Mobile apps are getting bigger and bigger. It's time to say goodbye to 64G mobile phones

Many people are paying attention to 5G network speed and the price of mobile phones, but few people pay attention to the size of mobile phone apps. From 2G to 5G, mobile phone apps have become larger and larger, and 64G mobile phones are obviously not enough.

WeChat and mobile QQ are two essential applications for every user's mobile phone. Careful netizens will find that the QQ client of Apple mobile phone occupies 286M of space. A few years ago, when 3G network just started to be commercialized, the space occupied by QQ in iPhone 4 was less than 10M. In addition to QQ, WeChat, Weibo and other apps have also become larger.

In just a few years, the size of mobile apps has expanded by about 20 times, which has led to a contradiction of tight mobile phone storage space. A rough calculation shows that the size of each app is over 100M, and the size of some frequently used apps is close to 300M. If a mobile phone has 30 apps installed, the apps alone will take up more than 10G of space.

In comparison, Android phone apps are larger, with many apps being over 300M in size. In addition, the Android system will also take up about 10G of space. In normal use, each app will generate a large amount of cache and some junk files. Over time, the 64G storage will soon be used up.

In the late 4G era, the rise of short video applications can be directly shared through some social apps such as WeChat and QQ, which will invisibly generate a large amount of cache. In addition, WeChat has some groups, and short videos, high-definition pictures and other files are often shared in WeChat groups or QQ groups, so some junk files are increasing. According to many netizens, if WeChat is used for half a year, it will take up more than 20G of space, and the same is true for mobile QQ.

I checked my WeChat account. I have just used my new phone for 3 months and it has taken up 12G of space, of which 7G is for chat history and less than 5G for cache. In this way, WeChat alone consumes 4G of space per month. A 64G mobile phone, excluding the system and applications, usually has about 20G of space. In other words, after half a year of normal use, a 64G mobile phone will have almost no space.

If some users like to download videos or play online games, a 64G phone is not enough. After entering the 5G era, many mobile apps will be larger, and apps over 500M are not uncommon. Another point is that commonly used apps are frequently updated, which leads to larger and larger apps and less and less space on the phone.

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In addition, 5G mobile phones have faster Internet access speeds and occupy more cache space, which is the only way to meet users' high-speed Internet needs. In addition, mobile phone systems are getting bigger and bigger, and are updated more frequently. Under the influence of multiple factors, mobile phone space has become very tight.

As of now, 64G mobile phones are barely enough to meet various daily applications, and it is recommended to buy 128G mobile phones. Looking back at the history of the past few years, we can find that 16G storage is enough in the 3G era, and at least 32G storage in the 4G era. In the 5G era, we should also say goodbye to 64G mobile phones.