Buying a new phone over Black Friday? Don’t make this costly storage mistake

Picture the scene: you’re standing on the sidelines at your child’s soccer game, and they’re gearing up to take the winning penalty kick. You’ve framed up the shot nicely, hitting ‘record’ in preparation for their big moment, then disaster strikes: “iPhone Storage Full. You can free up space on this iPhone by managing your storage in Settings.” Cue expletive.

We’ve all been in similar situations before – I once received that dreaded message while interviewing an actor on a red carpet – and there’s no such thing as a good time to run out of phone storage, regardless of whether you use an iPhone or an Android phone.

So, if you’re in the market for a new phone over Black Friday, my one big piece of buying advice is to consider choosing a 256GB capacity model over the invariably cheaper 128GB model ...