Make room: How to change iPhone video resolution.
Depending on your iPhone®, you have the ability to change the recording resolution and save significant storage space in the process. Storage space is a common issue among many users running iOS 9 with iPhone 6S and 6S Plus or newer, as those models record video at 4k resolution. Space will particularly vaporize in the 16GB first-generation iPhone 6S shooting at 4k.
If you simply don’t need to shoot high quality video, or to crunch all those extra pixels, a change in setting is your best option. Plus, you can do this for both standard and slo-mo videos. By lowering the resolution, you can store more videos on your iPhone and make it easier to save a back-up on your Mac® or online.
Making the switch is fast and easy. To change the resolution:
Standard video recording
- 720p HD at 30fps: 60MB per minute
- 1080p HD at 30fps (default resolution): 130MB per minute
- 1080p HD at 60fps (smoother video): 200MB per minute
- 4k (highest resolution; iPhone 6S and 6S Plus only): 375MB per minute
- 1080p HD at 120fps: 375MB per minute
- 720p HD at 240fps (most frames, default): 300MB per minute
As a rule of thumb, the higher the resolution and frame rate, the more space the finished video will take up on your iPhone. But now you have options!
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