Other Which iPhone 16 storage option are you getting?

[Lionel Messi]

I’m curious, how much of your actual iPhone storage is the Photos app using?

I also have a 2TB iCloud storage plan with 25k+ photo library (560GB of iCloud space) and Photos is only using 7GB of storage on my 256GB phone. And my phone is currently showing 177GB free.

Unless I’m zooming all the way in, I can’t see a discernible difference in photos, and old videos start playing in hi-res within seconds so I don’t have any issues with how the Photos app is behaving, but I’d argue that more of the photos should be available offline, unless the space is actually needed.

Since I have iCloud storage plan, each year I toy with the idea of dropping down to 128GB and each year I go with 256. This year may be the one where I actually go with 128.

Photos is using 9GB when I go to iPhone Storage setting and total available storage is 360GB. In About, my phone shows 135GB available. I’m assuming it’s 200GB of photos that can be offloaded

You’re right it takes literally a couple seconds for old photos/videos to load.

 

[Yuuuki]

128 is enough for me, no idea why I should pay more and get more storage if it's not needed. I mean I'm really close at 128GB on my current phone. But not sure if it's worth it for me to spend the extra money to get the bigger storage.

 

[basqarl]

I was leaning toward the 16PM 256. My 14PM has a 1tb which was a waste of $$$ to purchase. My current usage is 220GB. While I use the iCloud storage plan, I do pay for the 2TB storage and will probably need to upgrade- but $29.99/month is a lot of $$$. So I am torn between the 256 and the 512.

 

[LaterWolf]

Preorders opened a few hours ago, got a 512gb pm just as i said

 

[SnyG]

Had a nice pay rise recently so treated myself to 1TB

 

[ipoddin]

After 2 years with the 256gb 14 PM I’ve only used up half the storage. So sticking with 256gb again this year.

 

[Razeus]

My 13 Pro Max is 1TB. May stick with that or just go 256GB.

 

[noteple]

I’ve had more than 256GB but with iCloud I have never really noticed the difference.
I’ll stick with 256 this round too and see how it goes.

 

[ayuchan]

Always go with the minimum, 64GB on iPad Mini 6, 64gb on iPhone 12P, 128gb on iPhone 14PM and upcoming 256gb on iPhone 16PM.

 

[JohnMaldaner]

Currently am using only 88 GB on my iPhone XR, but I do have a monthly cloud plan, too. I am expecting photo/video file sizes to be considerably larger on the 16, so I'm thinking I better go 256.