“Back in the day, the 64GB iPhone used to be the biggest option around, and it made sense because files used to be smaller back then, like apps would use lower-res textures, and videos were also kept at 720p,” Tyler Lee reports for Ubergizmo.
“However these days some apps weigh several gigabytes, and pictures and videos also eat up more storage, which is why Apple bumped it to 128GB with the iPhone 6, but could they be thinking of introducing a 256GB model?” Lee reports. “ccording to recently leaked components, it shows some SanDisk NAND chips that are allegedly for the iPhone 7 Plus, and it looks like 256GB is one of the options.”
Lee writes, “The iPhone 7 Plus rumors [suggest] that Apple will differentiate the models with a dual camera lens setup, and now it looks like 256GB storage options will be one of the differentiating factors as well.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote last week about the iPhone 7 Plus:
Apple’s 5.5-inch (or larger) flagship iPhone is about to get even flagshippier!
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