2024-01-19 19:38:46
The newly unveiled Galaxy S24 lineup comes with plenty of storage options, with the Galaxy S24 Plus and Galaxy S24 Ultra both offering 256GB capacity in their base models. But a new report suggests that Apple may be looking to top Samsung, at least when it comes to the top end of storage.
When the iPhone 16 Pro arrives this fall, it could offer up to 2TB of built-in storage. That’s according to a blog post by yeux1122, which provides this kind of information before distribution.
That would be quite a boost from what the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max currently offer. Each phone comes with 1TB of storage, though the iPhone 15 Pro Max comes with more storage space in its base unit (256GB to 128GB for the iPhone 15 Pro.)
More significantly, the 2TB iPhone 16 Pro will also double the maximum capacity of the Galaxy S24 Ultra, which comes in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB configurations.
This apparent increase in storage capacity is due to the rumored switch to higher density Quad Level Cell (QLC) NAND flash drive over the more expensive NAND (TLC). However, there are some potential downsides to making this change – namely that QLC has slower read and write speeds as well as being slightly less durable.
The big question will be how much a 2TB iPhone 16 Pro might cost. Maxing out the storage on the iPhone 15 Pro to 1TB raises the price of your phone to $1,499 – $500 more than the base cost of the iPhone 15 Pro. You’d have to imagine that 2TB storage would be even more expensive.
The 1TB Galaxy S24 Ultra model costs just $360 more than its 256GB base model. But Samsung just raised the price of the Ultra model by $100 over last year’s version. Samsung’s current Galaxy S24 pre-order deal lets you upgrade your storage without the cost of going up one tier – meaning getting a 1TB model for the cost of a 512GB version.
Storage may not end up being iPhone Pro buyers’ biggest concern, though it is important to people who take a lot of videos and photos on their device. More significant additions to the iPhone 16 Pro could be an upgraded telephoto lens, a new A17 chipset and the addition of AI capabilities through the iOS 18 software update.
Before you start planning for a 2TB iPhone this fall, remember that this isn’t the first time we’ve heard such a rumor. Similar predictions had the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro offering a 2 TB storage option, but that didn’t happen. We’ll see if the third time will be the charm for this particular rumor.
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