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iPhone X | OT | November 3
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GrizzleBoy
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For a typical mid-high end phone with expandable storage?
Sure.
For 1000 of any major western currency for the base model, with no expandable storage?
I can see the issue.
I have 2000 songs, 4000 photos, 120 videos, and 140 apps on my phone, I don't have any of iOS's music and photo "storage optimizations" enabled, and I'm still not using 64GB of my 128GB 6S Plus. A 256GB phone would be a complete waste for me, and even a 128GB phone already kind of is.
Ive been on 64gb for a few years and Ive never been in jeopardy of running out. I use iTunes Match though.
Wrestlemania
Banned
Hasnt iCloud photo storage more or less solved that?
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
What's with the weird voyeuristic shots spread throughout this thread?
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The Autumn Wind
3am EDT/12am PDT
For the price tag, yes.
In my opinion, whether or not I use it all for a £1000 I would have liked to see the base storage as 128GB and things like a fast charger in the box, at least make it seem like I'm getting more bang for my buck.
Maybe its because I feel the device is overpriced��
Synless
Member
Ah, yeah that makes sense, U.S.
Posted yesterday.
RastaMentality
Banned
Whats the best clear case everyone has for their 7/6s? I kinda wanna buy one for the X in advance.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
I'm on AT&T and eligible for an upgrade. Can I put a down payment for this thing? I want to get it, but I also don't want to raise the monthly bill for my dad who pays for our family plan. I'd happily plop down $700 bucks on day one if I could to minimize the monthly bill. Or do I have to just buy it completely outright.
inspiration said:
Was there a news source that took good hands-on photos of the black iPhone X? Looking around and these are the only two sources with good photos:
http://www.hardwarezone.com.my/feature-photo-gallery-iphone-x
http://mashable.com/2017/09/12/apple-iphone-x-hands-on/#mUPO21rQlOq4
Also, I tried looking for a good Imgur gallery, but all I found were memes.
oooh snap you're right. Looks like I need to be on Apple's site, Verizon's site, and the Apple Store app when the time comes.
Are these preorders usually one per customer? My whole family is looking to upgrade..
Apps/Games have gotten bigger, Camera have improved drastically from those 16GB days. Pics, videos take up lot of space. Come on now, lets not kid yourself. 1k for 64gb is a shame.
jts
...hate me...
We also have iCloud now, HEVC and HEIF. App archiving without deleting saved data.
Even without HEVC and HEIF, I have 75GB available on my iPhone 6s+ 128GB. With all my photo history, all my music available and 200 apps.
You want to talk price that's a whole other discussion. But 64GB is very much manageable.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I feel like 64gb is enough, but you'd have to keep a bit of an eye on it and prune it every once in a while whereas 256 is a use-and-never-worry or even think about it type thing. Is that worth the price diff, who knows.
jts
...hate me...
Well, yeah that's right. And for some people the upgrade in price is nothing so if it makes them happy, go wild on 256GB.
I guess the % difference in price is not that big for anyone though (if you're already paying out of the nose for an iPhone X), but on the other hand I'd look at the 150+ available GB and feel bad about the waste of memory, whereas with 64GB I'd think "aw yeah I'm utilizing this shit to the max" and that would also influence my day-to-day satisfaction with the device lol. To each his own.
Plus better return on the $ when reselling.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I agree that the price difference is negligible when you're already spending so goddamn much but the price difference is about the cost of a set of AirPods! So take that
Even in Canada where everything is a rip-off the 50GB a month is 1.29 I think. Which is about 30 bucks over 2 years. Still a decent deal if you wanted it.
Kurt Angle
Member
128 was fine for me, if they made 128 with 50$ cheaper id rather take that
i will literally never fill up 256gb. that was my computer a few years back.....but have to get it cause 64 is not enough
i will literally never fill up 256gb. that was my computer a few years back.....but have to get it cause 64 is not enough
64GB is perfectly fine for 99% of people buying that phone. Especially as cloud storage is dirt cheap and theyve just dropped photo and video sizes in half.
Two years ago we had people complaining about 16GB. It went up to 32GB the next year and still complaints. Anything short of the maximum storage for the cheapest price thats also expandable and somebody will inevitably complain.
