How to live with a 16-gigabyte iPhone and do not suffer

iPhone with 16 GB of memory - more accessible, but not the most convenient option Apple smartphone. But the problem of lack of free space on the device, there are solutions.

With this live version of the iPhone is not easy, but possible. Layfhaker supplements instructions for efficient use of your smartphone.

Reduce the resolution of photos and videos

High resolution - it is good in terms of quality of photos and videos, but bad for the available memory. The more pixels, the more space the file. The majority of pictures and videos taken with the iPhone, will be viewed on smartphones (such as Instagram and other social networks) and all those megapixels them to anything.

Most likely, no one will notice a big difference between the video resolution of 1080p and 720p. Go to "Settings» → «Photo and Camera» → «Camera» → «Videotape", to change the recorded videos. Stepping back even further to the back, as you will be saving a significant amount of memory.

Apple does not allow the camera to reduce the resolution of photos. But this can be done by third-party applications, such as Camera +.

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Connect the external memory

It is believed that Apple devices can not increase the memory. But this is not the case. You can connect additional external memory cards. For example, a card reader Leef iAccess connected via the Lightning port. So you can add to the iPhone microSD card of up to 128 GB. Photos and videos will be stored directly in the additional memory.

At the same manufacturer have iBridge stick with a fixed memory capacity: 16, 32, 64 or 128 GB. Another example of the USB-drive for iPhone - SanDisk iXpand.

If you do not want to connect external storage devices through the Lightning, there are other options: for example, Wi-Fi. On a portable drive MyPassport Wireless with a storage capacity of 1 TB can be transferred to various media. However, to carry this rather large device is not particularly convenient. More mobile options - MobileLite Wireless or multifunctional cases. Keep in mind that the protected content, such as Apple Music, copied from the "library" can not be anywhere.

Perform surgery

Some service centers offer increased memory devices Apple. This is done by replacing the chip. If before that do a backup, then the data will not be lost. The cost of such an operation - around 4-7 thousand rubles.

Use cloud services

Do not forget about the possibilities of cloud and streaming services - they will replace the storage of files in the smartphone memory and on disk. Audited ( "Settings» → «Basic» → «Storage and iCloud») and get rid of all unnecessary. And remember that many applications can be easily replaced by their web versions (eg, Facebook).