iPhone 5s Storage Capacity

James Falconer

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That's the question I'm pondering at the moment. Forget the available colors, or the case combos? when it comes to storage capacity, which option do you prefer? Is 16GB enough for you? Or do you need the 32 or 64GB option? In your opinion, which option do you NEED, and which option gives you the best bang for you buck?
 

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I was just safe and got the 64GB option. 200 bucks more for something I will more than likely keep for a couple of years is worth it IMO.
 

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64GB. Helps if the phone eventually becomes an "iPod" for kid games and movies, or transferred to another family member with substantial Music and Photo storage needs.
 

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Always 64 for me. Like stated above I'm gonna have it for at least a year in my eyes some mine as well get one that will hold what I need. I've been through the smaller sizes and I don't like having to delete stuff just to make room. But it's up to the individual person.
 

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64GB for me...I have lots of music & I like to keep hard copies of frequently used work materials at hand in case data or wifi don't work that well (seems like I end up in BFE very often LOL)
 

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I have gone with the 32GB variant every year since the iPhone 4...64GB is useless to me because between iCloud and 32GB, I never even come close to hitting my max...that would present an option to the 16GB to some, but I have found that with all of my installed apps, even if I were to remove my music that is stored on the phone, I didn't have enough storage to feel comfortable with 16GB because of one thing, and that is taking a metric TON of pictures and videos.

This last baseball season alone we went to about 25 Braves games (and one Giants game, lol!)...I have about 200 pictures of JUST baseball stuff...about 20 of those are panoramic pictures, and sprinkled in there is about a dozen or so HD videos of various things at the ball park. That's just baseball...that accounts for about 20% of my pictures, lol.

With that kind of usage, and the fact that I never delete my stuff after I move it to my computer (for what reason I honestly do not know), I usually sit right at 20-25GB of used storage on my phone throughout the year. Taking into account the OS usage, I have about 5-7GB worth of free storage at any given time. I'm comfortable with that.
 

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I always get the 64 gig storage. It helps cause
I play heaps of games, pictures and music. I don't come close to filing up my device but I always buy the latest and greatest games to enjoy the Ios experience.
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I'm going 16gb mainly to save 100$ plus 16gb holds more value vs reselling 32gb. Though, I'm finding harder to resist a 32gb cuz if the camera is great then likely I would take more n more pics n videos. If anything a little less hassle vs syncing often. Tough decision to make. Also it seems a 32gb gold is easier to get than a 16gb ATM.
 

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I'm going 16gb mainly to save 100$ plus 16gb holds more value vs reselling 32gb. Though, I'm finding harder to resist a 32gb cuz if the camera is great then likely I would take more n more pics n videos. If anything a little less hassle vs syncing often. Tough decision to make. Also it seems a 32gb gold is easier to get than a 16gb ATM.

What?
 

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I think he means that you don't get a full $100 extra for a 32 gig on the market, typically only $40-70 above what a 16gb gets (from what I've seen on craigslist at least)

You are correct. Craiglist n eBay prices doesn't really reflect that difference in price. If anything you may get away with selling 16gb nearly same price as a 32gb.
 

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You are correct. Craiglist n eBay prices doesn't really reflect that difference in price. If anything you may get away with selling 16gb nearly same price as a 32gb.

That is absolutely, positively NOT true, LOL! I'll give you PERSONAL experience from THIS year to debate your statement...

Sold my iPhone 5 (32GB) for $450 when the 5S was released. This price was the average I found across eBay and CL.

Sold my wife's work phone iPhone 5 (16GB) when the 5S was released on the SAME day...$375.

...this is hardly "the same". Every iPhone loses approximately 40-50% of value at the 1 year mark. The 16GB does not hold any significant value over the 32GB in private sales.
 

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It's good to hear that. But I do see 16gb sold for 425$ to 400$ after today's research. Well it will come down to last sec decision for when I see the green light showing available 32gb.
 

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Well I decided. After failed attempt to buy a 16gb gold cause someone beat me to it. I went for 32gb gold n got it.


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