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iPhone 16G issue resolved in IOS

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发表于 2015-9-7 07:15:13 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
from Owen Williams (Amsterdam reporter):

As details of the iPhone 6s have leaked reports claim Apple will keep the 16GB iPhone around for yet another year. People were quick to deride the news — even though Apple hasn’t actually announced anything — but the thing is it doesn’t actually matter this time around.

Apple has made a number of significant improvements in iOS over the last few years, as well as in iOS 9 that mean you’ll almost never see that ‘iPhone is too full’ error starting this September.

iCloud Photo Library is the most significant and noticeable of these improvements, since most of us fill our phones with photos more than anything else.

With the option enabled and ‘optimize iPhone storage’ selected, your phone automatically cleans out older photos to keep enough space available but makes it appear like they’re still on your phone. If you open a photo that’s not on your device, it’s quickly streamed down from iCloud so you can see it.

Another improvement called App Thinning significantly reduces the size of iPhone apps to ensure you’re only getting the bits your phone actually needs. If you’re on a 6s Plus, you’ll only get the code, images and other assets that are needed to use the app on your phone.

Previously you’d be downloading the bits for every supported device — the iPhone 4 through 6 — which made apps much bulkier.

The best improvement coming with iOS 9, however, is that updates to the phone’s operating system will require far less space than in the past. iOS 8 required 4 GB of available space to perform backups before it would do the update, but with iOS 9 it’ll require just 1.3 GB.

It’ll also offer an app deletion option if you still don’t have enough space. App deletion automatically deletes apps before the iOS update, runs the update, then reinstalls them after it’s done so there’s no hassle.

If you’ve ever been frustrated with a tiny 16 GB iPhone, fret not: it’s actually going to be perfectly fine in the future thanks to the combination of these software improvements.

Whether Apple announces a 16 GB iPhone 6s or not, it won’t be that much of a stretch to use the smaller iPhones anymore.
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发表于 2015-9-8 16:15:56 | 显示全部楼层
Tks for the info.
Very true, everybody is keeping all the pictures they took, and never erase it.
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 楼主| 发表于 2015-9-8 20:16:07 | 显示全部楼层
ahwong 发表于 2015-9-8 16:15
Tks for the info.
Very true, everybody is keeping all the pictures they took, and never erase it.

Or just Dropbox automatically uploaded to cloud.  You can delete them anytime afterwards.  Limit for storage in Dropbox could be increased by paying monthly fee.  But I think it is at least 2G (lots of pic), and some promotion like Samsung Galaxy registration increases it to 50G for fist year only to entice you to pay the year after.
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 楼主| 发表于 2015-9-11 05:05:05 | 显示全部楼层

32GB iPhone 6s 6s Plus       

Spoiler: The 16GB iPhone is here to stay because it’s all about the money. But unlike last year, this time around Apple has measures in place that should prevent you from experiencing the same storage issues that plagued iPhone 6 users.

One of the smart things Apple did last year was to shake up its memory tiers for the new iPhones. The company replaced the 16/32/64GB options it offered in the past with a 16/64/128GB lineup. The move was pure genius because it helped Apple raise the average sales price (ASP) for the iPhone and stuff its pockets with even more cash.

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Each memory upgrade costs a buyer $100 extra. But the 64GB iPhone 6/6 Plus sells for the same price as the 32GB iPhone 5s/5c, which means more customers are more likely to get to that level, as it’s $100 cheaper than the 64GB iPhone 5s.

This year, Apple had been rumored to reshuffle its memory tiers again by offering users a 32GB iPhone as the entry-level model… but Apple hasn’t done that. The 16GB iPhone is here to stay.

What Apple essentially did instead was to take a three-pronged attack to ensure the 16GB iPhone has enough storage for users.

First, iOS 9 comes in only at around 1.3GB of required storage rather than 4.58GB, which was the case for iOS 8. Secondly, Apple optimized the code of apps by introducing “app thinning,” a smart feature that lets users download only the app components required for their device. Finally, the software is now smart enough to automatically remove apps to free up storage space and then reinstall them after the software upgrade is performed.

These features, some will point out, are great for older 16GB iPhones. But they’re also going to help Apple futureproof the 16GB iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.

Why is Apple sticking to 16GB new iPhones if the iPad Pro’s cheapest version comes with 32GB of storage? Like I said before, it’s all about money.

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By changing memory tiers to 16/64/128GB, Apple increased the ASPs and moved more buyers to higher levels. Those buyers will get comfortable using the new storage allotment to the point where they’d probably choose a similar version of a future iPhone for the same price, an Above Avalon report from mid-December 2014 reveals (see image above for a visual explanation).

Furthermore, the product mix for the new iPhone would move towards the middle (64GB) rather than staying towards the entry-level memory, which wouldn’t be the case if a 32GB version of the new iPhone were launched (image below).

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Looking at the iPhone 6/6 Plus, Above Avalon’s extensive analysis says that Apple would get an ASP of around $690 for the 16/64/128GB mix, compared to just $670 for a theoretical 32/64/128GB model. In these cases, revenue from an estimated 211 million iPhone sales would amount to $146 million and $141 million, respectively, and net income would hit $47 billion and $44 billion, respectively.

By not giving you a cheaper 32GB iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus last year, Apple made an estimated $3 billion extra (image below). Even if this is just an unofficial estimate performed last December, chances are the numbers behind it would easily apply to the iPhone 6s series as well.

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It’s worth pointing out that in the first three quarters since the iPhone 6 was launched, Apple sold more than 183 million iPhones — numbers for the September quarter aren’t available yet.

That said, we can’t but ask ourselves if the 16GB iPhone curse will be here to stay for much longer. Will there be a 16GB iPhone 7 next year?
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 楼主| 发表于 2015-9-12 20:24:26 | 显示全部楼层
Apparently Apple is so smart that it changed IOS to reduce the burden on 16G base memory configuration to accommodate software upgrade space full issue.

BUT just read another article by Gordon Kelly that by keeping base at 16G, it just forced users to go to next level up which is 100 more to buy.

Reason:

All the camera shot sizes are LARGER due to the pixel size increase (granted, clearer pic as a result).  Apple should really increase the base model to 32g.  But no.  So users will run out of space very soon with 16G, even with dropbox, icloud, goodle drive etc.  SO minimum config should be ONE level Higher than 16G.  Therefore users will have to pay $100 to get a usable iphone.  NO 16G iphone to buy really.
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