Apple's Issues With Storage May Be A Thing Of The Past

Apple’s issues with storage may be a thing of the past, thanks to Samsung.

9to5Mac cites as source KoreanTimes, which state that Apple is in negotiations with Samsung – they want the South-Korean company to build them a crucial component for their new iPhone product line. Rumours have it that Apple wants to ditch Toshiba, SK hynix and SanDisk, and go with Samsung as their only storage component manufacturer.

Their iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones come with a standard 16 GB storage, and some consider this to be way too small for what you can do with a device in 2015. By the time the new iPhone comes out, 16 GB of storage may not be enough for what the average Joe needs. More so, operating systems may increase in size in the near future.

Apple wants to stay ahead of problems that might arise in the (near)future.

We already know that Samsung is in Apple’s good grace, because they will reprise their role as chip makers for the California-based company, but their relationship might turn another leaf.

Apple’s standard iPhone 6 model comes with a built-in storage of 16 GB – users can choose upwards to 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB.

Apple might scratch off completely the 16 GB model, thus making Apple aficionados pay more buck for a standard model – which rumours have it will stand at 32 GB.

In 2014, photo app Ice Cream reports that iPhone 6 16 GB users run out of storage space too often. Apple is listening to its community, and considers that – ” The belief is more and more as we use iCloud services for documents and our photos and videos and music, that perhaps the most price-conscious customers are able to live in an environment where they don’t need gobs of local storage because these services are lightening the load. “ says Phil Schiller, the company’s head of marketing.

IceCream / Ondevice Research 2014

If the rumours are true, Apple is shifting its focus on storage space for its new iPhone device, and they consider this a big deal, even though they seriously don’t show it. Apple is trying to make iCloud services popular, but it’s aware of the fact that not everyone is keen on jumping on the bandwagon which is currently dominated by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

Also, as a side note, Apple is considering that the iPhone 5C’s 8 GB of storage space is incredibly small, and it might interrupt its line pretty soon – only for it to come out with 16 GBs, and even 32 GBs.

Apple will most likely announce something official this Fall, as the company is known not to respond to rumours.

What do you think? Good, or bad decision on Apple’s side? Would you pay more for a standard model that has double the storage space that the current iPhone 6 has?

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