Leading up to today’s Apple Event, there was a lot of talk about Apple starting storage out at 256GB for the Pro models, and adding a 2TB option. But it looks like that’s not happening. The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are already listed on the Apple Store with pricing, and, it only goes to 1TB.
The iPhone 15 Pro starts at 128GB still and the same $999 price. While the iPhone 15 Pro Max does start at 256GB for $1,199. Which is technically a price increase, but if you were buying the 256GB model already, then it’s the same price.
You can get both options in 512GB and 1TB as well. With the prices capping out at $1,599 for the 1TB iPhone 15 Pro Max. That’s the same as the iPhone 14 Pro Max with 1TB of storage.
Let’s face it, 2TB is a bit extreme
While it would be cool to see a phone launching with 2TB of storage, it is a bit extreme. And instead of launching a 2TB iPhone, Apple decided to offer up two more tiers of iCloud storage. Now, you can get 6TB for $30/month or 12TB for $60/month. Which is actually a pretty good price, and right in-line with what Google offers.
A lot of users prefer to keep all of their data on their phone, instead of using the cloud, but the cloud is just so much more feasible for storing things like music, photos, videos and more. And it looks like Apple might be looking to lean into that now, with these new changes to iCloud storage. Though it still sucks that 5GB is all you get for free. It should be 50GB at minimum.
Many of us would be scared to see how much a 2TB iPhone 15 Pro Max would cost. Luckily, we won’t have to see that.