I'm a iPhone 2g - 8g user for almost 1-1/2 yrs now. 1 have 5 pgs of apps + 1 pg of games + 14 full-length albums + 500++ photos and about 1000 contacts in my phone now and I still have more than 4g of free space to go.... And trust me, of all the apps that I have, I consistantly use less than 10 of them. Do I need a 16g? Not at the moment. Do you need one? Well, you judge it yourself.... Never the less, it's a damn good phone... Cheers!