Two years ago we had people complaining about 16GB. It went up to 32GB the next year and still complaints. Anything short of the maximum storage for the cheapest price thats also expandable and somebody will inevitably complain.
LyleLanley
Banned
While you're probably right, 64GB in a thousand dollar phone in 2017 is a bit ridiculous.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Not officially, because youd be converting a lossy format to another lossy format, resulting in a degradation of quality.
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The Autumn Wind
Makes sense. Not that it matters much with iCloud Photo Library as an option.
DROOL said:
Black needs more love. Finally got around to compiling whatever images I could find of the black one. Really thought I might finally get a silver/white phone this year, but after looking at this, I don't think I can ignore the simplicity and elegance of a full black slab. It's going in a case anyway. Full gallery: https://imgur.com/gallery/X4SBA
I think you go white if you want to go caseless and want to polish your phone's band.
I really want to go case less but worried about the band and even just damage to the back. Though I'm sure they will make tempered glass for the back
That and Google photos
Zeyphersan
Banned
Ive never waivered from black. Gonna match so beautifully with my space black watch
❤️ What's the wear and tear on a space black apple watch look like?
Apps and games havent gotten that much larger - for one, App Store downloads can only be 4GB large tops, and most mobile games are nowhere near that. The largest game I have on my phone is 700mb. HEVC and HEIF also substantially lower the file size impact of 4K video and high resolution still shots.
I guess you could argue 64GB is not enough for the price, but, well, everything about this phone is a bit pricier than people are used to paying. From a perspective of is 64GB a good enough amount of storage for most people buying this phone, I still say yes, absolutely.
Zeyphersan
Banned
I cant see any physical damage at all. Its a little less shiny but thats nothing a clean and polish wouldnt solve. Holding my series 2 right next to my series 3 (both SBSS) I can hardly see a difference, and one has been in daily use for a year and one is fresh out the box
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Video size are "half" due to compression for the same resolution, but actually baloon to way above the size of older videos if you record at 4K or 60FPS. I'm way past 64GB on my phone just on the account of 60FPS videos I've recorded, photos and music that I keep on it, and bunch of games (about 50 or so, and not even 10 of those are very large). I guess I could delete a bunch of games to go somewhat under 64, but that's gonna get filled up again in no time with new videos anyway - and to make it clear I am not even some avid videographer, I just capture a video here and there, once or twice a week maybe. 64GB storage space for One Thousand dollar phone is a sham, considering that much storage memory costs next to nothing, and it's clearly targeted to make as many people go for an even more stupidly expensive 256GB model. Seriously, how can you look at that price, and think that's OK? The fact that super expensive phones are attempting to became normalized over the last year or two doesn't preclude the fact - that is about 2x more expensive than Apple's flagships from just a few years ago, and they are still being stingy with one of the cheaper components in it.
Backfoggen
Banned
I don't like the silver Apple logo and stuff on the back of the black one. White all the way.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
64gb is shit because I like to have a substantial chunk of my music library available offline on the phone and that exceedes 64gb.
128gb is fine; I have that now on my 7 and I have about 20gb free.
If I didn't have to worry at all about mobile data I'd just get 64gb but I have a 25gb a month cap and I dont want to have to worry about it.
128gb is fine; I have that now on my 7 and I have about 20gb free.
If I didn't have to worry at all about mobile data I'd just get 64gb but I have a 25gb a month cap and I dont want to have to worry about it.
A 25GB cap is massive! Here I thought my 10 b was enough.
jts
...hate me...
I think that's just an angle, and it's not really that kind of chrome silver like it was in an iPhone 3GS.
In the following picture we can barely tell it's there at all.
Feels more like the Apple logo is space grey to match the outer rim.
Backfoggen
Banned
One face per phone.
Understandable but annoying. I usually add my wifes fingerprint to my phone and vice verse for convenience. Although my passcode is memorable for me, it wont be easy for her to remember
It really is a love-hate relationship. Looks so goddamn sexy as a hardware package but whenever I see the notch/weirdly alinged status bar in any app the magic is just gone. Hope they figure everything out software-wise in time for the XII(I) Plus.