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32GB iPhone 7 Has 8 Times Slower Storage Performance Than 128GB Model (thenextweb.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the satisfaction-guaranteed dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Next Web: Apple isn't telling you everything about its phones. Few weeks back, GSMArena reported that the 32GB iPhone 7 and 7 Plus had significantly slower storage performance than the 128GB and 256GB models of the device. In a new video, Unbox Therapy's Lew Hilsenteger conducted a series of speed tests that confirm the discrepancy in storage speeds between the different configurations of Apple's phone -- and it turns out the 32GB iPhone is about eight times slower than the larger capacity storage version of the device. For his first test, Hilsenteger used the free PerformanceTest Mobile app to compare the read and write speeds of the iPhone. While there was little difference between the read speeds of the 32GB and 128GB models, there's a huge disparity when it comes to write speed. The 32GB iPhone writes at 42MB per second, which is nearly eight times slower than the 128GB version's 341MB per second. Hilsenteger then performed a real-world speed test, which included transferring movies from a MacBook to the iPhone using a USB cable. While the 256GB model took two minutes and 34 seconds to complete the 4.2GB file transfer, the 32GB iPhone 7 needed a total of three minutes and 40 seconds for the same transmission.

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  1. Makes it hard to access stored data.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...much like Hillary's emails.

    1. Re:Makes it hard to access stored data.. by Maritz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Excuses? Like not releasing tax returns because of an audit? Even though that is demonstrably false? Is that the kind of excuse you mean?

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      I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
    2. Re: Makes it hard to access stored data.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Of course it makes sense. It's customary. Every candidate for the last 50 years has done it. It's expected. No one is arguing that it's illegal to withhold it. You started whining about excuses and someone provided an example of excuse that you would obviously be fine with. You responded with bewilderment and more of those excuses you were whining about. Everything played out perfectly.