• The upcoming iPhone 17 Pro may start at 256GB of internal storage, eliminating the older 128GB option. A $50 price increase is expected alongside the bumped-up base storage tier. • Apple’s move could pressure remaining Android flagships, such as the Galaxy S and Pixel lineups, to ditch low-storage models and finally start at 256GB.

Android flagships have long moved to higher storage options, with many offering as much as 1TB of storage. While external storage through microSD card expansion would have been a nice option, going with higher (and significantly faster) internal storage isn’t a bad idea either. However, occasionally, we’d see phones shamelessly come out with 128GB storage, which is unfortunately too little for most needs these days. We might finally be moving on from 128GB

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