Google Pixel 9 probably still starts at 128GB of storage | Phones

Running out of storage on a smartphone is never fun, but even the cheapest devices nowadays (unless they’re an Apple iPad) ship with pretty plentiful amounts of storage. Slowly, Android devices have been moving to 256GB of storage as the default amount, but Google’s Pixel 9 is likely coming with 128GB. Is that still enough for you?

It wasn’t all that long ago that our smartphones and tablets were shipping with merely 8GB of storage, but nowadays, 128GB is the standard. That’s up from 64GB which was found in many base smartphones as recently as 2019.

Over the past two years, though, this has started to change. Thanks to the arrival of faster UFS 4.0 storage which is generally not made in 128GB options, 256GB has largely taken over in flagship smartphones. Last year, only Samsung’s base Galaxy S23 (but not the Plus or Ultra), Google’s Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, and Apple’s entire lineup of iPhones started with 128GB. The Galaxy S23 Ultra, OnePlus 12,…