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What's your iPhone's storage?


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anitak1982

macrumors 6502a
Nov 10, 2017
564
298
West Central Ohio


After being an iPhone user for years with the same user ID, I think I am ok. I am not a music lover so I don't download songs. My biggest vice is my pictures.
 

BODYBUILDERPAUL

Suspended
Feb 9, 2009
1,773
1,438
Barcelona
Too much free space.

NOOOOOOO! It's all about never having to worry about space! My earlier examples of Macs & iPhone were maxed out within days of purchase. Now, I buy the max storage that I can afford - iPhone 256GB Mac 1TB Apple TV 4K 64GB It's a beautiful experience NEVER having to see that damn 'Storage almost full' icon appear on your iPhone :)

My iPhone X is my portable version of my Mac. It holds my photo albums, surf vlogs, inspiring vlogs, iTunes film in Dolby Vision 1080p, surfing film from Vimeo, music playlists inc' music videos, photo albums inc' video etc and now Apple Books & audiobooks & PDFs. And around 30GB spare for taking photos & 4K 60 fps video!
 
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Tsepz

macrumors 601
Jan 24, 2013
4,822
4,635
Johannesburg, South Africa
256GB XS Max
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murad_fourth

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Aug 29, 2019
416
298
Honestly not surprised. I think I have 20 retailer apps alone for app-exclusive discounts and coupons.

https://techjury.net/stats-about/app-usage/
I have only 30 Apps in my iPhone.

I think the user, who has 113 Apps, does not actively use all of them. Since Apple has not set a limit for downloading Apps from the App Store, iPhone users can download as many Apps as they want.

But how often a downloaded App is used is also important here.
 

rui no onna

Contributor
Oct 25, 2013
14,417
12,424
I have only 30 Apps in my iPhone.

I think the user, who has 113 Apps, does not actively use all of them. Since Apple has not set a limit for downloading Apps from the App Store, iPhone users can download as many Apps as they want.

But how often a downloaded App is used is also important here.
I have plenty of apps that I only use once a month or every couple of weeks. Even more apps that only get used a few times a year (e.g. Uber, Lyft, FSA claims reimbursement). That's sufficient for me to justify their continued presence on my device. Deleting and reinstalling is a pain and offloading apps themselves wouldn't really save me significant storage space.
 

Tsepz

macrumors 601
Jan 24, 2013
4,822
4,635
Johannesburg, South Africa
Wow, it amazes me; you have 113 Apps in your iPhone.

Yep, got multiple Airline apps as I travel quite a bit, all the Microsoft Office apps along with Work apps linked to the enterprise Office 365 account, quite a number of Google apps, a few Radio station apps for m favourite radio stations, some financial apps for my medical, bank, retirement etc... Theyabll eventually add up.

Everything still fits in one Homescreen though as I use Folders
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murad_fourth

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Aug 29, 2019
416
298
Yep, got multiple Airline apps as I travel quite a bit, all the Microsoft Office apps along with Work apps linked to the enterprise Office 365 account, quite a number of Google apps, a few Radio station apps for m favourite radio stations, some financial apps for my medical, bank, retirement etc... Theyabll eventually add up.

Everything still fits in one Homescreen though as I use Folders
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Tidy.
 

murad_fourth

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Aug 29, 2019
416
298
Well, according to the poll results and comments, we can see that iPhone users mostly prefer either 64 GB or 256 GB.
 
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joeblow7777

macrumors 604
Sep 7, 2010
7,043
8,746
I have a 256 GB device and am only using about 60 GB.

128 GB would have been perfect for me, but given only the options of 64 GB or 264 GB, it was an easy choice.
 

Traverse

macrumors 604
Mar 11, 2013
7,688
4,400
Here
iPhone 11 Pro - 256GB, 180GB free.

64GB isn’t enough, but 256 is excessive for me. I guess I have room if I take a lot of video now.
 
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