upgrade hard drive?
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There is NO hard drive in an iPhone.
It is Flash RAM. Upgrades are unlikely if not impossible.
An 20GB iPhone is probably a long way off, like years away.
An iPhone is not supposed to replace your iPod.
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It is Flash RAM. Upgrades are unlikely if not impossible.
An 20GB iPhone is probably a long way off, like years away.
An iPhone is not supposed to replace your iPod.
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I know, thats why I wanted to find out if I can add capacity to it. I want a phone that will replace my ipod
It takes a little work to create play lists, but I have replaced my 60GB iPod with my iPhone. There is no way you will listen to 15,000+ songs in a day, or even a week. So, you can put 1,000 of those on your 8GB phone via play lists and mix it up every so often. I really don't see why you need to have thousands of songs with you every day...
You can put about 1,000 that should be enough I mean if you get bored change it up whats so bad about that
I don't think there is anything bad about it. But I like to listen to full albums sometimes, sometimes out of the blue I feel like listening to a certain artist or CD that I don't normally listen to so I like to have my music available to me. I also like to keep different music with me when going to parties and what not, Sure 1000 songs is a lot but I want more. I would rather be able to choose from all of my CD's then to only be able to choose from 50 of my CD's instead of all 200 of them. (200 is just a made up number)
Same here. I've found myself being more selective/economical with how I load my iPhone up, and it's working out well. Instead of just dumping entire albums onto the device, I pick and choose which songs I want. It takes a little longer to create a playlist, but I don't mind. The 1,000+ songs I can fit on my 8 GB is more than enough. I still use my iPod in the car and at work - places where I know I'm going to need lots of music for a long period of time.It takes a little work to create play lists, but I have replaced my 60GB iPod with my iPhone. There is no way you will listen to 15,000+ songs in a day, or even a week. So, you can put 1,000 of those on your 8GB phone via play lists and mix it up every so often. I really don't see why you need to have thousands of songs with you every day...
Exactly, I use the iPod at home, work and in the car. But when I am out and about, on the bus, jogging, etc... I use the iPhone. They are two different products that serve two different needs. One does not, and can not, replace the other.
I use a Smart list for my iPhone, Not played in last 20 days, no skip counts greater than 2, rating greater than 3. That way I know the iPhone will always have the 'cool' music. I take about 700MB or so on the iPhone and leave the rest on the iPod.
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I use a Smart list for my iPhone, Not played in last 20 days, no skip counts greater than 2, rating greater than 3. That way I know the iPhone will always have the 'cool' music. I take about 700MB or so on the iPhone and leave the rest on the iPod.
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Yeah I understand all that but wouldn't everyone rather have one device and all associated accessore than twice as much? And don't tell me one can't replace the other. It could be done, they just want to make a bunch of money selling smaller capacity ones before they decided to offer higher capacity
Sounds like you are arguing semantics. The iPhone can NOT be upgraded with a larger hard drive because, as has been said, the iPhone doesn't use a HD, but flash memory. In theory, you may could add a larger capacity RAM chip, but then would the OS still support it? No one outside Apple knows, and I doubt many are willing to be the first few guinea pigs to risk killing their beloved dream toy to find out.
As to whether or not it could ever "replace" your iPod? Again, it was not designed to. It is a converged device which means very simply, certain compromises had to be made to be able to get it to do everything that it does. At it's current size and profile, making it able to accommodate a week's worth of songs isn't a choice.
Find a company like XDA Developers and offer your phone to them to experiment with the whole RAM thing. If it works, you'll be a household name to iPhonies! If not, well, you'll have your answer. There are 64GB RAM chips out there and a 256GB RAM SATA drive available...
Now, if Apple would open up BlueTooth to serial apps, you could use a BlueTooth hard drive (like Seagate's DAVE when it is finally released). But, that's a whole other topic to complain about...
Dude, no, thats not the reason. If you had a 20GB iPhone you would have to use either Flash or a hard drive. if you use a hard drive there is no room for anything else or it would end up twice the size, if you use 20GB of flash there goes your battery life. This is isn't about making the most money by screwing consumers it is about limitations of todays technology
If it was feasible to make a 20GB iPhone right now they would do it. It is just not feasible. The iPhone s not marketed or intended to be an iPod replacement. It is a cell phone that also plays music. It is not an iPod that makes phone calls. A subtle but distinct difference.
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Give the boys at OWC a chance and in a while you should be able to get it changed out ... likely get your battery replaced at the same time.
Give the boys at OWC a chance and in a while you should be able to get it changed out ... likely get your battery replaced at the same time.
I am not arguing that you can just throw a bigger hard drive in the iPhone and it work. Originally I wanted to know if it was possible and found out that it cant. Then for some reason I had to argue why I would want more than 8 gigs. Seems like it would pretty obvious why one would want more than 8 gigs. But when I was told that iPhone cannot replace an ipod i have to disagree with that. Don't tell me it wouldn't be the cats ass for an ipod and a cell phone to be one. That would be ideal and Apple should know that or they are stupid. If they wanted to they would seek out ways to build it. But why would they do that when they can get people to buy 2 items instead of one
Yes, I would rather have one device but the reality of it is that the technology isn't there. If you think $600 is bad for an 8GB iPhone, try paying over $1,600 for a 20GB iPhone that would be twice the size or more (that's figuring RAM at $50 a Gig... based on my buying 1GB strips for my PC last week for $40). If they did it with a hard drive like in the iPod, then you would have the same horrible battery life. So, until the technology evolves be happy that 8GB is available, it's an amazing amount of memory.
I'm sitting here looking at an old (2000) Mac PowerBook G3 Series II with a 6GB hard drive. LOL. How things change...
I would like to have a terabyte of memory, a 8" screen that folds into 2", voice recognition so good that we don't need a keypad... but the reality is we're stuck where we are for a reason -- technological limits.
The iPhone was designed to be a phone first and an iPod second. It uses memory vs. a hard drive for size, weight and power consumption reasons. If you want a phone this size that sucks power like a 5G iPod playing video:
...well, not many people would be there with ya.
If I could change one thing, I would have asked that Apple would have given the iPhone an expansion slot so we could add 2GB and 4GB.. maybe even more down the road. Oh well, I'm happy with my 8GB.
You are correct, if they wanted to they could build a 20GB iPhone right now. Absolutely. But it would be twice the size with half the battery life and no one would buy it.
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