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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  • j}t
  • 08 Oct 2016

Solid state storage are connected in parallel. Smaller size unit will have slower sleep. True for SSD and flash memory under certain size.

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    • Anonymous
    • LC8
    • 08 Oct 2016

    AnonD-587428, 08 Oct 2016This sort of thing is very typical from Apple. Different st... moreCrappy camera? Have you used Samsung's camera

    I'm not an apple fan btw, but there are waaaaaaaaay bad cameras out there.

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      • AnonD-587428
      • XpQ
      • 08 Oct 2016

      This sort of thing is very typical from Apple. Different storage and displays is nothing unusual at all, right from the original iPhone. It's the norm in their OS-X base computers also. It's just a lucky dip when it comes to Apple. I mean people don't care anyway, most only care about the brand and then their relatively consistent OS's. Anything else right down to the crappy camera they just ignore.

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        • AnonD-595082
        • mqR
        • 08 Oct 2016

        This was the same for the older phones, 16gb being considerably slower. And I believe for SSD's as well when they use only one array of NAND's vs two. Can't find it at the minute, but something Anandtech touched on a while ago.

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          • mir
          • t7X
          • 08 Oct 2016

          No consistency at all in terms of performance across its devices. So the devices which have clearly inferior hardware are also priced the same as the superior one's? Apple doing what apple does best.

            i dont mind using a slower storage....what i can't tolerate is having copies of the same file for different apps..thats fun right..very innnovative

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              • AnonD-246652
              • uuv
              • 08 Oct 2016

              They are all set to win courageous award for the century

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                • Anonymous
                • npJ
                • 08 Oct 2016

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

                  AnonD-485191, 08 Oct 2016I didn't know that the IPhone 6S 32GB is available. Isn't t... moreAfter the iPhone 7 announcement, Apple release a new 32 GB iPhone 6s/Plus in their store. If you look on their official website, you will notice that Apple only sell 32 GB and 128 GB iPhone 6s/Plus. The 16/64 GB version had been discontinued. Hope this helps.

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                    • AnonD-216319
                    • N0m
                    • 08 Oct 2016

                    Thats Apple innovating a way of screwing people who don't want to be fully screwed hahaha

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                      • Jon1977
                      • nw}
                      • 08 Oct 2016

                      I think you have a fault device as my 7 plus came back with better results than the iPhone 7

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                        • Robertjo
                        • dQ4
                        • 08 Oct 2016

                        I have a matte black iPhone 7 32gb and my memory is reading at 1319 using the same app you did for this study!

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                          • SJM32
                          • mqM
                          • 08 Oct 2016

                          AnonD-564674, 08 Oct 2016Serious Answer... Anyone asking the kind of question like u... moreThank you for your reply but I got bored of reading after went on insulting me when you dont know anything about me!

                          I could justify this with an answer as to why I choose my iPhone 7+ 256GB but I really can not be bothered as I know what you will say after.

                          You do you & I will do me. Simple as that mate!

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                            • Robertjo
                            • dQ4
                            • 08 Oct 2016

                            AnonD-485191, 08 Oct 2016I didn't know that the IPhone 6S 32GB is available. Isn't t... moreWhen the iPhone 7 came out they changed the 6s storage configurations to the same as the iPhone 7 mate

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                              • Anonymous
                              • GR%
                              • 08 Oct 2016

                              AnonD-485191, 08 Oct 2016I didn't know that the IPhone 6S 32GB is available. Isn't t... moreThe author of this article is talking about iPhone 7 not iPhone 6S. Anyway, the 32 GB variant of iPhone 6S has been available since September.

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                                • Hlev
                                • xqx
                                • 08 Oct 2016

                                So you are actually saying hes even faster than originaly bencmarked? Android phones are even more behind than said? Cool...

                                  so 32gb version has terrible performance when it comes to storage performance.
                                  """""But benchmarks are synthetic"""""
                                  kidding your a... right? being synthetic in storage benchmarks means nothing.
                                  this is not a graphic or cpu benchmark it's read and write performance,
                                  when synthetics show it's slower it's not analyzed or rendered it's been read and written down so there is not difference between real life performance and synthetic comparisons in storage benchmarks.

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                                    • AnonD-485191
                                    • fX2
                                    • 08 Oct 2016

                                    MY TEST RESULTS, 07 Oct 2016I got NEW 32 GB IPHONE 6S ......... : My impressions are... moreI didn't know that the IPhone 6S 32GB is available. Isn't the 16GB suppose to be the base?

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                                      • AnonD-564674
                                      • sEG
                                      • 08 Oct 2016

                                      SJM32, 08 Oct 2016Serious question...all numbers aside...in real life...is th... moreSerious Answer... Anyone asking the kind of question like u do is either have ALL screws loose in their head or DIE-HARD fanboys...

                                      Look, when u buy crApple products (macbook, ipad, iphone), what are u asking for?
                                      PRESTIGE? PERFORMANCE? PRODUCTIVITY? BEST HARDWARE?
                                      The Answer: ALL OF WHAT I MENTIONED ABOVE!

                                      You pay A TON of money, not A LOT, when u choose to buy ANY kind of crApple product. Therefore u expect to get a product that is WORTH THEIR MONEY, or like u said "I want the scores to be the fastest ever!"

                                      what would u feel when u know that crApple 'deceived' u to buy a 'crap' but sell them at INSANE price? If they know it's going to be like this, MOST of them will buy iphone 6/plus!!

                                      The fact about crApple actually made iPhone just for US$150 has been known since 2014, moreover then phone also made by Foxconn, a Taiwanese ODM company.

                                      As u know, in China, u can build a phone with less than US$100 and still get near-flagship grade phone, so with US$150, u can build a flagship phone, like what crApple has been doing since 2007!

                                      So, before 2007, crApple said that their iphone are 'innovative', 'premium', and 'prestigious', and then in 2014, it's revealed that their iphone is a cheap phone with NO premium hardware whatsoever inside, let alone innovative.
                                      After 2014, they 'still' said that they build iphone with the best hardware & software possible, and said that their price tag is the 'best' for this 'masterpiece' iphone, albeit MANY manufacturers able to build the phone with BETTER specs, but offers it with LOWER price tag

                                      In some article I read, in a review with internal crApple employers, the 'real' reason for their INSANE PRICING marketing is because crApple count the 'iOS' & ALL OTHER SERVICES in the iOS (iCloud, iTunes, etc) as a 'separate product'; meaning when u buy the iphone, u are 'forced' to also buy the iOS & ALL THE SERVICES INCLUDED IN THE iOS!

                                      So, let's compare it with Android phone: Android OS distribution is FREE, ALL THE SERVICES included in the OS are FREE, even most of the apps available in the Play Store are FREE.
                                      So what u actually have to pay basically JUST THE HARDWARE + custom OS fee + manufacturer profit + reseller profit.

                                      in short, crApple is GREEDY and their fanboys who still buy crApple iphone have ALL screws loose in their head

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 6ug
                                        • 08 Oct 2016

                                        Passmark write - 84.2 mb/s
                                        iPhone 7 32gb gold.

                                        Maybe you guys have a Chinese clone?