{"id":2989,"date":"2014-11-07T05:38:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T10:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2014-11-07T05:38:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T10:38:56","slug":"dont-ever-buy-a-16gb-iphone-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/11\/07\/dont-ever-buy-a-16gb-iphone-in-2014","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t ever buy a 16GB iPhone in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I switched to the iPhone 4. Then the iPhone 5s. My logic was always to buy the smallest size available because I would probably change it up every year or two. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just say the attachment to the iPhone 4 &#8220;just working&#8221; made me afraid to change to anything new. <\/p>\n<p>With the iPhone 5s, 16GB is just not enough space. Everyone I know whom has a small sized iPhone 5 or 5s complains. It&#8217;s truly surprising it&#8217;s still on the lineup for the iPhone 6\/6+. <\/p>\n<p>With retina apps, better quality photos &#038; videos, media and just larger apps with bigger caches, <strong>16GB is just too little to even enjoy a year of usage. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These devices should likely last 2 years in your pocket, and even with pushing media to the cloud (via Dropbox, etc) and deleting, to get the best experience get the 64GB unit to start with. <\/p>\n<p>We are coming to an age when iPhones are like 1st gen MacBook Air&#8217;s. Storage size matters. 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Then the iPhone 5s. My logic was always to buy the smallest size available because I would probably change it up every year or two. Let&#8217;s just say the attachment to the iPhone 4 &#8220;just working&#8221; made me afraid to change to anything new. 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