Michal Ždanský Lack of space on the device, some files will need to be deleted. Quite a few iOS device users have probably encountered a similar message, especially those who had to settle for a 16GB or 8GB variant of the phone. Apple set sixteen gigabytes as the basic storage in 2009 with the iPhone 3GS. Five years later, 16GB still remains in the base model. But in the meantime, the size of applications has increased (not only thanks to the Retina display), the camera takes photos in 8 megapixel resolution, and videos are cheerfully shot in 1080p quality. If you want to actually use the phone and still upload a lot of music to it (you can often forget about streaming due to weak carrier coverage), you will very quickly hit the storage limit.
High hopes were pinned on the introduction of the iPhone 6, many believing that Apple would no longer allow itself to stay at a slowly ridiculous 16GB. Footbridge error, allowed. Not that it hasn't improved, instead of the 32GB variant for an extra $100, we now have 64GB, and the third variant is double that, i.e. 128GB. The price increase is at least somewhat adequate for the extra storage you get. Still, the price of the 16GB iPhone 6 and 6 Plus leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
Especially if the higher resolution will increase the size of applications again, at least until developers completely switch to vector rendering of elements, which of course does not apply to games. The most demanding ones slowly take up 2 GB. The iPhone 6 also came with the ability to record slow motion at 240 frames per second. How many shots do you think you'll take before your memory is completely full? And no, iCloud Drive really isn't the answer.
So, is it that Apple is simply trying to squeeze as much money out of the customer as possible? Last year, NAND flash memory with a capacity of 16 GB cost around ten dollars from a large manufacturer, and 32 GB then cost twice as much. Prices have probably gone down over that time, and it's possible that today Apple will be around $8 and $16. Can't Apple sacrifice $8 of the margin and solve the storage problem once and for all?
The answer is not entirely simple, because Apple probably had to give up part of the margin. The iPhone 6 will clearly be more expensive to manufacture than its predecessor due to the larger display and battery, and the A8 processor will probably also become more expensive. By keeping the 16GB version, Apple probably wants to make up for the loss in margins by forcing users to buy the mid-range 64GB model, which is $100 more expensive.
Even so, it is a big minus for the customer, especially for the one whose operator does not subsidize phones or subsidizes them only minimally. Which includes, for example, a large part of the European market. Here, a 64GB iPhone 6 will probably cost over CZK 20. And if you want to buy the older discounted model, the iPhone 000c, be prepared for a staggering 5 GB of memory. That's really a slap in the face, even at a reduced price. Truly the Uncle Scrooge of mobile phone storage.
As far as I know, about half of iPhone users would be fine with 8GB with a reserve... :-) They do have 32 - 64GB versions...
Is Apple forcing someone to buy a version that doesn't suit them? Who wants 16Gb buys it and who wants more buys more, you act as if there is no choice
"do you act as if there is no choice" me? it's written by the author of the article :-D
Sorry, it was the author of the article.
well, I'll save A6gb on the 5S and I'll be fine too. but it's true that I don't play almost any games (currently I only have 2 and they're small in size) and even though I take quite a lot of photos, the first thing I do when I get home is to plug my phone into my Macbook and immediately import photos and videos into iPhoto and delete them on my mobile .
somehow
I do it that way too, and sometimes I send it to the cloud smeared before I get home :D
16GB is the ideal choice for companies, and if that's not enough for you, take 128
Since the iphone 5s has become my primary device, apart from emails, phone calls, and also for video recording and photography, I would really like to upgrade the 64GB I have now to 128GB :)
Isn't the one in the photo from PRIVAT69.CZ? A clever trick…
Pavel S. is certainly not...
…it's embarrassing :-( Just like the basic/free 5GB in iCloud :-(
One solution is to start using Google Drive, which offers 15 GB for free. It solved a lot of memory problems on my ip5.