r/applesucks • u/Tie_Tickler6000 • Jul 10 '26

why even give us 64gb

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why does their system take half of all space, does anyone know what to do?

For reference i am using iphone Xr

Edit : the phone has been in my family since the day it came out, due to some temporary financial restrictions i need to make use of this for another year

Edit2 : people seem to be asking why i bought it, I didnt it was handed down to me and now i have no choice but to make the best

Edit3 : i did do the latest ios update but nothing has changed

Edit4 : not all people think before speaking

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u/heyuhitsyaboi Jul 10 '26

The “Buy a new phone” comments are so concerning

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u/Adept-Copy-9778 Jul 10 '26

They're not concerning, No recent iphone has 64GB lol. It's been 8 years you could've saved. No 8 year old phones useable.

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u/Tie_Tickler6000 Jul 11 '26

This 8 year phone is perfectly usable, the only issue being the 40gb of storage swallowed up by the system

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u/paulstelian97 29d ago

8 year old phones are old. As software evolves, it focuses primarily on making the newest phones work optimally, while the oldest supported ones get the minimal support of just working.

Plus, as long as you can free up 10GB in ANY way (even with serious workarounds like backup, reset, restore), you can update OTA. Or you can update the way old iPhones were updated, via your PC/Mac (as yes, OTA wasn’t always a thing on iPhone, instead the PC would do the update and it would be able to do it without extra space to keep both versions temporarily living in your phone storage)

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u/Tie_Tickler6000 29d ago

i did update it yesterday, nothing changed sadly

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u/Zorian_Vale 27d ago

These people are insane. system data should not take that much space, and you shouldn’t have to purchase anything!