No 32GB iPhone 6s

[mrochester]

I addressed that a few posts above. Again, I know why they're doing it, but I don't agree with it. I am a consumer, so I will not defend a business decision that I do not view as fair.

All the other flagship phone makers offer 32GB base and have been. Apple is resisting this and getting away with it, because they can.

Why aren't they offering 64gb, 128gb, 256gb as the base model? Where do you stop?

I understand what you're saying but Apple has never followed along with the beat of someone else's drum. Apple doesn't make knee jerk reactions in this way.

 

[Brian Y]

Comparing phones to car engines is irrelevant in my opinion. We're talking about cheap storage here, not engines. Keep in mind that paying $100 more for a small bump in storage doesn't give you more power, like paying for for a better engine would.

Actually it's very relevant.

Going from 16GB to 64GB would likely cost apple around $8, but would cost you $100. Fiat, for example, sell two versions of an engine, with a price difference of around £800. The only difference between the engines in reality is a different mapping, and a different air filter - meaning the cost difference to Fiat is going to be around £10.

The "whole industry" isn't doing anything. Two manufacturers have decided to make their entry level devices have 32GB of storage. Two manufacturers isn't the entire industry. Plus, you're forgetting one major thing. On a 16GB S5, you get about 8.5GB of usable storage out of the box. On a 16GB iPhone, you get 12.1GB free.

 

[C DM]

This is what a business does. I am also sure plenty people are ok with 16gb, thus a lot of them buy it.

Plenty of typical users would more than likely still be OK with 512 MB of RAM, but at some point Apple doubled it to 1 GB (while still charging the same prices). If we are looking at how many people are buying something as a measure of how good it is of them, that's not all that accurate either as it doesn't really factor in that plenty of those people are simply buying the cheapest version of the product, whatever that version offers--basically they are doing it because it's the cheapest version not because of any other particular reason.

 

[C DM]

Why aren't they offering 64gb, 128gb, 256gb as the base model? Where do you stop?

I understand what you're saying but Apple has never followed along with the beat of someone else's drum. Apple doesn't make knee jerk reactions in this way.

At some point they will. Just as they went from offering 4 GB phones originally, to 8 GB, to 16 GB. They do it as it suits them, and in some cases it's more obvious than other cases, but that doesn't necessarily make it a good thing or the right thing overall.

Sometimes there's going too much after your own interests, sometimes there's looking out too much for the interests of others (which is not as often in comparison), but there's also a good balance that can be struck as well. Many times it's there, but other times it takes longer than it should to get to that point (especially when in the past it might not have been that way, at least not to the same degree).

 

[mpavilion]

I'm contemplating leaving my 5c (which I love) for a big-screen phone; great camera is a must. I have been squeezing by with 16GB, but need more in my next phone (32GB would be perfect; 64GB will be more than enough).

Assuming the "6s Plus" pricing and memory tiers remain the same as for the 6 Plus currently, it will be $749 for 16GB, and $849 for 64GB. Meanwhile, the 32GB (base) Galaxy Note 5 is $699 at T-Mobile.

I'm very hesitant to go back to Samsung (although I do love the screen on the Note); my last Samsung phone was buggy, and I love iOS. But $699 vs. $849 is a real factor. All these prices are high, but $800+ feels like a sort of breaking point for me.

In short -- if the base ($749) iPhone Plus had 32GB, I'd be all over it. But having to spend an add'l $100 for adequate storage may inspire me to choose the Note, much as I'd rather stay with Apple.

 

[terraphantm]

Well you're wrong on two fronts.

First of all, if the base was 16GB this would increase the cost of the phone slightly, so the price would probably increase for those who don't need more than 16GB. Would you still be saying that is fair if you were one of them?

Secondly, I don't know about global sales figures, but for the sales figures I've seen locally, the 16GB is by far the most popular model.

Price would not go up, just like it didn't when they bumped the base storage from 8GB to 16GB when the 3GS came out. Back then that upgrade cost Apple a lot more money too.

They'd probably spend an extra dollar on upgrading a 16GB phone to 32GB, that is how little that upgrade costs nowadays. Yes, technically amounts to millions, but still a small amount in the bucket.

Where they would really lose money is the upsells. They probably spend an extra $10 going from 16GB to 64GB, while extracting an extra $100 from its customers. They don't want to lose that.

 

[aPple nErd]

That 256gb model is going to take a week to sync. lol

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