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No 64GB iPhone?
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Why don't they just do 64/128/256? I always wondered why they keep that bottom rung so paltry. Other than it being a marketing ploy I don't understand why the bottom rung gets short changed like that. I will most likely go with the 128gb, but I would have considered saving $100 if the bottom rung was 64gb.
And that's exactly why they do it... so you'll spend the extra $100 (or in this case I think $150) on something that costs them under $10.
Bc it's unnecessary. For many individuals and business accounts, 16GB is more than sufficient.
I don't recall them ever adding a different storage amount mid cycle.... what they start it as it where it stays until the next phones come out...
now they may have added it to the phone when it became the old version the next year... I never really pay attention to that part of it cuz I'm always interested in the newest phone, not last years model (or the SE phones)
But this also isn't the typical "mid-cycle" though, is it? It has the timing of what is typically a new form factor. There's actually nothing about this that's typical. This year and next are both predicted to be unprecedented (in regards to iPhone history).
When previous models take the back seat because of new flagships, the number of storage choices is almost always reduced. Typically only the base model remains avaialable for purchase.
what I was referring to with midcycle is the comment that they might add another storage capacity...
you can dream on that they'll add a 64gb capacity sometime in the next year... but that's all it's going to be
Oh, I can't see Apple adding anything "mid-cycle" in that regard. Definitely agree there.
This really makes the iPhone more appealing, well at least in the U.S.... Base iPhone X Plus costs the same as Note 7 in Europe, so you get 32GB of storage with the iPhone 7+ and 64GB with the Note for the same price.
While I applaud the (two or three years overdue) base model storage increase, I go right back into an eye-roll at the rumors of no 64GB option. Apple really are the masters of playing with people's minds. They know full well 64GB is a sweet spot for a lot of customers these days so they just had to have that gap between 32-128GB so a lot of people would have to fork out for the 128GB model.