Apple might finally be ready to upgrade the storage on the cheapest iPhones 6s model later this year, and it could happen sooner than expected. As someone who upgraded to the 64GB 6 Plus only because 16GB is just not enough, this is great news.
iPhone 6s rumors are starting to pick up steam this week and new research report is backing up two previous rumors that Apple’s newest iPhone will enter mass production in June, with the baseline model getting a storage upgrade to 32GB.
TrendForce’s researchers claim the biggest highlight of the iPhone 6s will be its RAM upgrade, that will doubled from 1GB to 2G, with faster LPDDR4 chips. With the storage options expected to be offered at 32GB and 64GB to 128GB, the rumor claims Apple might entice customers to upgrade to the 64GB and 128GB units by adding faster TLC-based NAND flash storage too.
Apple might also be able to make the next iPhone slightly thinner (or add more battery please!), by shaving .2mm off the backlight LED package. The downside is the smaller package would reduce brightness by 10%, so Apple will need to compensate with an extra two or three LED modules.
If both the 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch versions of the next iPhone enter production in June, Apple might be able to sell 24 million units in the third quarter, and then have a wider release for Q4 in order to drive yearly shipments up 20% for a total of 230 million.
Via: GforGames
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
22 responses to “Worthless 16GB iPhones will finally die out this year”
worthless indeed
It’s frigging embarrassing that they even sell 16GB in this day and age, particularly at their price point.
By “they” im assuming you’re talking about all companies, seeing as how a great deal of top of the line smartphones offer 16GB capacity. Not to mention that 16GB is plenty of space for a huge amount of people.
16GB is enough for 100 apps, 3-4 GB of media and a few GB left for others activities. Unless you’re hard core user, you wouldn’t need more than 100 apps on your phone. Believe me, 70% or more isers aren’t using more than 16GB.
When I had a 16GB phone I was constantly at the 1GB left area and I don’t even take pictures! Someone who regularly uses their phone to take pictures, even a few a week, is going to go over 16GB.
16gb is more than enough for a lot of people who buy iPhones. 32gb is not enough for power users/gamers, etc.
If you want to use your phone as a camera, even if you are only taking 3 pictures a week, 16GB is not enough.
well, then 32gb is not enough either if you are an avid photographer/video person. 16gb is for basic use. a lot of people don’t even run out of that much space. Plus pics are still doable on 16gb if you use some cloud backup service that optimizes space on your iPhone while uploading full resolution pictures onto cloud.
for example, my dad had a 32gb iPhone 4 for 3 years. and he used less than 10gb of space. so this year he bought the 16gb 6plus. depends on each person’s use case scenario. for me its not enough, but for many it is sufficient.
Really? The 8GB iPhone 5c is still on sale here in the UK
I have a 16 6 Plus. It meets MY needed perfectly. I’ve owned the lowest storage capacity iPhones since the very first version. I’ve never needed more. Author, you pontificate too much. You don’t speak for me and MY needs.
you’re right: he speaks for the overwhelmingly vast majority who don’t find 16GB to be sufficient. if you like it, that’s great. you’re in the minority.
Not really, 60% iPhones sold were 16GB versions. So, look like you are in the minority…and me too since I have 64GB.
Same here. It’s more than enough for me, my wife, my 22 year old daughter, my 20 year old daughter and my 15 year old son. Yes, I have 5 current iPhones and about a dozen old ones.
Seriously? Just because it’s not popular doesn’t mean it’s worthless. 16GB is plenty of RAM for plenty of people. Hyperbole much?
Dude, 16GB is not RAM, it’s storage space. iPhone has only 500MB to 1GB of RAM depending on models.
Semantics. Pretend I said ‘memory’ instead of ‘RAM.’
And you are still incorrect.
No, technically it is a form of memory.
Although saying ‘storage’ would be a better way, especially when referring to HDDs in PCs and Flash storage in cellphones.
Indeed. I might be the sort of guy who needs 64 or 128 GB, but that doesn’t mean I don’t understand that most people don’t have the same voracious need for storage.
I’ve never needed a 32GB iphone, it’s always been a 16GB for me. But hey if they scrap the 16GB and charge me the same price for the 32GB, who am i to complain. Just means more music and more apps at my disposal.
“Worthless 16GB iPhones will finally die out this year”
The evidence at hand shows that you are incorrect.
Enough with thinner. Make it slightly thicker and give me true all day battery.