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A long-running annoyance with Apple products has been a certain stinginess with the specs of its entry-level products.
Eight years on, that era has thankfully also come to an end for iPhones and iPads.
It all happened in the space of a few weeks.
First, the 128GBiPhone 16ereplaced the 64GBiPhone SE 2022as Apples entry-level iPhone.
Then, just yesterday, thestandard iPad was refreshed with an A16 chip and a minimum of 128GB storage.
Interestingly, this is the second minimum-spec upgrade Apple has rolled out in recent months.
I suspect that the root cause of both upgrades might be related.
All thanks to Apple Intelligence?
It would be naive to think Apple was doing this out of a new-found commitment to offering more value.
Whatstarted off claiming 4GB of precious storagenoweats up 7GB.
This would make users less inclined to use it, sensibly preferring to claim the storage back instead.