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Apparently the 32GB version of the iPhone 7 (and plus?) has MUCH slower memory than the 128GB version. Write speeds appear to be almost 10x slower!!

 

I don't remember them telling us that during the keynote

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I just bought a 128GB flash drive for like nothing and a few 480GB ssds for 100$ each. wtf is with phones capacity anyway? Just now we got higher ones, for iPhone at least. 

Nvm 6 had it too 

 

anyway with a phone that fuckin expensive, and the crazy margins apple has, why is the 32GB one even a thing? 

649 fucking dollars for the 32 Gb one. 749 and 849 for 128 and 256. 

200 dollars more for ~224GB more space. What the fuck am I missing something? Is that the only difference? That's like a little less than a dollar a GB for the upgrade 

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Apple sucks balls

 

IMO dont buy an iPhone (Google Pixel is a better option)

 

but to answer your problem my friends mum has the 32GB model and my dad has the 128GB model and transferring photos from the phone to a laptop does take a little longer on the 32GB model but not by to much.

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4 minutes ago, DisconnectedYT said:

Apple sucks balls

 

IMO dont buy an iPhone (Google Pixel is a better option)

 

but to answer your problem my friends mum has the 32GB model and my dad has the 128GB model and transferring photos from the phone to a laptop does take a little longer on the 32GB model but not by to much.

in a world that makes sense the bottleneck in both cases should be the USB 2.0 link, meaning they should both be the same speed.

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Just ran the Basemark OS2 on my 256GB iPhone 7 I get 2701 on memory.

 

 

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21 minutes ago, DisconnectedYT said:

Apple sucks balls

 

IMO dont buy an iPhone (Google Pixel is a better option)

 

but to answer your problem my friends mum has the 32GB model and my dad has the 128GB model and transferring photos from the phone to a laptop does take a little longer on the 32GB model but not by to much.

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27 minutes ago, richardmajor86 said:

GSM Arena

 

Apparently the 32GB version of the iPhone 7 (and plus?) has MUCH slower memory than the 128GB version. Write speeds appear to be almost 10x slower!!

 

I don't remember them telling us that during the keynote

GREAT. Just ordered an iPhone 7Pkus with 32GB...

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That's the case with all flash memory. The lower capacity chips always are slower. Just look at those fancy new NVMe SSDs. It's nice getting 3GB/sec read speeds on the 1TB models, but good luck getting that on a 128/256GB model (same with write speeds).

 

And again, synthetic benchmark. It's the same with that chipgate bullshit we had last year. On paper it showed a difference, but in reality you wouldn't see any difference at all. Same here. You're reading more than writing (unless you're the person installing apps all day every day in which case wtf are you doing), so the read speeds are what matter. Those are still close to 700 MB/sec on the 32GB model, still faster than the 6S, and still miles ahead of any competition in the Android space.

Ye ole' train

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22 minutes ago, S.Stephenson said:

Just ran the Basemark OS2 on my 256GB iPhone 7 I get 2701 on memory.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, richardmajor86 said:

My iPhone 7 32GB version

 

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please post second screens too, i mean this screen 

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29 minutes ago, MeepLikesToBuildPc's said:

I am absolutely over and done with android. It's been a love/hate relationship, and my iPad with iOS has only been a "love" relationship. I've been using Nexus, LG, Sony, Samsung, and I'm all done with it

I'm totally not patronising you or criticising your choice or anything, but what were the "hate" elements in your love/hate Android relationship?

 

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16 minutes ago, richardmajor86 said:

My iPhone 7 32GB version

 

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Damn that memory score is almost as bad as my OnePlus One lol

 

 

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That's the other result on the other benchmark they used 256GB iPhone 7.

 

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Glad i went with the 256 7 plus then .  I too loved/love android ,  used it since froyo,  but I'm tired of the update model.  If nexus was widely available in my country ,  maybe .  I hope pixel will be widely available 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Syntaxvgm said:

I just bought a 128GB flash drive for like nothing and a few 480GB ssds for 100$ each. wtf is with phones capacity anyway? Just now we got higher ones, for iPhone at least. 

Nvm 6 had it too 

 

anyway with a phone that fuckin expensive, and the crazy margins apple has, why is the 32GB one even a thing? 

649 fucking dollars for the 32 Gb one. 749 and 849 for 128 and 256. 

200 dollars more for ~224GB more space. What the fuck am I missing something? Is that the only difference? That's like a little less than a dollar a GB for the upgrade 

the memory chips have to be smaller and more intricete in the bigger storagre variants but yes, its insainely priced but thats what you get with apple

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Should have saw this coming. Apple have been proposing 16 gigs iphone 6 and 6s as their entry level, the next tier in memory being 64 gigs, skipping the 32 gigs. This move made people have the choice between a limited memory (16gigs is good for a few photos, music and apps but becomes limited fast), and more than enough memory (64 gigs would be more than my needs). Therefore, consumer would come get the 64 gigs version, paying more. Since the sweetspot consumer would be looking for being 32 gigs, releasing the iphone 7 entry level at 32 gigs was a welcomed choice, but Apple being Apple, of course they would screw people over and entice them to buy the more expensive version of their products.

