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iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini storage rumor is an insult

iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini storage rumor is an insult

iPhone 13 renders
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Apple tree might have made its first misstep with the iPhone 13, and the new phones aren't even out still. New information posted about the upcoming iPhone's rumored specs suggests that one of the biggest drawbacks to Apple'due south devices isn't getting addressed in this update.

That would be the storage Apple includes on the standard iPhone and the mini model. While the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max come with a hearty 128GB of storage, the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini do not. Instead, you get 64GB with the base of operations model, and the merely way to add more is to opt for a pricier 128GB version, since Apple doesn't include microSD slots with its smartphones.

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There had been hope in some quarters earlier this summer — well, from me specifically — that Apple might bring together other flagship phone makers and heave the starting capacity for its ii least expensive iPhones. A list at a Ukrainian e-commerce site that claims to detail the iPhone 13 colors and storage configurations puts the kibosh on that, though. The iPhone thirteen and iPhone thirteen mini are listed with 64GB and 128GB storage options.

Now there'southward an old saying in technology reporting: Only because it's prematurely listed on a Ukrainian e-commerce site doesn't hateful that information technology's true. There's no guarantee the listings at the KTC website are authentic. Apple could still come out a 128GB base model iPhone 13 at its Sept. fourteen product event, and I could wind upwardly with egg on my confront. Bluntly, I promise that the case.

Considering I'd far rather be embarrassed by a premature rant about smartphone storage than face up a world where a major phone maker was nonetheless convinced that 64GB was adequate as the base storage for a flagship phone.

Assuming the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini cost the same equally their predecessors — that's $799 and $699, respectively — other phones in that price range seem to take gotten the memo on how much storage phone users demand these days. The $799 Samsung Galaxy S21 has 128GB of storage. And then does the $729 OnePlus 9. Heck, even last year's Milky way S20 Iron — a phone that scaled back on features in the name of keeping its price tag downwardly — features 128GB of storage.

Storage in Phones that cost $799 and less

Phone Base model storage microSD? Price
Samsung Milky way S21 128GB No $799
Samsung Galaxy S20 Fe 128GB Yep $699
Samsung Milky way A52 5G 128GB Yes $499
OnePlus 9 128GB No $729
Google Pixel 5a 128GB No $449

Even with companies like Apple pushing people toward cloud-based storage services like iCloud, 64GB is simply also little storage these days. Starting with the fact that the full 64GB aren't bachelor to you — the software operating your phone eats upwardly a pocket-sized chunk right out of the gate — your phone can fill up pretty quickly on photos, music, files and apps. I'm currently using an iPhone 11 Pro Max for most of my daily tasks, and though I alive a pretty spartan beingness when it comes to files, I've however had to make use of the offload apps feature to free up infinite for some updates.

Apple could have plenty of reasons for starting storage options at 64GB. The fact that we're talking about the two least expensive flagship options in the iPhone lineup suggests that it probably has something to practice with keeping costs downwards. Either that, or Apple is looking to further differentiate its Pro models from the standard and mini versions of its phones.

I don't pretend to know Apple'due south thinking hither. Just I do know that storage is one surface area where Apple'due south rivals don't skimp. And that makes the iPhone stand up out in a different way — 1 that Apple probably wouldn't like as much.

It seems like enough of marquee features are rumored for the iPhone 13 Pro models, from fast-refreshing displays to improved ultrawide angle lenses. In other words, in that location'south already enough that's going to distinguish the iPhone xiii Pro from the less expensive new iPhones. Storage doesn't need to exist included in that category.

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Philip Michaels is a senior editor at Tom's Guide. He has strong opinions about Apple, the Oakland Athletics and onetime movies. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.

Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/please-dont-let-this-iphone-13-storage-rumor-come-true

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