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Re: iPhone SE

#21
post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

It's Apple being petty (price segmentation), basically. How much does 16Gb cost today, $10?

Re: iPhone SE

#22
post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

The same reason why you pay $600 for 32 GB of RAM with Apple.

Re: iPhone SE

#23
post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

A full 24 hours worth of music (~33 complete albums) at 192 kbps is only 2GB.

Re: iPhone SE

#25
The 16GB storage size is a deal breaker. :( Going to stay on the 4S, see how things pan out later on.

Re: iPhone SE

#26
post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

It's Apple being petty (price segmentation), basically. How much does 16Gb cost today, $10?

Wal*Mart sells 16GB flash products for $4.99.

Company margins need to be padded somewhere?

Re: iPhone SE

#27
post #9

I'm one of those hold outs. I had a iPhone 6 for a month and it literally gave me anxiety because I couldn't thumb around Spotify and other apps like I was used too. I traded it in for a 5s and have been using it ever since. I figured I would have to keep it until they stopped putting iOS updates on it. Really glad they did this.

I predict they will sell a ton of the SE's. I'm in the same boat, the 5S was great and the 4.7" and larger screens just seem too big. I have been waiting for the SE to come out.

Re: iPhone SE

#29
post #9

I'm one of those hold outs. I had a iPhone 6 for a month and it literally gave me anxiety because I couldn't thumb around Spotify and other apps like I was used too. I traded it in for a 5s and have been using it ever since. I figured I would have to keep it until they stopped putting iOS updates on it. Really glad they did this.

If you don't mind me asking, why that give you anxiety?

Re: iPhone SE

#30
post #28
post #25

The 16GB storage size is a deal breaker. :( Going to stay on the 4S, see how things pan out later on.

There is a 64GB model.

It isn't competitively priced. The 32G used to be a sweet spot I could go for, but it's gone now.
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