iOS 11’s new image formats will prevent photos from eating up all your storage

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Even though Apple mercifully killed the 16GB storage tier on the iPhone last year, running out of storage still remains a frustrating issue for many iPhone users. Thanks to the iPhone's ability to shoot 4K videos and take high-resolution photos -- not to mention storage-hungry apps and the proliferation of podcasts -- even users with 128GB of storage can quickly find themselves running low on storage space.

In an effort to lighten the load, Apple with iOS 11 will incorporate new brand new camera formats that should go a long ways towards freeing up precious iPhone space. Originally introduced at WWDC earlier this week, the two new formats -- HEVC (High Efficiency Video Codec) and HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format) -- will offer iOS users much better compression without sacrificing photo quality at all. During the WWDC keynote this week, Apple's Craig Federeghi boasted that compression with the new photo formats is 2x better than what currently exists on iOS. In other words, iOS 11 may go a long ways towards ensuring that storage space remains in plentiful supply.

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