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[Merged] 64GB for next-gen iPhone (2010 / 4th Gen)

We will get a 64GB iPhone this year?

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bniu said:
By sealing in the battery, you can have a larger battery since you won't be wasting space with the battery compartment frame.
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So why does the iPhone 3GS has a smaller battery than almost every other smartphone with similar dimensions that have removable batteries?

iPhone 3GS: 1200 mAh (Smallest)
HTC Hero: 1350 mAh
Nexus One: 1400 mAh
HTC Incredible: 1500 mAh
HTC Evo: 1500 mAh
Motorola Droid: 1400 mAh
Blackberry Bold 9700: 1500 mAh

Oh, I know.

Design elements from the Macbook Pro don't apply to the iPhone. While not having a battery latch in a laptop allows it to have a larger battery, it doesn't apply to a phone. It doesn't make sense when someone talks about wanting the new iPhone to be "unibody" either. The iPhone doesn't have a frame in the first place; it's a shell.
 
I currently have 28GBs of music on my 29GB 3GS. It'd suck to have to wait a year for more space. I used to be carefully and delete and manage my music, but I'm starting to think of it like Gmail. I just keep everything while still buying and downloading new stuff.
 
AbSoluTc said:
Lol, might I remind you of the whole external memory card issues on android. You know, where you can't install external apps and such to the memory card? yeah, that.
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You can as of Android 2.2, and have been able for ages with unofficial builds.

We do need a MicroSD slot, IMO. We won't get one, of course, but it don't mean it wouldn't be useful.

And why won't we get one? It's obvious: Apple makes more money by over-pricing the higher capacity phones and making you pay the premium instead of letting you buy more memory separately from a third party.
 
We will see a 64GB iPhone this year?

Do you think the next iPhone will come in 64 GB? I personally think it will. I can't see them keeping the 16/32, especially since the 16GB 3GS will be the new base model.

EDIT: My thread and poll titles are messed up.
 
Memory is not going to double every year. So don't whine next year thinking there will be a 128 phone. :rolleyes:
 
What about that prototype that Engadget had, that was supposedly 80GB?

I'd like to think there will be a 64GB, but the Vietnamese leaked 4G was 16GB. Which leads me to believe we'll see 16/32 again.
 
Considering in 2008 the 32 GB chip was announced in November and it was used in the 3GS. I don't see why a chip announced in December of 09 wouldn't make it into this iPhone.

I am guessing we will see a 64GB iPhone.
 
I've basically never had anything other than a plain old regular cell phone, but I'm moving to a new city soon and so I finally have a legitimate use for a phone with GPS and internet. Plus, my iPod classic 80 GB is on its last legs. So I'm in the market for my first ever fancy phone. However, I already feel limited by the 80 GB capacity of my iPod, and if I get a fancy phone then I'm sure I'm gonna eat up a bunch more gigs just for apps. So I really *hope* that the new iphone is 64 gig. With 64 gigs I'd feel very constrained but could handle it, but 32 GB would be nearly claustrophobic.

So I really hope that a 64 GB version comes out soon. Hell, I'd like it even better if a 256 GB version came out soon. ;)
 
I need something bigger than 32GB. I'm at the point where I'm having to delete large swaths of music just to fit new music on my 3GS. That's a big no bueno. If they come out with a 64GB, I get the 4G no problem. If not, sticking with 3GS.
 
yeah, I do think it is plausible to see a 64GB version this year...

but I don't see them not selling a 16GB model, seeing as how many people do with 16GB just fine... IF they do release 64GB, we could very well see a 16, 32, and 64GB model.

when I buy in June, if the lowest model is still 16GB, I will be getting just that... I can make it work with only that much space. more would be nice, but I'm not made of money.
 
McBeats said:
but I don't see them not selling a 16GB model, seeing as how many people do with 16GB just fine... if the lowest model is still 16GB, I will be getting just that... I can make it work with only that much space. more would be nice, but I'm not made of money.
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But that's actually a big incentive for them to enlarge the storages and drop the low 16 GB version altogether. If you can manage to reasonably squeeze your stuff into 16 GB, then you will, and you'll have very little space left to buy more music or more apps. But if they drop the 16 GB and make the lowest one have 32 GB, then you'll be using that 32 GB version and you'll have plenty of free space to buy more download stuff.
 
I just don't see it happening.

It's technically possible, but I think the prices are still too high.

MAYBE they'd do:

16 GB - $199
32 GB - $299
64 GB - $399

...but I'm thinking they're not going to put out a $400 subsidized iPhone anymore. I just don't think it'll happen.
 
What about those streaming-from-home things I've heard about? I've heard people say that there's some program you can get that you setup on your home computer and it'll let you access all your music on your big home hard disk and stream it over your phone's data connection to play on your phone. Have those things actually come out, or are they just vaporware? Because I could deal okay with having a small storage phone as long as I could stream any song in my music collection over my phone's data connection.

Do these things exist?

EDIT: Okay! A little googling shows that these apps do exist! All of a sudden I think I'd be happy with a 16 GB iphone!

http://www.eazycheezy.net/2010/03/3-iphone-apps-to-stream-your-music-library-to-your-phone.html

And a little googling shows that Apple itself may be about to add a home-streaming function to the new version of itunes. We'll find out in just a few weeks.
 
iPhone 4G - Why no 64GB Leaks?

We have had more information leaked about the upcoming 4G iPhone then any Apple device in history, but yet I STILL have not seen anything even as a credible rumor about the CAPACITY of the device. I wonder why this has not been leaked anywhere.

I was REALLY hoping for a 64GB iPhone this month, but given the fact that there are no rumors / leaks whatsoever about a 64GB phone, I now find this very doubtful. I assume they will still be at 16GB / 32GB capacities only.

Thoughts?

Tony
 
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