[maximilianburke]

I haven't been able to update my iPhone in months because it just does not have enough room available to download the update. I just checked now and it needs 13.2 GB free to be able to update to iOS 26.5 (from 26.3). On a 64gb device!

It just seems like massive software development malpractice to tie together critical operating system updates with whatever else they've bundled.

[jonhohle]

You can do a tethered update and get a local backup at the same time.

[ttkari]

I have a 32 GB iPad, I think it's the year 2020 model. The OS alone uses 19 GB ("iPadOS" 12.3 GB + "System Data" 6.4 GB) so yeah, not much chance doing any OTA updates on that one with the requirement of 13+ GB free.

Maybe some day the fruit company with all their billions will be able to innovate a solution for deploying for example browser fixes so that they can be installed without requiring tens of gigabytes of free storage on the device. Meanwhile, we're stuck using a computer and iTunes for that.

[zx8080]

I thought one just get a new iphone when run out of storage.

[Alifatisk]

That’s insanity

[greatgib]

Exactly what you need to buy and use apple products...

[dyauspitr]

It’s insane. It’s always an ordeal. They put so little storage on these phones that 20% of it is for iOS/system already. On top of that requiring 13-15 GB for an update is a huge pain.