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Over Half of Prospective iPhone X Buyers Surveyed Plan to Choose 256GB Storage
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That option wasn't available, so it is not captured in the chart.
That's interesting data, especially for those saying that no one wants the 8/8+ or that it was a flop.
i would assume, like myself many would just go with 128, so they needed to option people up to the higher margins.
I am going with the 64. I have a 256 7 Plus right now and I only use up about 36 GB's of space and I could easily cut that down if I really needed to. Looking forward to getting it on release day.
No different from the launch of the iPhone 6. Storage options were 16, 64, and 128. The only reason for not making 32GB the base amount is to force people into buying the higher priced model.
64GB of storage on a $1,000 phone is ridiculous with no 128GB option or at least a memory card slot like the Galaxy S8 available.
64GB of storage on a $1,000 phone is ridiculous with no 128GB option or at least a memory card slot like the Galaxy S8 available.
I can understand why people would want 256, but 64 will be plenty for me. All my music is in the cloud and I have my entire movie library on Plex. I usually keep a couple of albums locally and don't really enjoy watching movies on a tiny screen, so I might keep one or two that I'm planning to watch on my phone. I'll load up an iPad if I plan on watching movies.
But I have friends who have large music libraries and want to keep them on their device, and that it just fine. We all have different use cases.
I'm actually happy that so many want the 256 as it increases the likelihood that I will get 2 64s for the first ship outs.
But I have friends who have large music libraries and want to keep them on their device, and that it just fine. We all have different use cases.
I'm actually happy that so many want the 256 as it increases the likelihood that I will get 2 64s for the first ship outs.
Members here aren't the typical buyer - key point to remember. Many (most ?) that are due for an upgrade have good, "new" phone available NOW and are getting them.
That's why I wished more OEMs, not just Apple, used SD slots. You have to pay egregious "upgrade prices" to get more memory when it's just profit maximization with very little extra manufacturing cost to increase ROM memory. The iPhone X is stupidly unaffordable for many now and going 256gb is even worse. A 128gb iPhone X at $999 is a little more appealing.
I've already got the iPhone 8 Plus and loving it. I admit I purchased it for the wireless charging. I plan on Pre-ordering the iPhone X but quite honestly its a big question mark whether or not I will keep it. I'm pretty happy with the iPhone 8. At this point it doesn't matter how long it takes me to get the iPhone X.
Every time I get on a plane I wonder what you people do. You must use onboard entertainment.
I have my entire music library and several movies or TV shows loaded onto my phone.
I also have a good portion of my photos and videos local but only because I have plenty of space.
Oh, that's probably just because 64gb at this point is egregiously insulting, beyond pointless, and utterly hamstrings the iPhoneX.
Apple has absolutely no interest in you buying the 64gb version, and have done everything they can to make it a fake option.
High frame-rate 4K video and 12mp photos fill up 64gb pretty quickly. So quickly it's a joke, actually. A cruel, greedy, completely-Apple-like joke.
Apple has absolutely no interest in you buying the 64gb version, and have done everything they can to make it a fake option.
High frame-rate 4K video and 12mp photos fill up 64gb pretty quickly. So quickly it's a joke, actually. A cruel, greedy, completely-Apple-like joke.
I can't think of any device or computer that our family has ever owned that we haven't benefitted from having the maximum amount of storage. On the rare occasion that someone has said, "Oh, I don't need any more than.........", it has turned out that they end up spending a lot of time deleting things from that device/computer, as it fills up with upgraded software, music, movies, TV shows, Apps, photos, e-mails, etc. Someone in the business once told us to get the maximum amount of storage you can afford and that advice has been solid. Even when we purchased a Time Capsule a few years ago, we got the 3TB, thinking that was a little ridiculous. Well, guess what?....that amount of storage backup has been invaluable. So to spend an extra 10% on an already expensive phone to get sufficient storage for all the Apple AI apps that are coming, seems reasonable at this point.
Well, that really depends. I am ONLY interested in a 4" device, I can't handle the larger devices, I just have no interest in them. However, paying for an SE-X? That really depends - Would I pay the same for a 4" SE-X as what a 5.5" costs? Nope. The SE-X would have to be proportionally cheaper for me to pay for it.
119GB used of 256GB on mine. And that’s after “cleaning it up” because I ran out of space. LOL.
That'd be lovely but I think there's plenty of demand for both. 64GB is more than enough for me, I stream w/ Spotify and Plex, I use iCloud Photo Library with optimize storage. It's plenty.
People are going to love wireless charging. I have had it for 4 or 5 years now and it is one of those things you wonder how you did without. In the last 5 months with my S8 I think I have charged less than 10 times with a cable. I have a couple of chargers at home (bedside table and on drawer where I put my car keys) and one on my office desk. I just drop my phone on the charger and when I grab it to go it is at 100%.
Speak for yourself, I want the technology used to enable a 4" screen in a case that's smaller. If you want a 4.7" display, buy an iPhone 8.
Also, I wish there was a way to have "local" iCloud - So you have your music library on your computer/HomePod/iPod touch/something with 512GB of storage at home, constantly on the internet - Enabling you to store your library at home and carry a 16GB device around day to day. Kind of like an SD card but... streamed.