Is 64Gb Enough for iPhone 12 or 12 Mini? Is It Worth Getting a 128 or 256Gb Model Instead?
the Cupertino Company Also Announced a Smaller Version of the Smartphone in Question, but with the Same Impressive Specs – The. There's Just One Spec in...
, the Cupertino company also announced a smaller version of the smartphone in question, but with the same impressive specs – the
. There's just one spec in particular that still leaves more to be desired and that's the base storage options for those two new smartphones.
and iPhone 12 mini come with a base storage capacity of only 64GB, at the cost of $829 and $729 respectively. For comparison, the newly-announced
, which costs around $700 comes with a base storage of 128GB, which is also the minimum storage option for the likes of
and many other 2020 smartphones.
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So, should you consider getting a pricier iPhone 12 or 12 mini, or will the base 64GB models be sufficient for your needs? Let's find out!
How much free storage will my iPhone 12 or 12 mini have out the box?
Much like how it is with Android smartphones, iPhones too don't come with exactly the advertised storage completely free for you to use. When you buy an iPhone that has a storage capacity of 64GB, you're actually getting roughly 57GB of free storage to use.
The reason for this is that the iOS operating system, which your iPhone needs in order to function, takes up about 7.50GB of storage. Classified as System storage, that 7.50GB (rough estimation) will forever be taken up and cannot be reduced. In addition, your smartphone may come with preinstalled apps out the box, which take additional space. You can, however, uninstall certain apps if you don't find them useful, in order to free up some space.
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Will the apps that I need fit on the 64GB iPhone 12 or 12 mini?
You needn't worry about your apps fitting in the iPhone 12's base storage option, as most apps are generally small (at least when compared to games and movies). 64GB is enough to fit all the apps you'll ever need.
But for a better perspective, let's just see how much storage apps generally take on an iPhone. Google Maps, for example, takes about 202MB on iOS, while Gmail takes roughly 285MB. Instagram is around 190MB, Netflix is another 165MB, Skype is 119MB, SoundCloud is 73MB and Discord is 91MB. Those 7 apps will only take up about 1.12GB of your 64GB. Any other apps you may be interested in will likely be close to the sizes of the ones we just listed.
As for games, the bigger ones will expectedly eat up much more of your storage. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for iPhone takes up about 2GB, while Max Payne Mobile takes 1.8GB. PubG Mobile is around 2.43GB and Call of Duty: Mobile is 2.64GB. Those 4 games alone will bite off about 8.87GB of your storage. However, if you play casual 2D games, such as Chess or card games, those are about as small as regular apps, so you'll fit countless of them.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
