How much does a minute of 4K video take with the new iPhones?

Ignacio Sala

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I do not know what reasons have led the boys from Cupertino to continue to offer a model that is worth almost 800 euros as a base model with only 16 GB, when most similarly priced Android devices offer at least 32GB of storage. The case of Apple is even more serious considering that the devices do not allow to expand extra space in it, so if we run out of space on our device the only solution is to delete applications, videos, music or whatever at those times is taking up more space than usual.

New iPhone models, as many other devices can already perform, can record in 4K quality. The size of videos recorded in this quality is incredibly large, which will force us to previously empty the device if we want to continuously record a special event that may take us longer than usual.

Unlike the information that we can find in the video settings in iOS 8 on the old iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models, where the space that videos recorded at 60 fps can occupy is not shown (higher quality possible) , with iOS 9 the new iPhone models presented yesterday, if we show a small guide where the space is shown the space occupied by each recorded minute in the different quality available.

  • Every minute of recording in 4K quality occupies / has a weight of 375 MB.
  • Every minute of recording in 1080p HD quality at 60 fps occupies / has a weight of 200 MB.
  • Every minute of recording in 1080 HD quality at 30 fps occupies / has a weight of 130 MB.
  • Every minute of recording in 720p HD quality at 30 fps occupies / has a weight of 60 MB.

With these data provided by iOs 9, with the sad 16 GB offered by the most basic iPhone model We can only record 35 minutes in 4K qualityThis is assuming that we have the device completely clean, only having iOS 9 installed together with all the native applications, which leaves us a real free space of approximately 14 GB.


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  1.   Humberto said
    ago 9 years

    The reason is simple: that people buy the 64gb yes or yes, that is, they know perfectly that 16gb is not enough knowing that every time everything takes up more space (heavier apps, 4k, etc.). Sincerely the new address of mr. Cook does not seem right to me, the pink iPhone for example, exactly what sector is this product aimed at? Will it be for the majority of users? Or in the end they will be unsold as the iphone c? It would be better more battery and bluetooth that works as it should. Not to mention the exaggeratedly expensive Apple watch for what it is, or the attempted resurrection of the iPod.

    Reply to Humberto