Apple's pricing strategy for the iPhone is simple: the base model comes with 16GB of storage, and you pay $100 more to get 64GB. The highest storage option, 128GB, costs another $100.
After realizing that 16GB is a cripplingly low amount of storage, dozens of people a day are visiting a tiny shop in Shenzhen, China that upgrades the iPhone's internal storage from 16GB to 128GB for only $60.
The startup BeSound recently visited the shop to find out what the process was like:
The shop will take your iPhone apart and switch out its internal hardrive, which voids your warranty with Apple. The cost is $20 for 32GB, $35 for 64GB, and $60 for 128GB.
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The process works on the iPhone 6 and older models. iPads are also supported up to the first iPad Air. Storage chips for the newest iPhone 6s, however, aren't available on the reseller market yet.
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The technician has to completely disassemble the iPhone, remove its hard drive, copy its data (a process called "blowing") and transfer the data to a new drive.
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Definitely not something you want to try at home.
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