So, the statements here seem to generally be that you don't need a lot of local storage as long as you have stuff in the cloud + a good and cheap internet connection + make judicious use of the apps+storage offload features.<p>The argument for getting the bigger phones is precisely so you <i>DO NOT</i> need to worry about any of this and simply have your phone around when you need it.<p>Personally, my opinion is that you get what you pay for and while you can make do with a lower capacity phone, the higher capacity phones afford a different usage pattern and thus lifestyle.<p>You would still need to use a good backup strategy where your phone can be restored if lost etc but as a simple example this is the difference between visiting Europe for a week, as the example in the story goes and having all your videos taken in 4K, 60/120 fps and having the lower quality option that is the default HD 30fps one.