A mobile can have a large screen, cameras that help you to portray landscapes and people, as well as a battery that can last you all day. However, this will be overshadowed if you get a device with little storage space. If you doubt about the memory of an iPhone that you want to buy or are curious to know how much previous models had, in this article we will tell you how many GB the iPhone have from the first to the last.
iPhone storage capacity
IPhones, like all mobiles, incorporate a base storage capacity that cannot be changed. It is located on the device plate, so it is not easily accessible. However, it can be known how much memory each one has based on Apple itself, since it is something that it never omits and offers with each launch of a new terminal. In addition, they are all available in various versions, which have been increasing in recent years (except for the first two generations).
- iPhone (original): 8 GB.
- iPhone 3G: 8 GB.
- iPhone 3GS: 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB.
- iPhone 4: 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB.
- iPhone 4s: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB.
- iPhone 5: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB.
- iPhone 5c: 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB.
- iPhone 5s: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB.
- iPhone 6: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB.
- iPhone 6 Plus: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB.
- iPhone 6s: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB.
- iPhone 6s Plus: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB.
- iPhone SE (1st generation): 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB.
- iPhone 7: 32GB, 128GB, or 256GB.
- iPhone 7 Plus: 32GB, 128GB, or 256GB.
- iPhone 8: 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB.
- iPhone 8 Plus: 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB.
- iPhone X: 64GB or 256GB.
- iPhone XS: 64GB, 256GB, or 512GB.
- iPhone XS Max: 64GB, 256GB, or 512GB.
- iPhone XR: 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB.
- iPhone 11: 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB.
- iPhone 11 Pro: 64GB, 256GB, or 512GB.
- iPhone 11 Pro Max: 64GB, 256GB, or 512GB.
- iPhone SE (2nd generation): 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB.
It should be noted that some of these phones did not include all the capabilities at their launch and some have subsequently expanded them or stopped being sold in any of them.
Why does the iPhone tell you a lower value?
If you go to Settings> General> Information or Settings> General> iPhone Storage, you will be able to see, among other data, the amount of memory you have occupied on your iPhone and how much is free. Probably the total amount does not match what the phone should have, but it is not that it has a lower capacity than what is said but that it is the space you can occupy . This means that the GB that your iPhone has will not be completely for your use, but you will have to bear in mind that a part of it will go to the iOS operating system. If your phone has, for example, 32 GB and 10 of them are occupied by iOS, unfortunately you can only occupy 22 GB of your phone.
Expand the memory of an iPhone
There are some phones from other brands, especially older ones, that can expand their storage space using MicroSD cards. This may have its advantages and disadvantages, but the truth is that in the iPhone it does not mean anything because it cannot be expanded using MicroSD . It is also not possible to expand the memory manually by changing the component in question, or at least it is not an easy or recommended task, since the device would have to be opened and this would cause you to lose the warranty and could even make the device not work properly.
However, there are some methods to expand the space of the device in a way, such as using cloud storage services. Apple’s own iCloud, as well as other services can be very useful. We will tell you all this in a guide in which we explain how to save space on the iPhone.
Why is it important to choose capacity well?
We believe that choosing the storage capacity correctly is important because then you will not be able to expand it as we have explained above. It is understandable that you do not calculate exactly how much you will occupy on your phone between photos, applications and other files, but you will have to make an approximation based on what you have on your current device. Of course, more is not always better in all cases. This means that if you buy the device with the most memory, on rare occasions you will be reduced in terms of free space, but if later you do not use even half it will have been a somewhat absurd purchase because you will have paid a significant difference in money in exchange for a function (more memory) that you don’t take advantage of.
Different prices on iPhone memory
Storage capacity is a determining factor in the price of an iPhone. The same device, with the same features, colors and everything else will always be more expensive the higher the capacity. Normally this difference is usually around 100 euros between them, although it will always depend on how much the jump is. For example, from 64 GB to 128 GB there could be a difference of 100 euros, but if the phone is available in 128 GB and 512 GB, the difference will always be greater. In any case, you can always check the prices of the different versions in the store where you are going to buy your iPhone.