Is iOS 15 Storage Notification an intentional Phycological Game?

[ahmedfatt]

Did you ever considered that Apple may play in your mind to sell more of the newly released of the iPhone 13 series/ iPad, or that they may be using Apple Fans psychological tendency to perfection, particularly current iPhone users by disturbing their feeling about the perfection of the devices they own.

Did you ask yourself how many times did you check the false storage notification, how many times did you try to find solution, or how many time did you check whether they release the new update to fix this problem… if you are one of those perfectionists and you have that compulsion to get things done in exactly the right way, you are unconsciously motivated to buy new device. And Apple might be using this supremely guileful and deceptive momentum to increase their sales.

You want to explore more, just search:
- Perfectionism
- Psychological Mind Games

How many times have you thought about getting rid of this notification by just buying a new fresh iPhone 13 since the iOS 15 update? now you know

 

[TonyC28]

This is just one of the many bugs that iOS 15 brought us. As far as a shiny new iPhone 13 being the solution, in my case, it seems my iPhone 13 Pro is part of the problem. My iPhone 11 that I transferred from was showing 41 GB used before I wiped it. My iPhone 13 Pro is currently at 97 GB. I've been blaming this on iOS 15 but now that I think about it, my iPhone 11 was running iOS 15 as well. So idk what the heck is going on but clearly there is a storage management problem going on.

 

[ahmedfatt]

After the CSAM maneuvering, I do not trust Apple anymore.

 

[eyoungren]

I always get the maximum storage capacity for the model I am buying.

iPhone 11 Pro Max, 512GB

Also, I mainly use third party services and not iCloud for storage.

So…no is my answer to your question.

And I've never seen the notification you speak of on my iPhone either.

 

[ahmedfatt]

I always get the maximum storage capacity for the model I am buying.

iPhone 11 Pro Max, 512GB

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Also, I mainly use third party services and not iCloud for storage.

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So…no is my answer to your question.

And I've never seen the notification you speak of on my iPhone either.

Many are affected, You are lucky.

 

[TonyC28]

I always get the maximum storage capacity for the model I am buying.

iPhone 11 Pro Max, 512GB

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Also, I mainly use third party services and not iCloud for storage.

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So…no is my answer to your question.

And I've never seen the notification you speak of on my iPhone either.

Can you scroll down a bit and show what your System Data is at?

 

[PeteBurgh]

No. I think it's just a sloppy implementation of the software, rather than some dastardly manipulation of psychological traits. The way that storage is calculated on iPhone (and the Mac too, for that matter) has been buggy for a while.

I think there is also an preference - for better or for worse - for concealing complexity from the user. That is, how much 'free space' you have when the OS uses caching in dynamic, sophisticated ways is not necessarily a straightforward calculation, but Apple isn't keen on getting into the weeds in displaying that stuff to the user.

 

[eyoungren]

Can you scroll down a bit and show what your System Data is at?

 

[TonyC28]

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That’s how my wife’s iPhone 13 Pro looks. I assume that means it’s low enough to not matter. Mine, on the other hand, is at 37 GB.

 

[TonyC28]

Welp, unfortunately while iOS 15.01 may fix the notification, sadly my iPhone storage is way off.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Did you ever considered that Apple may play in your mind to sell more of the newly released of the iPhone 13 series/ iPad, or that they may be using Apple Fans psychological tendency to perfection, particularly current iPhone users by disturbing their feeling about the perfection of the devices they own.

Did you ask yourself how many times did you check the false storage notification, how many times did you try to find solution, or how many time did you check whether they release the new update to fix this problem… if you are one of those perfectionists and you have that compulsion to get things done in exactly the right way, you are unconsciously motivated to buy new device. And Apple might be using this supremely guileful and deceptive momentum to increase their sales.

You want to explore more, just search:
- Perfectionism
- Psychological Mind Games

How many times have you thought about getting rid of this notification by just buying a new fresh iPhone 13 since the iOS 15 update? now you know

My X doesn't have the storage bug or many of the other bugs that members are complaining of.. Tap to wake was hit or miss for me and hopefully it was addressed with 15.0.1, other than that nothing that would make me regret updating

 

[rui no onna]

I always get the maximum storage capacity for the model I am buying.

iPhone 11 Pro Max, 512GB

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Also, I mainly use third party services and not iCloud for storage.

I think yours might have the same bug as my iPad 7. I don't see how you can have 3GB in apps and 5GB in Photos and only have 3.7GB used.

Mind, the iPad 7 (32GB capacity) was showing 0GB used with 35GB available space. Erase and restore fixed things, though.

 

[Shirasaki]

Mine on iPad Pro 2021 seems ok to me.