This has never happened before. In previous years, in the weeks immediately following an iPhone launch, consumers usually had a hard time finding the cheapest 16GB models.
However, this time around the market has decided that 16GB is simply not enough anymore. Snapping a lot of photos and videos can easily eat up a few gigabytes and so far all iPhone lovers we know have decided to pick up a 64GB version.
This has created a small problem for prospective iPhone buyers.
iPhone 6 16GB in stock, but not the 64GB version
This has resulted that in most parts of Europe, including the DACH (Germany Austria and Switzerland) market, you can actually buy a 16GB iPhone 6 today for just under €699 in both Germany and Austria. Apple Stores in almost every country we checked, including the US, need 7 to 10 business days to deliver the phones.
Many Android phones come with microSD card at the moment 64GB Class 10 cards are selling fo around €30, so bumping up your 16GB phone to 80GB comes cheap. Apple wants €/$100 more for 64GB version compared to 16GB while the 128GB is €199 more than the 16GB and €100 more than iPhone 6 64GB.
A 128GB MicroSDXC card rated at 48MB write speed is available for €99 in Euroland and gets your 16GB phone to a whopping 144GB in no time.
Apple pays about 29USD for 64GB NAND
The market has basically told Apple that 32GB should be the first option and considering that Apple pays around 9 USD for SK Hynix H2JTDG8UD1BMS 16 GB NAND Flash while some reports claim that Apple pays 29USD for 64GB version, but these were prices for iPhone 5S. Considering the usual development the prices should be even smaller now.
Apple's decision to drop the 32GB option makes sense. It makes more money on 16GB models than on 64GB ones, so from a business standpoint the decision to have 16GB and 64GB is great. This still doesn’t mean that users who are showed the finger for the millionth time should be happy about it, as 32GB sounds like a great option for many consumers, but it is simply no longer there.
If you want one without contract the wait time is 7 to 10 business days. With a two-year contract, depending on the provider or country, the wait might be even longer.
