I tried to put emphasis on the personal nature of the question in the title. I’m not asking for myself or the average individual. I also mean ideal in the way where cost is still a factor. The iPhone 16 Pro has a 1TB model but it’s around $500 more expensive than the 128GB version.

I imagine answers are going to vary significantly depending on an individuals approach like relying on cloud storage, SD cards, or a Magsafe NVMe drive for example.

I found 1TB (512GB on the phone and on the SD card) was ideal for me. I could keep the things I wanted for “just in case scenarios” like the files needed for the source ports of Diablo, Half Life, and Morrowind in case I want to play a game or some ebooks if I have time to read. I never needed to uninstall applications and shuffle things. I even had plenty of breathing room.

Another question I’d be interested in hearing people’s answers to is what is the minimum storage capacity you would consider for a phone. I don’t think I would buy a device with less than 256GB of potential storage. If it has an SD card slot that opens up the potential a significantly.

  • apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I’ve currently got 60gb used on my phone, and I’ve been very lazy with keeping things tidy. So I think a 128gb device would facilitate all my storage needs from a phone.

    I guess I wouldn’t buy something with less than 128gb, to answer the second question.

    All my data hoarding happens on my desktop + NAS, I don’t consider my phone a safe place to keep anything I care about as it can be stolen or lost or broken so incredibly easily.