How much do Live Photos and 4K videos occupy on iPhone 6s?
Live Photos and 4K videos on iPhone 6s, how much space do they occupy?
The improvements in the camera of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus not only have to do with the hardware, there are also internal developments related to the software. If you are thinking of buying one of the new iPhone devices for your camera, we will tell you how much storage space new Live Photos and video recordings occupy in 4K quality.
The Live Photos function allows you to combine the concept of a GIF animation with a short video. Every picture we take with the iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus, by default, will be Live Photo. You can disable this option from the device configuration options.
How does Live Photos work?
If this function is activated, The camera will capture a second and a half before and after the capture of the photograph. This will allow an automatic animation of the images. Live Photos can be viewed on any iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or Apple Watch Compatible with iOS 9 operating system, OS X El Capitan, OS X Yosemite and watchOS 2. Soon Apple confirmed that it can also be seen with some third-party apps, such as Facebook, but in this case only for display.
Live Photos take approximately twice as much as a normal photo. In TechCrunch they explain that the new system only takes the four before and after the capture, creating a small clip. The photos that are part of the clip can be sent in JPEG format for those users who do not have support for Live Photos.
The 4K videos of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus
The camera of the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus also allows you to record videos in 4K format. This video quality is excellent, but it also takes up a lot of space. In the case of iPhone devices, every minute of 4K video at 30 frames per second occupies 375 MB, almost double a video at 1080p.
On an iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus with 16 GB of memory you can record about 35 minutes in 4K quality. Remember that the storage space of the devices is always a little smaller because you have to discount the space needed for apps and operating system.
The new camera of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has a great power, but it also implies a much more limited storage space due to the demanding nature of the new formats with a lot of audio and video quality.
