true broadband at home.
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Yeah Internet in the US is pretty bad in many areas...its not just rural either. I live in a suburb of a major city and the cable company literally has a monopoly running here....Verizon promised us FiOS but when they decided to go for more spectrum in the AWS band they dropped the ball, instead of the whole county (more or less) getting FiOS they only upgraded areas with aging infastructure and the inner city areas. So now the best thing you can get is 15Mbps DSL which is never 15Mbps (more like 6Mbps)....Its frustrating since 2 miles from my house they have FiOS. When I lived in a rural area I actually had faster and more affordable internet.
 
antonis said:
Useless ? Certainly not.
Very limited space for a smartphone that also doubles as a phablet ? Definitely yes.

Considering that:

- the iOS itself leaves you only with ~11gb free
- average apps size have increased significantly
- Major upgrades of the iOS require around 4-5gb free on the device

...with a 16gb version many people will have issues.

Speaking of which, why did Apple stopped offering the 32gb version ?
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Agree that 16 GB isn't useless in general, but even on the 6 Plus, it depends on the user and the extent to which they want to store media on their phone. If anything, the increased usage of streaming music and cloud storage has negated some of the need for local capacity.

I bought a 32 GB 5s last year because I assumed that I would store music on my phone. But, with iTunes Match, I only store music on my phone when I'm about to go on a road trip through some spotty coverage areas. I currently use 19.5 GB. However, I can also see myself purging many of the apps that I keep on my phone -- a lot of "app of the week" stuff and other freebies that I downloaded, but hardly ever use. Because I still have a lot of extra storage, I don't think much about which apps I actually use and which ones I should delete. If I was limited to 16 GB, of course I would think more about what I should keep on my phone.

Generally, app sizes have increased. However, the biggest size increases have been with games. For people who don't do a lot of gaming, most apps in other categories are still a lot smaller.

That 4-5 GB requirement only applies if you update iOS over-the-air. Plug the phone into a computer and update using iTunes, and the free space needed is reduced by more than half.

As to why Apple stopped offering the 32 GB configuration -- because people never stopped buying the 16 GB models. They see the sales distributions that we don't, so they made a calculation based on what they know about their customers. For the same price as the 32 GB iPhone 5s last year, you can now buy a 64 GB iPhone 6. Apple chose the incentive to prod consumers to opt for the higher priced configuration, rather than essentially dropping the price on the entry level configuration.
 
Highly dependent on your usage really. I've been using a 16gb phone for the last 2 years and I'm still currently just using 5gb. Now my iPad is another story. My music resides on an iPod in my car or on my iPad. I don't have video or games on my phone, and I only keep a small amount of photos on my phone. I just ordered a 6 today and I'm sticking with the 16 for now. If it ever fills up to a point I can't update or I need more room I'll just get rid of what I don't need or move it to my iPad which gets used far more than my phone. There is no one size fits all so I don't personally think 16gb is useless to everyone. YMMV!
 
joeblow7777 said:
16GB is fine for lots of people. My 5s was 16GB. Had over 500 songs and over 900 pictures and recorded videos on it, in addition to all my apps, and I still had about 1.5 GB to spare.
I personally don't see why it's necessary to carry ALL of one's media library on one's phone at all times. Even with with the larger models, I've never considered a phone to be the ideal device for watching movies and tv on, so I keep the heavy media on my laptop/desktop or tablet.
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Media was never my problem. Unless you consider pics and video (recorded by me) media. Video gets large pretty wuick. A minute or two clocks in at 250mb.

But anyway, my apps alone take up enough space to leave me with 16gb being almost unusable. I guess it all depends what you use the phone for.
 
New Apple said:
16gb WAS INTENDED TO BE USELESS, to push people for the 64gb
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I don't know. I think there were always people who were going to get the 16GB version. For whatever reason. For some it will be because it suits their needs and for others it will be because of price.

I think most people who would have gotten the 32GB will get the 64GB. It's the same price so it's a no brainier. There will be some who will opt for a higher capacity because of the better pricing. When I was swapping my 64GB 6 plus out for the 128GB the guy who worked in the shop told me that his iPhone 5 was 16GB and it wasn't enough space for him. He said he was going to get the 64GB iPhone 6 but because it wasn't much more went for the 128GB.

For me the 16GB is totally useless but for many it is perfect for them. If my mum ever upgrades from her iPhone 4 I'd tell her to get the 16GB. She got 32GB as she wanted to get the same as me but has only used about 6GB. I've always gone for the maximum capacity available at the time (3G- 16GB), (4-32GB), (5S-64GB) and now 128 with my 6 plus.
 
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For my phone I have no problem with 16gb, but then again I don't store anything on it. I have a handful of apps and really no pics, or videos, and less then 50 songs. I don't see the phone as my primary device like some might. All I do with it is call, text, sometimes web or YouTube and use a handful of apps when I am on the go. When I take a lot of pics in a day they get uploaded to my computer with in a day or two and then deleted off of the phone. For me my media needs would be way to much for any phone Apple makes. My iPad Air on the other hand I love to have apps on it so I have a 32gb and next year when I upgrade I guess I will go with an iPad 64gb. For what I need using my iPod Classic meets my media needs and is great as it mostly lives in my car. When I work out my iPod Nano is great for that. So to say 16gb is useless is all in how you look at it. It seems to me that many are making there phones primary devices. But that's what I have my iPad or computer for. At the end of the day I want my phone to be a phone and anything else it can do is just a bonus. I don't want my phone to be dead because I spent all day listening to music or watching videos. No one has to agree with me and I may be in the minority and I don't mind that. I also Don't mind having two devises that I may have to carry around as it meets my needs way better then having one device that only half meets all my needs.

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Ladybug said:
Highly dependent on your usage really. I've been using a 16gb phone for the last 2 years and I'm still currently just using 5gb. Now my iPad is another story. My music resides on an iPod in my car or on my iPad. I don't have video or games on my phone, and I only keep a small amount of photos on my phone. I just ordered a 6 today and I'm sticking with the 16 for now. If it ever fills up to a point I can't update or I need more room I'll just get rid of what I don't need or move it to my iPad which gets used far more than my phone. There is no one size fits all so I don't personally think 16gb is useless to everyone. YMMV!
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Sounds like we are like minded lol.....
 
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