i usually get 256 but with the 48MP heic files being around 5mb i think i’ll burn slightly faster so opted for the 512 .
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iPhone 15 Pro Max Those that use a 512GB and up iPhone, what are your use cases??
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Use my 512GB 14 max to make backups of my camera SD cards, which gets synced to iCloud too, when out in the field shooting, using the lightning/SD dongle. Goes quite fast actually and gets offloaded when SD card has been put on proper backups. This workflow works for me and demands some storage on the phone obviously on top everything else you want to have on there to have some margin, ymmv. Probably going to need 1TB pretty soon…
4K HDR videos. B rolls. Main shoot, up to ProRes. 1TB gets filled up in a day.
I use icloud for back up. but want my files on my phone as well. $100 for convenience, I am in
Pictures and videos of my 18 months old son. My iPhone is, at the moment, my primary camera and I want to keep a lot of videos and pictures without depending on icloud.
Really hope you have good backups of all the photos even if you don’t use iCloud. 🤞
Had 512GB, now upgraded to 1TB for the 15 Pro. Would have bought 2TB if they had it!
Have a very large iTunes library (several hundred gigabytes) and I prefer to keep every app and picture/video on my phone - I don't pay for iCloud storage.
Have a very large iTunes library (several hundred gigabytes) and I prefer to keep every app and picture/video on my phone - I don't pay for iCloud storage.
So far, folks with that storage don't use iCloud Photos or optimize photos appear to be the target market.
I would be nice to not wait for videos to not buffer.. to me that may be worth it. I'm on the fence.
I would be nice to not wait for videos to not buffer.. to me that may be worth it. I'm on the fence.
Yeah, also having a toddler of my own. I share photos of my son to like a zillion family members. iCloud Photo Library is key.
Some people are fortunate enough to live in an area where internet is fast and reliable. I am not one of those people. I would rather have files and media I need stored locally than risk not having access to them because I live in a rural/isolated area. I'm only sorry they don't offer 2TB
I’ve scanned almost all of my family’s old photos and added them to Photos to help group people in the People album. But that storage is rather insignificant to 4K video. I try to take the highest video quality that’s reasonable for the time since storage gets cheaper over time.
I appreciate your asking the question rather than asserting that people with a 1 TB iPhone are somehow immoral. 🤪
I appreciate your asking the question rather than asserting that people with a 1 TB iPhone are somehow immoral. 🤪
'It seemed like a good idea at 1am'... But if the camera is 24/48MP, I figure the files will be big and storage will fill up faster than I'm used to with a 12MP camera, and I like to keep all my photos on my phone + iCloud, plus I plan to keep the new phone for a long time. I'm going from 128 to 512 (the 128 has about 65GB photos dating back to 2016).
Locally stored music and photos. I plan on taking an important trip next year where I will be recording a lot of videos.
Depends on the carrier, but rural areas still suffer signal issues.
I play a TON of mobile games, so this year I'm going from 256 to 512. Good games are getting larger size-wise, and with the other games coming over like Assassin's Creed Mirage, Resident Evil 4/Village, I'm going to need the breathing room. I really need to PLAY the big games in my backlog too, bad habit 
Large personal music library, much of it old recordings ripped from CD, and not available streaming. I also have the iPad mini 256G; storage is cramped on the mini even without loading all my music. Photos get shared to OneDrive so I can share on my Windows devices.
It really isn't. Some western states are really big and really empty. There are people but we live in smaller pockets on more land. That isn't where the telecoms are investing so we can struggle to get a good signal even near a highway.
My iPhone storage is used for Pictures, movies, music. I am trying my best not to rely on iCloud especially if there is no internet on any situation. I do not like use public wifi as it is not safe or secure.
