>I wish I had just waited for a 512 GB because I worry 256 isn’t enough space.

Ok I tell everyone this: If you think you might need more space, you really don't. The only people who need the 1TB etc. are professional videographers/vloggers who use iPhone for some weird reason. For everyone else it is much cheaper to just pay for as much cloud storage as you need for the duration of owning the phone. Chances are you already pay for Amazon Prime which already gives you unlimited free uncompressed photo storage.