Will 128 GB Be Enough For a New iPhone 16e?
The new cheap version of the iPhone is here, although the new nomenclature (e instead of joining the SE lineup) caught a lot of people by surprise. The new model received some backlash due to its high cost, confronting people’s expectations to have a truly affordable new phone.
Anyway, it is true that the new 16e is the most affordable way to acquire a new iPhone with new features like Apple Intelligence (although giving up on others such as MagSafe wireless charging). Keeping in mind that this is a model especially interesting for the public that wants to protect their wallets, it would be predictable that most people would get the 128 GB version, that is, the cheapest one.
Similar to other models, this new phone ships with 128 GB in the most basic configuration, letting us choose 256 GB or 512 GB if we need to use a lot of memory, for example in the case that we are videographers, or work with any other kind of high weight files.
But, for the common user, will 128 GB be enough? We know that, as time passes, programs, apps and files tend to demand more space, due to the huge amount of information they process and the ability to take photographs and videos in very high quality. When it comes to Apple products, the configuration we choose is an important decision, since we can not amplify the storage later.
iPhone 16e
To help users with their decision, we are going to comment the digital habits that you should keep in order for the 128 GB storage to never be a problem for you.
You’ll need to do some cleaning
We will argue that surviving with 128 GB can be perfectly possible, but for it to become a future problem will depend on your personality and preferences.
For example, you will need to keep the habit of periodically saving copies of your photos and videos on a computer or external storage, since it is very likely that, at some point, the Gallery will consume all the space, especially if you like to film video. But if are one of those who like to keep all their photos on your phone at all times, and don’t want to sacrifice that, then consider getting a model with more memory.
Consider also if you like to save whole movies or a very long library of music into your phone. If you are fine using streaming services forever, Spotify or Netflix will serve you, and they won’t occupy that much space. But if you like to have everything available offline, many movies and a huge music catalog in high audio quality might take too much storage.
Paying for iCloud
The same goes for creative work: if you make music in your phone using GarageBand, like to edit videos with Capcut, iMovie, or similar, upload content to TikTok periodically, or need to save long video recordings of interviews, presentations or similar, it is a possibility to get too limited with 128 GB, so perhaps making the extra effort to pay a little more in exchange for more memory will be worthy.
Anyway, take into account that you have iCloud and other cloud services to keep your files on the Internet. This can save you from many of these problems, but again, will vary on how fine you are with being dependent on an Internet connection at all times, as well as how comfortable you are with the idea of paying a monthly subscription for cloud storage services.
Will the iCloud subscription be eventually more expensive than the extra storage cost? Might be, but iCloud is indeed useful for many more purposes than liberating space, as exchanging files and information easily with other devices to work on than on your tablet, PC, etcetera.
