{"id":6884,"date":"2025-09-09T23:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/all-of-the-new-iphones-start-with-256gb-of-storage-finally\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T23:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:55:58","slug":"all-of-the-new-iphones-start-with-256gb-of-storage-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/all-of-the-new-iphones-start-with-256gb-of-storage-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"All of the new iPhones start with 256GB of storage. Finally."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">There&rsquo;s a lot to like about the new iPhone lineup: new <ins>selfie cameras<\/ins>, a new <ins>unibody frame<\/ins> and a even a <ins>super-thin<\/ins> iPhone, if that&rsquo;s your thing. All of the new phones share one important upgrade you might have missed during Apple&rsquo;s 72-minute livestream, though: they all start at 256GB of storage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">For the first time in four years, Apple raised the base-level storage on its entire iPhone lineup. Since the iPhone 13, Apple&rsquo;s phones have started at 128GB for the cheapest configuration. Now, the iPhone 17, 17 Pro and iPhone Air will start with double that capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">It&rsquo;s about time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_2lqpqtialuknpfilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_4lqpqtialuknpfilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">While 128GB may sound like a decent amount of storage, it hasn&rsquo;t made sense as a base amount of storage for some time, particularly for Pro-level phones, which have much more powerful cameras. Apple has seemingly understood this for a while: for the last two years (when the iPhone 15 lineup launched), the Pro Max versions have started at 256GB. But there&rsquo;s absolutely no reason that only people buying the most expensive iPhone should get a storage bump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">Because I write about tech, my friends and family often ask me for help &ldquo;fixing&rdquo; various problems with their phones. (I spend most of my time reporting on the social media industry, so usually this involves me just Googling their specific issue and muddling through.) I&rsquo;ve lost track of the times friends have asked me for help fixing things that boil down to the fact that they simply don&rsquo;t have enough storage left on their phone. And, almost every time, they only have the minimum 128GB of storage that&rsquo;s come standard since the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 13 line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">But no one wants to hear: &ldquo;you don&rsquo;t have enough storage, you need to delete stuff.&rdquo; One of my friends recently vowed to never buy the cheapest iPhone again, after I explained that paying for extra iCloud wouldn&rsquo;t address her issues around local storage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">But if you can afford it, paying for a storage upgrade is still worth it. Yes, paying the $200 extra for 512GB for $400 more for 1TB on the Pro series (which now maxes out at $1999 for 2TB) stings. It makes an already-expensive phone feel like an even bigger investment. But as someone who shelled out for a 512GB iPhone 14 Pro three years ago, I have no regrets about paying that extra premium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_39qpqtialuknpfilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_59qpqtialuknpfilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">I&rsquo;m currently using about 295GB of my allotted storage and have never once had to think about whether I need to clear out my downloaded media or if I have enough storage to shoot photos of my nephew in ProRAW Max or record cinematic videos on vacation. I plan on keeping this phone at least another year and I expect I&rsquo;ll still have plenty of storage left by the time I do decide to upgrade (extra storage also helps a bit with resale or trade-in value).<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">But, if you just can&rsquo;t bring yourself to pay extra for more capacity &mdash; and I get it, I really do &mdash; jumping from 128GB to 256GB will still be a meaningful bump. You might not notice it right away, but it should give most people a lot of extra time before they start seeing those dreaded &ldquo;storage almost full&rdquo; pop-ups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>All of the new iPhones start with 256GB of storage. Finally.<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&rsquo;s a lot to like about the new iPhone lineup: new selfie cameras, a new unibody frame and a even a super-thin iPhone, if that&rsquo;s your thing. All of the new phones share one important upgrade you might have missed during Apple&rsquo;s 72-minute livestream, though: they all start at 256GB of storage. For the first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/all-of-the-new-iphones-start-with-256gb-of-storage-finally\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;All of the new iPhones start with 256GB of storage. 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