Report: The 32GB iPhone 7 Plus uses a much slower storage, our tests show

07 October 2016
Our recent tests as part of the iPhone 7 Plus review revealed that the 32GB model scores substantially worse in read/write speeds than the bigger storage versions.

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  • 10 Oct 2016

Anonymous, 10 Oct 2016You probably live in a poor country where there are no appl... moreApple has a fixed price for all shops...

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    • Anonymous
    • B46
    • 10 Oct 2016

    AnonD-564674, 08 Oct 2016Serious Answer... Anyone asking the kind of question like u... moreYou probably live in a poor country where there are no apple stores, where you can only buy apple products from retailers who can sell them at any "insane" prices they want. In the west and most countries who have apple stores an iphone is more or less the same price as the latest samsung flagship. And macbooks are usually only slightly more expensive than the rest. Macbook pro vs xps vs hp spectre. Look at the prices of these direct competitors in the UK for example.

      It's called a base model for a reason.

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        • Mrr
        • 10 Oct 2016

        Exploding 6 Plus model, slow memory on 32GB iPhone 7 Plus - WHAT A premium phone! Price is PREMIUM!

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          • 10 Oct 2016

          Anonymous, 08 Oct 20161. stop shouting 2. I can't read your comment and think yo... moreThat, a Apple fanboy would said...

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            • P$n
            • 10 Oct 2016

            I have an iPhone 7 Plus 32 GB and here are my results.
            Benchmark OS II Memory - 1316
            PassMark Storage Write - 77.7 Mbyte/Sec
            Storage Read - 696 Mbyte/Sec

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              • Anonymous
              • JxJ
              • 10 Oct 2016

              Fandroids all Pixels have the slow storage.

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                • Anonymous
                • X{x
                • 10 Oct 2016

                Whatever gate it is, this is surely a scandal in the smartphone's world as iPhone is the standard of all smartphones.

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                  • What gate?
                  • tU9
                  • 10 Oct 2016

                  Shouldn't this be Storage-gate as opposed to Memory-gate?

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                    • FEB
                    • 10 Oct 2016

                    So what. Laptops have done this for a few years now. An the average iPhone user certainly won't care. That said I'm glad I've got the 128 gb model.

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                      • FED
                      • 10 Oct 2016

                      Lol

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                        • 09 Oct 2016

                        Anonymous, 09 Oct 2016Memorygate. This iphone need to be recall. Overpriced and c... moreAgree.

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                          • 09 Oct 2016

                          Wtf is that article ?! Sure it's slower... Speed in flash memory chip is closely related to density ! So higher capacity model are faster.

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                            • 09 Oct 2016

                            AnonD-569198, 09 Oct 2016Frankly, I would say that a heart attack, cancer, diabetes,... moreWow, we have a realistic person here. Not like all other people defending a phone with their life

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                              • 09 Oct 2016

                              yuri, 09 Oct 2016Buying a gadget these days is a huge problem. You have to c... moreFrankly, I would say that a heart attack, cancer, diabetes, broken limbs, bankruptcy, etc. is a huge problem, but not a phone.

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                                • 09 Oct 2016

                                Anonymous, 09 Oct 2016if I want to read a novel I would buy a book, make ur comme... moreThe comment I answered to was also that big

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                                  • LiQ
                                  • 09 Oct 2016

                                  My iPhone 6s 64 GB - write 199 MB/s, read 619 MB/s.
                                  Wife's iPhone SE 64 GB write 182 MB/s, read 669 MB/s.

                                  Something isn't right with that 32 GB version. If it was my phone, I would feel cheated now... Not to mention that sapphire glass camera lens...
                                  "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, ..."

                                  I think that there is a very easy solution to any product hassle or defect (which can always happen) - not rushing to buy something as soon as it gets available. People who value their time and money will take some time and spend their money on proven products. And there are no more OEMs that are flaweless, in any industry.

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                                    • KAb
                                    • 09 Oct 2016

                                    Buying a gadget these days is a huge problem. You have to check to see if everything is working properly or not and even then the device will surprise you (not in a good way) down the line with some issue or the other....

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                                      • 09 Oct 2016

                                      I have the 7Plus Black 32GB. I got 860 in Basemark :(

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                                        • npJ
                                        • 09 Oct 2016

                                        My iphone 6s plus 32 is slower than brothers 6s 16. TERRIBLE