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Apple calls 128GB 'lots of storage' in new iPhone 15 ad | AppleInsider (appleinsider.com)
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[–] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't have an iPhone but I just wanted to say that 128 is not enough, at least for me.

I had to delete so much stuff.

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

On my iPhone it's more like:

  • 5GB downloaded podcasts
  • 4GB offline maps
  • 2GB photos
  • 2GB music
  • 1GB health data
  • 1GB messages
  • The core operating system uses about 10GB
  • About 10GB of or so of other stuff.

In total, I'm using a bit over 30GB.

I had to delete so much stuff.

The thing is, an iPhone does that for you.

My full photo library is huge — terabytes, and i have a bunch of large apps (especially games) on my phone that I never play - it automatically removes them but leaves the icon in the launcher. It'll simply re-download them if you do tap the game. And if the game is well designed, it won't be a single download - it'll be a minimal download for the game then within the game each level or area of the game will be downloaded separately as you play.

I have a 64GB phone, and the storage management makes sure I have 20GB or more of free plenty space for large video recordings, software updates, etc etc. If I had a 2TB iPhone, I'd probably have the same 20GB or so of free space since my photo library is that big.

I guess it would be nice to be able to look at a photo I took six years ago and not have to wait a tenth of a second for it to download. But I'm not willing to pay for that. Even if more storage cost 10 bucks, I wouldn't be willing to pay.