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Apple's Live Photos Take About Twice the Space of Normal Photos

Apple's Live Photos Take About Twice the Space of Normal Photos

Posted September 11, 2015 at 4:33pm by
Apple's new Live Photos feature takes about twice as much space as taking a normal photo, reports TechCrunch.

Currently, the iPhone buffers images as you look through the camera viewfinder and grabs the last one as you press the shutter button. Now with live photos those buffered images aren't discarded, letting you glimpse the moment around your snapshot. Check it out in action here.


Take a look at the video below for more details on how Live Photos work.


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MUKAI
MUKAI - September 12, 2015 at 5:32pm
Hopefully there's an option to kill those short video clips. If not there's always a jailbreak tweak that would do that.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - September 11, 2015 at 5:32pm
Just hope iOS 9 frees up enough space for photos.
Frankie33
Frankie33 - September 11, 2015 at 4:54pm
I think the concern was that it would take about 30x time the space. ie Apple using thirty 12MP photos for 1s of 30fps motion.
Vic
Vic - September 11, 2015 at 4:50pm
If someone complains, you can turn it off.
iAmMe
iAmMe - September 11, 2015 at 4:39pm
Is anybody expecting something else? Do you think it would take up the same space?
stevenlacross
stevenlacross - September 11, 2015 at 6:41pm
Yeah I know, only twice as much, that's not bad. I was expecting like 4-5 times as much since it's almost like a video file... Btw, Apple invented live photos AKA videos
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