While the new standard iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are equipped with a USB-C port, data transfer over a cable remains limited to USB 2.0 speeds of...
  • HellAwaits@lemm.eeEnglish
    464·
    11 months ago

    What’s the use case?

    Not paying for overpriced cloud storage for one.

    • drislands@lemmy.worldEnglish
      282·
      11 months ago

      I don’t know that there’s a lot of overlap between apple users and people that mind overpaying.

      • sevenapples@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        31·
        11 months ago

        You’re equating monthly cloud storage payments to paying 40$ per TB of external HDD storage?

        For reference, 200GB of iCloud storage are 3$/month, so 36$ per year.

        Check prices before you make comments like this.

        • Petter1@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Ah, was more talking about the 100 $ to 200 $ price tag for next storage segment on device, since you’ll have to store all pics in hi-res on device vs only “tiny” thumbnails and getting the full pic on demand.