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When is Apple going to kill 16GB?

Ffosse said:
Well, on my iPhone I barely use half of the 16gb available; I don't see the point in keeping many files on it since I stream all my music, (cheap, fast and unlimited data) don't play games or hoard photos for anything more than 5 minutes 'til I upload them.
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I have no music on my phone either. I have however managed to accumulate over 25GB of other files, such as photos, videos and documents. I'm not one to keep masses of SMS or other clutter, but I do use my phone as a working device. It would be unheard of to have a pc with an 8GB hard drive, so those of us who use our smartphones as portable computers do tend to need the 32GB model (if not more).
 
sunking101 said:
I have no music on my phone either. I have however managed to accumulate over 25GB of other files, such as photos, videos and documents. I'm not one to keep masses of SMS or other clutter, but I do use my phone as a working device. It would be unheard of to have a pc with an 8GB hard drive, so those of us who use our smartphones as portable computers do tend to need the 32GB model (if not more).
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I guess that's true for a lot of people.

Regarding the PC, though, I switched to a Chromebook and also use less than half of the 16gb onboard - simply no need for me. I realised that I could eschew Windows completely.
 
Ffosse said:
I guess that's true for a lot of people.

Regarding the PC, though, I switched to a Chromebook and also use less than half of the 16gb onboard - simply no need for me. I realised that I could eschew Windows completely.
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I have 8tb or so of disc space on my windows desktop. A number I can't believe I even reached. I'm trying to eschew google though; which is why I don't have a Chromebook.
 
Mechayoshi said:
16 gb is for the people that want a device at the base price and will only stream music and movies while using only a few apps. Since a lot of people fall under that category, why would that storage option disappear?
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I always buy 16GB. It's enough for me. Most of them people I know buy that size too.
 
sunking101 said:
That tells us nothing.16GB is the cheapest option, and most 'make do' with it on a purely financial basis.
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so why would apple as a business want to change that? I find nothing wrong with 16gb. I dont keep videos and pictures on my phone forever, as I always transfer them to an external drive for safe keeping. We would all love apple to drop the price of the iphone, but they wont at this time.
 
617aircav said:
so why would apple as a business want to change that? I find nothing wrong with 16gb. I dont keep videos and pictures on my phone forever, as I always transfer them to an external drive for safe keeping. We would all love apple to drop the price of the iphone, but they wont at this time.
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I'm not asking them to drop the price of the iPhone, merely to stop ripping off those who need 32GB+ storage. We have already paid the same as you, we just want additional storage and not to get raped for it. If Apple don't want to lose profits by making the base model 32GB, they should at the very least make memory upgrades 50% cheaper. They have already made their money on the phone, the same phone that the majority of people appear happy with, we just don't want fleecing to upgrade from there.
 
617aircav said:
so why would apple as a business want to change that?
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Because the longer they wait, the worse their product gets, and the better the competition, with their cheap SD cards, looks. 16 GB in 2014 is not the same as 16 GB in 2010.

It will also allow them to increase the size limit on apps, which will (obviously) allow for apps that weren't possible before, especially in regards to games.
 
sunking101 said:
I'm not asking them to drop the price of the iPhone, merely to stop ripping off those who need 32GB+ storage. We have already paid the same as you, we just want additional storage and not to get raped for it. If Apple don't want to lose profits by making the base model 32GB, they should at the very least make memory upgrades 50% cheaper. They have already made their money on the phone, the same phone that the majority of people appear happy with, we just don't want fleecing to upgrade from there.
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I agree, I mean I need 32 gigs only cause I use nearly half of it with music, apps that I actually need even if it is a once here and there (I cleared some out and then came back to needing them), then I have like 1.5 gigs of photos. My wife is a shutter bug, we off load from her phone alot with pictures and she is getting an iPhone 6 and said she wanted the 64 gig and let me tell you she will have it half full in about a year or so, or close to it.

Anyway, memory upgrades being 100 clams is stupid and needs to stop. Will it? Of course not, Apple makes the money but I wish they wouldn't be so selfish on the prices.
 
sandmanfvr said:
Anyway, memory upgrades being 100 clams is stupid and needs to stop. Will it? Of course not, Apple makes the money but I wish they wouldn't be so selfish on the prices.
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I'm hoping they follow suit, since they've already shown they can tier storage for the iPod touch at $50 for each storage level. Would be nice for a 16gb to start at $199, then increase by $50.
 
IXDoubleDXI said:
I'm hoping they follow suit, since they've already shown they can tier storage for the iPod touch at $50 for each storage level. Would be nice for a 16gb to start at $199, then increase by $50.
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The iPod touch is two years old. I would not compare that to the latest iPhone.
 
IXDoubleDXI said:
I'm hoping they follow suit, since they've already shown they can tier storage for the iPod touch at $50 for each storage level. Would be nice for a 16gb to start at $199, then increase by $50.
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Agreed. A lot of the competition only charges 50 for the step to 32 GB too.

I actually don't think it would hurt Apple too much. Sure they would be making 50 dollars less per 32 gb unit sold but I feel A LOT more people would upgrade to 32 gb if it was only 50 dollars more. Keeping in mind 50 dollars is still a lot to charge. Most anything lost would be made of for in quantity sold.

Yep, I could pretty much run all of APPL from my living room. :D
 
The day I stop buying my iphones used is when apple introduces a 128GB iphone. I'd buy that immediately and sell my iPod classic.

16gb is ridiculous for music lovers...
 
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