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adroit11

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The iPhone 7 32GB does have a slower read/write speed than the larger flash models.
Iam reading how 32 gb has 8 times slower write and read speeds than the 128 and 256gb model. what does that actually affect in real world use?
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dmx

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Iam reading how 32 gb has 8 times slower write and read speeds than the 128 and 256gb model. what does that actually affect in real world use?
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You probably won’t notice a difference. This is normal for any flash storage and not a design decision for Apple. If you measure side by side, certain apps might take a fraction of a second longer to load (very large files) but it’s nothing to sweat.
 

rui no onna

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You probably won’t notice a difference. This is normal for any flash storage and not a design decision for Apple. If you measure side by side, certain apps might take a fraction of a second longer to load (very large files) but it’s nothing to sweat.
This. It's pretty much "How SSDs work."

Mind, I did do a side by side install of Hearthstone (3GB?) on a 32GB and 256GB iPhone. Didn't really time it but I'd estimate the 32GB model took maybe 1.25-1.5x as long to install.

Apart from that (and video exports), you wouldn't really notice a difference.
 
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rui no onna

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No. All iPhones have the same read/write speeds. You only get read/write speed boosts via NAND parallelism which is not possible on any iPhone. Why? All iPhones only have 1 NAND chip.
One NAND chip but you can have multiple dies within the chip. That offers parallelism, too.

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rui no onna

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While that is true, dies are usually made to fill the chip. Which means you already get max speeds on iPhones.
Benchmarks suggest otherwise.

PerformanceTest Mobile

iPhone 7

32GB
Read: ~650 MB/s
Write: ~40 MB/s

256GB
Read: ~900 MB/s
Write: ~300 MB/s

That said, not much difference in real world use.
 
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akash.nu

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No. All iPhones have the same read/write speeds. You only get read/write speed boosts via NAND parallelism which is not possible on any iPhone. Why? All iPhones only have 1 NAND chip.

Not true. This has been discussed a lot on various reports and sites.

Watch this.

 
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