Apps Aren’t Getting Any Smaller

This is a separate issue, but many apps and games constantly require more storage space due to the numerous new features and files they generate.

For instance, WhatsApp may consume a significant amount of storage space without you realizing it. If you aren’t careful, you can lose over 20 GB of storage.

Further, if you’re a mobile gamer, you’ll need as much storage as you can get. Consider that Resident Evil 4 on the App Store is 64GB, or half the storage of a 128 GB iPhone.

Of course, you might think that these are handpicked examples, which they are to some extent. Some apps won’t even require 1 GB of storage, but many games and apps still need between 3 GB and 5 GB to be installed, and that can add up over time.