You probably need less storage than you think. Also: How much RAM does your phone really need in 2026? Aside from apps, videos are probably the single biggest storage hog. Unless you're downloading a lot of intensive apps and keeping videos locally instead of the cloud, you probably need less storage than you think. Phone storage breakdown64GBMotorola G Play Cesar Cadenas/ZDNETThis is the absolute minimum for storage in 2026.