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Friends don't let friends buy 16GB iPhones
Fortune ^
| SEPTEMBER 12, 2015, 12:16 PM EDT
| by Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Posted on 09/14/2015 5:28:54 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Pre-orders for the new Apple iPhones began today and if history is any guide, millions of first-time buyerstrusting Apple not to sell them a lemonwill opt for the least expensive model, the one that comes with 16 gigabytes of storage.
But a 16-gigabyte iPhone 6S is a lemona $649 smartphone that will almost certainly run out storage before its contract runs out.
“Don’t buy a 16GB iPhone!” warns Gizmodo’s Kate Knibbs, calling it “the hand job” of iPhonesa product that works but does not satisfy.
The official explanation for not killing the 16GB model, offered by its senior VP of marketing Phil Schiller in June, is that it makes a superior smartphone more affordable for more people. As services move to the cloud, he says, price-conscious consumers may not need “gobs of storage.”
But the new phones do need gobs of storage. An estimate 4GB or 5GB just for the operating system. 1.5GB for a 200-song playlist. 75 megabytes for Angry Birds. 275MB for Monument Valley. 300MB for each minute of 4K video.
How much would it cost Apple to bump 16GB to 32GB? At today’s prices, according to IHS, roughly $6.72 per smartphone.
Apple is making a “serious strategic mistake,” argues Vox’s Matthew Yglesias, fattening already fat profit margins at the expense of customer experience.
“Killing the 16GB phone and replacing it with a 32GB model at the low end,” he writes, “would obtain things money can’t buysatisfied customers, positive press coverage, goodwill, a reputation for true commitment to excellence, and a demonstrated focus on the long term.”
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: applepinglist
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:31:39 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Moonman62
thanks for the heads up on this article Moonman62. . . worth a post and a ping.
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:32:17 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
I thought the new iPad looked pretty good.
The iPhone 6 and my Galaxy 6 — kind of a push. I like the Edge with some of its cool features but I miss the replaceable battery and external SD card of my 5.
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:32:50 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(The 17th Amendment was the beginning of the end. The end was the 19th ;) Thank God for the 21st!)
To: Swordmaker
Memory is so cheap, it seems silly to have an expensive phone with so little storage.
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:35:18 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
You don’t keep all the stuff on the phone. You put it in da cloud.
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:40:08 PM PDT
by
Pikachu_Dad
("the media are selling you a line of soap")
To: Swordmaker
One problem I see with this article, is it assumes people really need all that space. My 5c 32gig phone has a capacity of 27.3 gig and with 25 apps installed I still 20.9 gig free. For most people that just want a smart phone 16 gig is plenty of RAM.
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:41:15 PM PDT
by
amigatec
(2 Thess 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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To: Pikachu_Dad
Some of it, sure. But you don’t want to be using up your data plan when you listen to music, podcasts or watch videos.
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:46:32 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Swordmaker
Dont buy a 16GB iPhone! warns Gizmodos Kate Knibbs, calling it the hand job of iPhonesa product that works but does not satisfy.
Classy.
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:47:41 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: smokingfrog
Memory is so cheap, it seems silly to have an expensive phone with so little storage. Memory on the logic board is not the same as SD Card memory. . . and does cost more.
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posted on
09/14/2015 5:55:26 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
I just checked. I’m only using 93.4 GB of storage on my iPhone...
I still have a whole bottom basement iPhone worth of storage free on my 128GB phone. And then some.
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posted on
09/14/2015 6:02:21 PM PDT
by
ziravan
(Buck the Establishment.)
To: Swordmaker
The real story is how much Apple is fleecing their customers for the upgrade to a reasonable amount of memory.
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posted on
09/14/2015 6:08:53 PM PDT
by
bolobaby
To: Swordmaker
4k video on a 4” display? What’s the point? And why can’t you put an external SD card in an iPhone? Most phones have that capability.
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posted on
09/14/2015 6:09:24 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: bk1000
And why cant you put an external SD card in an iPhone?
One word: Money
Apple would rather your spend your money on a more expensive iPhone than to use a third party memory device. Apple knows that there are people out there that will buy iPhones no matter what. Need more space? Need to buy the more expensive phone.
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posted on
09/14/2015 6:16:58 PM PDT
by
PJBankard
(I'm tired of telling you to pull your head out of your @$$.)
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
09/14/2015 6:17:56 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Rastus
Just a few years ago, we would expect this writing to be a penthouse forum or whatever it's called....now it's in pop-tech websites.
It's never the hot ones that talk like this anyway....send eyewash quickly! (shudder)
To: smokingfrog
Integrated memory costs more. It is hardwired into the circuitry.
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posted on
09/14/2015 6:19:19 PM PDT
by
PJBankard
(I'm tired of telling you to pull your head out of your @$$.)
To: PJBankard
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posted on
09/14/2015 6:24:38 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Swordmaker
I have a 16gb iPhone 6 and I love it. With the cloud and Apple Music, I don’t need the space. Connected to wifi I can stream from the cloud. I can’t say enough about Apple Music. I think it is their best service..
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posted on
09/14/2015 6:27:03 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Certified Islamophobe and Microaggressor..)
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