Key Takeaways
The iPhone 13 will,according to rumors, offer a 1 TB storage tier.
Thats nuts: compare this to Apples own M1 MacBook Pro, which starts at just 256 GB.
The current iPhonethe iPhone 12can be had with a maximum of 512 MB.
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Thats already a lot of storage for a phone.
So what on earth does Apple have in mind?
What kinds of uses could require such a bottomless pit of storage?
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Two things: photos and videos.
Pro Means Pro
Apple is dead serious about the iPhone cameras.
The current top-of-the-line iPhone Pros can shoot RAW images and capture Dolby Vision HDR video at 60fps.
As the iPhone gets better, it is used more often for pro-level video shoots,including Hollywood movies.
For them, even an 8 TB iPhone probably wouldnt be too much.
Its not just video, either.
Some musicians use their iPhones as their primary computer for making music.
While the iPad Pro has had 1 TB storage for several years, the iPhone hasnt.
Games, Movies, Media
There are plenty of non-pro uses, too.
Maybe you just had kids, and cant help but shoot endless videos and photos of your offspring.
Or maybe youre an enthusiastic vacation shooter (or will be, when the lockdowns ease up).
That takes up a lot of space.
Video games are equally huge, occupying multiple gigabytes of space.
More storage is also good if you have terrible cellular coverage, or a low-speed connection.
Last Longer
More storage also makes your phone last longer.
Android phones come with microSD card slots to add more storage, but thats not possible with the iPhone.
“People are keeping their phones longer,” says cloudHQs Assaraf.
“It used to be almost necessary to upgrade every two years, but not so much anymore.
