Apple iPhone 7 2016 release date rumors: Next iPhone likely to unbox with 256GB variant?

Will Apple break the 128GB storage barrier with the iPhone 7 release date and double that size with the next iPhone launch? Not a word on this from the tech giant but the technology is already available if indeed a 265GB iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will be part of the 2016 thrust. 

Apple can very well tap its chief rival and manufacturing partner at the same time, Samsung that is, to supply the new 256-gigabytes storage chips developed and ready for mass production and use for mobile devices. The memory chips make use of the UFS 2.0 standard, which according to Apple Insider will lead to data processing that is way faster than seen in the SATA SSDs in use with desktop machines.

"Sequential reads can reach 850 megabytes per second, with sequential writes clocking 260 megabytes per second," the report said. Samsung is forecasting that with its latest mobile storage technology commercially available soon, "we will contribute to a paradigm shift within the mobile data storage market."

While Apple has yet to indicate the coming of the biggest storage capacity for its flagship phone, the iPhone maker is sure to benefit with the features packed with the latest Samsung memory chip. For one, the new storage is smaller than a microSD card, per Samsung, which promises more room for iPhone engineers to include larger and more powerful battery pack with the next iPhone.

Apple Insider suggested too that with the iPhone inner components becoming smaller but powerful, heat management of future models will significantly improve.

In a related report, BGR said that the chance is there Apple will take advantage of the latest memory chip offering from Samsung. Doing so will solve one huge problem that iPhone users have been complaining about - too little space for their ever growing media consumption using the iOS devices.

And as touted by Samsung, data transfer with the capacious 256GB memory chip will be lightning fast. BGR said that if the chip tech will work in tandem with USB 3.0 then iPhone and iPad users are bound to experience breakneck data processing unseen before.

"Combine UFS chips with USB 3.0 technology, and you'll be able to transfer a 5GB Full HD movie from a computer to a mobile device in just 12 seconds," the report said.

But the more exciting prospect about the new tech is the likelihood of the iPhone 7 on release date coming in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB flavors with the likely ditching of the 16GB variant that Apple fans will surely applaud.