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Tezcatlipoca · 20-01-2009, 20:55

I was worried about them bringing out a 32GB version, but in the end just went for the 16GB.

The rumours had been around for a while, but nothing got announced at "Macworld" earlier this month, nor at the "CES" after it.

If you wait for the next thing to come out, you'll never buy anything!

If they were due to release a new version anytime this month (or soon), I would have thought it would have been announced at Macworld...

From what I've read about the storage capacity, the issue is with the price & availability of the right kind of flash memory.

The iPod Touch can have a 32GB version as it has two slots for flash memory chips, so the 32GB model has 2 x 16GB chips.

The iPhone only has one slot, due to the other stuff crammed inside. So to have a 32GB iPhone you need a single 32GB chip. And 32GB chips of the right kind of type & size for fitting in an iPhone have apparently only recently gone into production (or were due to), so I'd think would still be rather expensive.

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Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	re: The iPhone thread I was worried about them bringing out a 32GB version, but in the end just went for the 16GB. The rumours had been around for a while, but nothing got announced at "Macworld" earlier this month, nor at the "CES" after it. If you wait for the next thing to come out, you'll never buy anything! If they were due to release a new version anytime this month (or soon), I would have thought it would have been announced at Macworld... From what I've read about the storage capacity, the issue is with the price & availability of the right kind of flash memory. The iPod Touch can have a 32GB version as it has two slots for flash memory chips, so the 32GB model has 2 x 16GB chips. The iPhone only has one slot, due to the other stuff crammed inside. So to have a 32GB iPhone you need a single 32GB chip. And 32GB chips of the right kind of type & size for fitting in an iPhone have apparently only recently gone into production (or were due to), so I'd think would still be rather expensive.