because you brought up signing a new contract. ATT is the contract you'd be signing. whats the big deal about signing a contract?? I have no issues with ATT. In fact, they are great for me. Better than the t-Moblie service i once had.
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[Merged] Prospects for Higher Capacity iPhone 4 (64/128GB)
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because you brought up signing a new contract. ATT is the contract you'd be signing. whats the big deal about signing a contract?? I have no issues with ATT. In fact, they are great for me. Better than the t-Moblie service i once had.
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The cost nope the heat and size
64GB would be nice yo have. It costs just under double the material cost that the 32GB chip costs. Here is a link that breaks down the cost of the flash cards.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2010/tc2010046_788280.htm
End of the day the 64gb is a little bit bigger and generate a little more heat. The iPhone is really pushing the limits of acceptance in regards to these measures. The space is an issue and so is heat.
64GB would be nice yo have. It costs just under double the material cost that the 32GB chip costs. Here is a link that breaks down the cost of the flash cards.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2010/tc2010046_788280.htm
End of the day the 64gb is a little bit bigger and generate a little more heat. The iPhone is really pushing the limits of acceptance in regards to these measures. The space is an issue and so is heat.
The big deal is that now AT&T has doubled their early termination fee. So if I buy a 32GB iPhone 4 now and a 64GB comes out in a year and want it, I have to pay a lot of money to break my contract. And then get to sign a new 2 year contract due to upgrading the phone.
I don't have any issues with AT&T's phone service. But hate their data service, 3G is very slow in my area (under 1MB downloads) and how they are limiting the iPhone's capabilities, claiming bandwidth issues.
Pictures, Music Videos, Movies, tons of Apps and lots of Music. Besides, the iPhone 4 records in HD, those video files will be huge and everyone will need the extra memory.
You don't need to break your contract to upgrade early, you just pay more for the phone.
I'm not pissed at all, and if they come out with a bigger one, I still won't be mad. I have all the apps I need, all the music I like, a few pictures, a couple movies, some videos I took, and I still have more than 8gb left on a 16gb. You guys must REALLY soak up everything you see and hear, LOL. Also, if I ever see that I need more space, I'll just sell it and get a bigger one. Nothing to get mad about.
Well, to respond to this, some of have 80+GB of music alone, and don't feel like switching out music every day. That alone makes me want one, as well as just the convenience. I can't believe people around here still raise this question; Apple sells 160 GB iPods, what do you think people are using all that space for? If Apple really selling me on the fact the the iPhone is a suitable iPod replacement, the storage should match.
And, in a bizarre twist....
OP - you're crazy. First of all, you need more HD/storage space, memory is RAM. Apple is not "constricting" the capacity of iPhones just so you "have" to buy one next year. As others have said, 64GB chips are simply too expensive to toss into the phones right now. I'm sure you'd be really happy and wouldn't be complaining at all if 64GB phones came out for $499 upgrade price ($799.00 unsubsidized). Also, the reason iPod Touch can do this is that they (amazingly enough) don't have cell hardware inside of the them, so they have more internal space to put the chips.
Nice cover up. Wait. Not really. The title of the thread is 64 GB iPhone 4.
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Actually, I'm not crazy. I based my statements on Apple's past practice of releasing upgrades to their products in a very short period. By doing this so soon, it tells me they had the ability to do this sooner but chose not to. Besides, why else would Apple have such a lower functioning camera in two versions of the iPhone, when other cell phones had better cameras, with video, for years? Even the camera in the 3Gs was only a slight improvement, but still lacked common place functionality.
Actually you are incorrect. If I sign a new 2 year contract now for a 32GB iphone and next year want the 64GB iphone, I would have to break that contract for the 32GB. The contract is linked to the phone.
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No. You can buy a new phone at an unsubsidized price. Then you use it on your existing contract. I've done it lots of times.
It'll come out next summer.
I don't think so. I see a mid cycle refresh coming. Like 5-6 months. Or maybe less. Same way they did the 4GB iPhone 2G
No, the contract is linked to the account, not the phone. Depending on how much you spend, you might be eligible for an early upgrade as soon as one year from now.
Okay true, but that is an extremely expensive alternative. I have a hard time justifying the subsidized price, let alone the unsubsidized over inflated price.
But for what I was talking about in my post, I was still correct.
Toshiba's 128GB NAND Flash Memory
It's interesting that this was announced before the iPhone 4 is even out. But I wonder if this will be in the next iPhone. Memory on the iPhone could get a big upgrade next year.
Yeah yeah I know. The iPhone 4 isn't even out yet and I'm talking about something in the future. But it's cool nonetheless that they managed to fit 128 GB's on a single chip.
http://gizmodo.com/5565944/imagine-toshibas-128gb-nand-flash-memory-in-your-next-phone
It's interesting that this was announced before the iPhone 4 is even out. But I wonder if this will be in the next iPhone. Memory on the iPhone could get a big upgrade next year.
Yeah yeah I know. The iPhone 4 isn't even out yet and I'm talking about something in the future. But it's cool nonetheless that they managed to fit 128 GB's on a single chip.
http://gizmodo.com/5565944/imagine-toshibas-128gb-nand-flash-memory-in-your-next-phone
A 128GB iPhone in 2011?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/toshiba-cooks-up-128gb-nand-flash-for-next-gen-phones-and-pmps/
I doubt it, but we can hope........
Tony
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/toshiba-cooks-up-128gb-nand-flash-for-next-gen-phones-and-pmps/
I doubt it, but we can hope........
Tony
This is how I see it.
2009 - 16 & 32
2010 - 16 & 32
2011 - 32 & 64
2012 - 32 & 64
2013 - 64 & 128
2014 - 64 & 128
And so on.
2009 - 16 & 32
2010 - 16 & 32
2011 - 32 & 64
2012 - 32 & 64
2013 - 64 & 128
2014 - 64 & 128
And so on.
That is quite remarkable. I just got an SSD with 80 G from Intel. I can't imagine that Toshiba now has a tiny memory chip that is bigger.