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The 16GB is only there to make you buy the more expensive model

• kid0m4n 11y ago
  Or possibly, stats showed that a significant percentage of users don't even come close to filling up the 16 GB.
  • unfamiliar 11y ago
    If that was truly the reason, there is no reason to not make 32GB the base option. A few people would be saved hassle and it would cost Apple pennies and do their reputation good. It makes a whole lot more likely that the base model is just to get you to upgrade to the 64GB at this point.
• hugh4 11y ago
  And then they charge an extra hundred bucks for an extra few bucks' worth of memory. Which is why I have the base model. It's the same with the European cars. BMW or whatever will sell you (in this country) a tiny underpowered four-cylinder engine for $N. If you want the four-cylinder engine with more power it will be $N+10K, if you want a six-cylinder engine that doesn't feel sluggish it will be $N+20K, and if you want something that actually feels as fast as the car looks it'll cost you $N+30K. Meanwhile you can buy a fast engine in a crate for about $5K.
• slg 11y ago
  I wrote this elsewhere in this thread, but might as well copy and paste it here. >Sometimes the mere existence of the base model causes some problems that can't be fixed with the existence of an upgraded option. This is a consistent problem in an enterprise environment. The base model is always the one purchased more frequently whether through BYOD or enterprise owned devices. This means that support staff has to spend a lot of time working with users to manage space.