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James Bentley

Apple reportedly considering a cheaper storage solution for larger iPhones — 1TB iPhone 16 might have a QLC NAND SSD, here's what that means

IPhone 15 Review.

The 1TB iPhone 16 could be exchanging the iPhone 15’s SSD for a cheaper one, suggesting the phone itself could be made more affordable, but there’s a bit of a catch. 

As reported by DigiTimes, Apple is looking into adopting Quad-Level Cell (QLC) NAND storage in models of the iPhone that go above 1TB, instead of the Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND we have seen in previous high-capacity iPhones.

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