Honestly, I have lost any neutrality against Apple since I discover how much they would tickle their customers' asses to buy more. My Iphone 4s was working great at release, and over the years, unavoidable IOS updates made it get slower in exchange of "revolutionnary" features. Now there isn't a day when I don't want to wreck it with a sledgehammer for how sluggish it is.

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2 hours ago, Syntaxvgm said:

I just bought a 128GB flash drive for like nothing and a few 480GB ssds for 100$ each. wtf is with phones capacity anyway? Just now we got higher ones, for iPhone at least. 

Nvm 6 had it too 

 

anyway with a phone that fuckin expensive, and the crazy margins apple has, why is the 32GB one even a thing? 

649 fucking dollars for the 32 Gb one. 749 and 849 for 128 and 256. 

200 dollars more for ~224GB more space. What the fuck am I missing something? Is that the only difference? That's like a little less than a dollar a GB for the upgrade 

For people like me who really don't need more.

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14 minutes ago, Thiback said:

Should have saw this coming. Apple have been proposing 16 gigs iphone 6 and 6s as their entry level, the next tier in memory being 64 gigs, skipping the 32 gigs. This move made people have the choice between a limited memory (16gigs is good for a few photos, music and apps but becomes limited fast), and more than enough memory (64 gigs would be more than my needs). Therefore, consumer would come get the 64 gigs version, paying more. Since the sweetspot consumer would be looking for being 32 gigs, releasing the iphone 7 entry level at 32 gigs was a welcomed choice, but Apple being Apple, of course they would screw people over and entice them to buy the more expensive version of their products.

Honestly, I have lost any neutrality against Apple since I discover how much they would tickle their customers' asses to buy more. My Iphone 4s was working great at release, and over the years, unavoidable IOS updates made it get slower in exchange of "revolutionnary" features. Now there isn't a day when I don't want to wreck it with a sledgehammer for how sluggish it is.

Get it reimaged. EVERY computer with ANY OS has this happen over time due to cruft and file system bloat. It's not even the features slowing you down.

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Stop calling everything a "gate"

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3 minutes ago, Centurius said:

Stop calling everything a "gate"

+1

10 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

For people like me who really don't need more.

Lol. I would be happy with a 64GB SKU......

 

32GB is not enough and yet 128GB is too much :D. #FirstWorldProblems.

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1 hour ago, S.Stephenson said:

That's the other result on the other benchmark they used 256GB iPhone 7.

 

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Lol. I thought Apple was using LPDDR4-3200 Single Channel 64 Bit for iPhone 7

 

2 hours ago, DisconnectedYT said:

Apple sucks balls

 

IMO dont buy an iPhone (Google Pixel is a better option)

 

but to answer your problem my friends mum has the 32GB model and my dad has the 128GB model and transferring photos from the phone to a laptop does take a little longer on the 32GB model but not by to much.

I would agree with you if Google actually updated their software properly

 

2 hours ago, manikyath said:

in a world that makes sense the bottleneck in both cases should be the USB 2.0 link, meaning they should both be the same speed.

It still puzzles me why Apple doesn't just make the move to USB3 compatible Lightning

 

2 hours ago, MeepLikesToBuildPc's said:

I am absolutely over and done with android. It's been a love/hate relationship, and my iPad with iOS has only been a "love" relationship. I've been using Nexus, LG, Sony, Samsung, and I'm all done with it

The only things keeping me away from Android are: Google being creepy, Google screwing up Updates and Google not optimizing Android for a large screen.

 

If I had to buy a new phone tomorrow then I would get the iPhone 7 Plus despite all of it's short comings (and there are quite a few for an $870 phone).

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2 hours ago, Syntaxvgm said:

I just bought a 128GB flash drive for like nothing and a few 480GB ssds for 100$ each. wtf is with phones capacity anyway? Just now we got higher ones, for iPhone at least. 

Nvm 6 had it too 

 

anyway with a phone that fuckin expensive, and the crazy margins apple has, why is the 32GB one even a thing? 

649 fucking dollars for the 32 Gb one. 749 and 849 for 128 and 256. 

200 dollars more for ~224GB more space. What the fuck am I missing something? Is that the only difference? That's like a little less than a dollar a GB for the upgrade 

Because 90% of users don't need over 32gb, and it costs more

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2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

It still puzzles me why Apple doesn't just make the move to USB3 compatible Lightning

the iPhone would be the most sensible platform out of all smartphones to have USB3 (or similar) available, wouldnt it?

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