iPhone 11 Photos - Optimize iPhone Storage

[seaw]

Hi there,

I'm thinking weather to get a 64 GB or 256 GB iPhone.
I will in any case use the option "optimize iPhone storage" for my photos, so the originals are in the cloud and a small version would be on the iPhone.
Since some of my photos come from a camera that produces pretty large file jpegs, it takes a little while until the photo is completely downloaded when I zoom in, you know that little white circle in the bottom right corner.
Question: Is the optimization process different with a 64 GB and a 256 GB device. Will the 256 GB iPhone optimize less and keep more data of the images on the phone, so the download process would take less time when zooming in into individual photos?
Thanks. S

 

[Damon2]

Yes 256 will optimize less until you start getting closer to your limit.
I still found it a bit aggressive on my 128GB 7 though despite not coming close to fill it up.

Note, If you've got the optimise function set up on your current phone when you transfer to your new phone pretty much all your photos and videos will be as thumbnails on your new one.

I too am stuck between the 64 and 256

 

[bydandie]

I have a 512Gb Xs with less that 100Gb utilisation and my wife has a 256Gb Xr with less than 40Gb utilisation (both are setup to optimise iPhone storage for photos). I would only ever pay for more than 64Gb on an iPad now for the kids so they can store their movies offline.

 

[FlyingDutch]

How many Gb of "uncompressed" content do you have ?
64 Gb could be enough if you have something like 50/60 Gb of apps/music/photos/videos. In this case the "optimize" option could help you free enough space.
But if you are above that level, you need a bigger storage.

 

[seaw]

How many Gb of "uncompressed" content do you have ?
64 Gb could be enough if you have something like 50/60 Gb of apps/music/photos/videos. In this case the "optimize" option could help you free enough space.
But if you are above that level, you need a bigger storage.

I now have a 6s with 64 GB. iPhone storage in use is about 20 GB. Strange is that the compressed photos only use up 2 GB of storage. When I first uploaded all my photos to iCloud couple years back it used to be much more, almost filling up all my iPhone storage. Misleadingly I said I would buy an iPhone but I'm actually buying an iPad. Since I never really used an iPad, I don't know how much more storage I need than on an iPhone (with the Apps being heavier, might also be using more Apps, don't know whats out there). I also think there will be different algorithms for compressing photos because of the higher display resolution. Hm..?

 

[FlyingDutch]

I now have a 6s with 64 GB. iPhone storage in use is about 20 GB. Strange is that the compressed photos only use up 2 GB of storage. When I first uploaded all my photos to iCloud couple years back it used to be much more, almost filling up all my iPhone storage. Misleadingly I said I would buy an iPhone but I'm actually buying an iPad. Since I never really used an iPad, I don't know how much more storage I need than on an iPhone (with the Apps being heavier, might also be using more Apps, don't know whats out there). I also think there will be different algorithms for compressing photos because of the higher display resolution. Hm..?

Nope.
compression will be absolutely the same.
but usage on an iPad could be different. On an iPad you could use different apps and that could change the requirements.
For sure avoid any 32 Gb iPad, but 64 Gb could be enough or not be enough dependin on your usage.