How Much iPhone 13 Storage Do You Need? [Buyer's Guide]

How Much iPhone 13 Storage Do You Need? [Buyer's Guide]

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[jojag]

If you're on the fence, always go for the extra storage. The last thing you want is to buy a $1000 iPhone that you intend to use for 3 years, only to find that after a year or two that your experience is significantly hampered because you wanted to save $100.

[Smartmovesstayingahead]

Honestly every iphone in this day and age of techonology should start at 256gb since most people do use their iphones for many apps and to take pictures and videos

[Myra]

I went from a 256 to 128 when I went from 7 Plus to a 13 regular in pink. After 5 years with the 7 Plus, I still had 212 gb storage available. So I went down to save more money when I got the 13.

[hymanhii]

Dude I had no idea that feature is only available for 256gb and above thank you so much for telling me

[Aingeluz]

I bought the Iphone 13 Pro in 1TB. The camera in this is really good, so having lots of storage is just like the way to go.

[e_velog]

I was VERY torn between the 512GB and 1TB phone. I'm literally only upgrading because my 64GB iphone 11 pro is fully maxed out. I was ok with the regular 13, but I'm also unable to get 1TB with that device. I do take lots of footage for my youtube channel - tbh the only thing I use my phone for other than texting - and last week, I almost maxed out the 512GB. I do have my laptop with me all the time but I don't like to offload my phone every day. I also want to keep this device for as long as possible. Plus, I hate iCloud - it's absolutely hateful when trying to airdrop 4k footage longer than 5-10 mins.

This has convinced me that 1TB is what I should go for. Thanks for the video, this is the most helpful one I've found on the topic thus far!!

[douglasbrittain]

When going to sell your iPhone having more storage is a big plus. Also makes it more future proof if you keep it for like 4 or more years.

[tourniermusic]

i opted for the 256gb, looking forward to trying out the pro res

[awtngsh]

Very well put together video, thanks for helping me narrow down my thought process!

[fugoogle]

For me 256 is plenty. After transferring my old phone i have over 128 Gb available

[aliasmjm]

This was an awesome video. Some of these questions, I was asking myself as I consider a 128gb or 256gb 14 pro. I'm upgrading from the 64gb X. At the time, even that felt like a lot (going from a 16gb 6!!), but now that's not the case since i've been deleting lots of pics and apps lately. I feel like 128 should be enough... but I do tend to keep my phones for at least 4 years or so. Since I plan to keep the 14 pro for at least 4 years again, 256gb hopefully means i'll never have to worry about space again.

[kevinslegg]

I agree, good video with clear explanation of considerations. I went for Pro (non-max) with the 1tb in the end on the basis that I’ll end up putting the camera and video on best quality settings and intend to keep it at least 3-years. There’s nothing worse than running out of space and the Pro Res seems to eat storage - so I thought better safe than sorry.

[CraftBelgium]

64gb was a struggle for years, i doubt i will last long with 128gb

[priyakapoor]

Best video I found to get know better my needs . Thanks.

[killer]

This narrows it down to 256 or 512 for me. Going to 256 from the base 128 is a 10% increase; but, going from 256 up to 512 is a 18.2% increase on the iPhone 13 Pro models. I'd prefer 512 but I don't know if it's worth the $200 extra. Decisions decisions.

[bugjuiceglitch]

My current phone has 64 gb, any of these phones is an upgrade lol

[JackoFlacko]

I’ve had my iPhone XS for three years now, and it has 64 GB, and I’ve used 36, 4 GB of it.

I’m planing on picking up the iPhone 13 Pro Max with 128 GB, more than enough for me!

[DavyJones]

After 2 years, I’m currently using 12.5GB out of 128GB. I don’t think I’ll need much since I’ll likely trade this iPhone iPhone XR in for the iPhone 13 Pro & will then trade that in for the 14. So I’ll just go for 256 because for resale, it will be more to get back & that seem like unlimited space to me since I don’t even use 15GB so far and that includes photos and everything. My phone is truly a tool for me, I use it to enhance my life, but am not married to it.

[Mr]

Another thing to consider is the resale value.

Yes, it may cost £100 more now to jump from 128GB to 256GB, but you will probably get a portion of that money back, because the phone will have a higher resale value.

[jamila]

This video is very helpful so thank you. I've always got the phone with the most storage. I switched to the SE (2016 & 2020) but I'm pretty much a light use and don't need the bells and whistles. I got a great deal with getting a 13 mini but wondered if 128GB was enough. I wanted to make sure I was asking myself the right questions and looked at my current use. So I'm glad this video validated my thought process.