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Kuo: iPhone 13 Lineup to Start at 128GB of Storage, Pro Models Will Have 1TB Option
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While it was sort of expected to see Apple not bumping up the base storage of the Pro lineup to 256GB, I sure hope we'd see it one day in the future. (sigh)
But still, pretty stoked about the upcoming phone, looking forward to finally upgrade from my iPhone X!
But still, pretty stoked about the upcoming phone, looking forward to finally upgrade from my iPhone X!
Why would a iPhone user need more than 256GB??? My iPad has that much and I have like 217GB free!
Just two days ahead of Apple's annual iPhone event, reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has outlined expected storage capacities for the iPhone 13 lineup.
In a research note with investment firm TF International Securities, obtained by MacRumors, Kuo said the iPhone 13 lineup will start with 128GB of storage, with no 64GB option for any models. Kuo added that the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max will be available with up to 1TB of storage, which would be the largest capacity ever offered for an iPhone.
The exact storage capacity breakdown is as follows, according to Kuo:
iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13
- 128GB
- 256GB
- 512GB
iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max
For comparison:
- 128GB
- 256GB
- 512GB
- 1TB
iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12
- 64GB
- 128GB
- 256GB
iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max
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- 128GB
- 256GB
- 512GB
Article Link: Kuo: iPhone 13 Lineup to Start at 128GB of Storage, Pro Models Will Have 1TB Option
Obviously it will never happen, but how cool would it be to have a phone with a NVME slot where you could just pick your own storage or expand as needed. I was using more than the 256 on my S6 Tab and just threw a 512 in it. So easy..
8-plus user with 256GB and I still have 230GB free — but I also rely on a 2TB iCloud account and Apple Music so that reduces the memory significantly.
Might go 128GB if I do go for the 13 — although the rumours of the 14 are really making me pause and maybe wait another year.
Might go 128GB if I do go for the 13 — although the rumours of the 14 are really making me pause and maybe wait another year.
Photos are NOT the only digital media people keep on their phone. Personally I have a LOT of music files and playing them in my car directly from my phone saves a LOT of streaming charges. Also, occasionally load movies for trips. Likewise savings streaming charges.1TB is a god send.
That's what I'll never understand why someone would buy a pro for casual use — sites like FB, Twitter, Instagram all compress the hell out of photos and videos — they rarely look anything like the originals.
I'll even bump up saturation (sometimes very high) on photos before posting just to try to save the look of the original before it appears on Instagram or FB.
Twitter for videos is beyond ridiculous for compression - any video looks like it was shot with a flip phone from the mid 90s.
1TB of music is around 20,000 hours of music. I doubt many people have the need to keep 400,000 songs on their iphone.
Internally preparing myself to welcome the latest advancements in the new mini, and looking forward to when I can hit the purchase button the morning of the pre-order.
For me 64Gb is the sweet spot and I have to get more than I need.
I have 560gb in iCloud right now, its about 61K of songs. I will love having the 1TB to store it all on 1 device in the car.
Cool. My phone uses ~26GB of its storage with iCloud photo sync on (so it keeps just proxies or w/e on phone) so I don't really feel like the base model had real issues here, but we know this NAND-flash isn't that expensive to offer and they were definitively behind their competition.
I believe kuo much more than those stupid Ukrainian e commerce sites which said there wouldn’t be a 256GB option for the non pros
If you are watching movies on your iPhone you have a bigger problem than your storage
Flash memory might be getting cheaper, but other components are getting g more expensive as shortages go on. Odds are this is to make price increases more palatable, where comparing last years models with the same storage looks comparable, even though the base price goes up
People who like to record in 4k