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I'm thinking about getting the 8gb model, but is the 16gb really worth $50 more? What do you guys think? I'm not sure if I will have enough space for custom roms and backups. As for music and other stuff I'm planning to store it on the cloud.
Thanks in advance
mbrinker96 said:
I'm thinking about getting the 8gb model, but is the 16gb really worth $50 more? What do you guys think? I'm not sure if I will have enough space for custom roms and backups. As for music and other stuff I'm planning to store it on the cloud.
Thanks in advance
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I hope you're "thankful" for this.
just kiddin.
Okay, so a ROM usually is 300mb-1gb. But I'm guessing because they're AOSP roms, we're looking @ 300mb-600mb. 600 being a really bloated rom. Secondly, games will take up a bunch of space, so beware of that (1-3 gb's). Apps will take ~1gb. The partition will be reduced cause of the Android ~2gb. And don't even think about adding music, you won't have room for that.
In other words, 8gb's means you're sacrificing something. Either apps, music, or roms.
Get the 16GB. Honestly.
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I hope you're "thankful" for this.
just kiddin.
Okay, so a ROM usually is 300mb-1gb. But I'm guessing because they're AOSP roms, we're looking @ 300mb-600mb. 600 being a really bloated rom. Secondly, games will take up a bunch of space, so beware of that (1-3 gb's). Apps will take ~1gb. The partition will be reduced cause of the Android ~2gb. And don't even think about adding music, you won't have room for that.
In other words, 8gb's means you're sacrificing something. Either apps, music, or roms.
Get the 16GB. Honestly.
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I forgot about the reduced partition, well at least it's not too much more for the 16gb.
I will get 8GB. I just don't need much space. I use my phone mainly for browsing, forums and simple games. After 1 year, I still have 10GB left. So, it depends how you want to use your phone? Lots of music, HD games? Then take 16GB.
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16GB all the way for me! The more the merrier is what I say! Take all you can get!
Probably 16gb for my usage...
Don't know if this is important to you or not, but even if you were ok with 8gb, a year down the road, you will have a hard time selling it seeing as how 8gb sounds ridiculous even now. Games and apps are surely not going to decrease in size with time Its just 60 odd dollars more for double the storage, go for it!
Realistically speaking, 8 would work for me. I'm getting the 16 anyways.
A) Resale
B) Don't have to worry about how many pics I take (especially with Photosphere)
C) I like pie. :laugh:
If in doubt get the 8GB and a 32GB Wi-Drive like me.
donec said:
If in doubt get the 8GB and a 32GB Wi-Drive like me.
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Wi-drive?
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donec said:
If in doubt get the 8GB and a 32GB Wi-Drive like me.
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I've got a 500gb GoFlex by Seagate.
The perks of working at Best Buy
I'm also getting the 8gb.
I'm gona get 8gb and let otg take the strain if 8 isn't enough, however the N4 only has to last me a year max then it becomes my spare having decided what hi end LTE phone I buy at some point in 2013, presuming the Mayan interpreters are wrong.
Same here,getting the 8 GB too. :fingers-crossed:
8GB would probably work for me if I don't use it for my mp3 player. But I'm pretty positive I'll be going with the 16GB anyway. Better safe than sorry.
I will get the 8gb as well. Considering I don't use my phone for more than a year, I wouldn't want to spend more than I have to.
In terms of resale value, the selling price is quite low so I would be happy if I can sell for 200s
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Wi-drive?
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I'm going for the 8gb version. I have all 40-something gigs of my music on google music so basically the only thing on the phone will be apps and pictures which are going to take up nowhere near 5/6 gigs. Plus I have 5gb of google drive, 25gb of dropbox, and there are plenty of other free cloud sites out there.
I was considering the 16 gig but for what? I don't put vids on my phone, I do have pics but they don't take lots of space, I have plenty of apps that don't even use a gig of memory, the most that I use storage for is to back up roms. Everytime there's a new version of the rom, I back it up and delete the old back up. I think 8 gig is enough for me, 4gig was enough on my old sensation.......
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Euthye said:
I'm gona get 8gb and let otg take the strain if 8 isn't enough, however the N4 only has to last me a year max then it becomes my spare having decided what hi end LTE phone I buy at some point in 2013, presuming the Mayan interpreters are wrong.
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In all the panic I ended up getting the 16gb, I'm very impressed with my phone, I'm coming from a Note but the Nexus 4 seems way smoother and faster, got a slim tpu case and a vertical flip cheapy off Amazon atm I'm waiting for a Nilkin Flip which will prob be the main case unless Poetic bring out an Atmosphere Flip for the Nexus 4.
8gb if you don't hear music and/or have a load of videos.
I don't, so I went for the 8gb, I have 3gb free and 50gb on my dropbox.
For all the people that have decided they're going to get the Nexus 4, what size will you get betting the 8GB or the 16GB.
I myself will be getting the 16GB.
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I'm gonna get a 8GB and seriously I'm gonna have lots of unused space...
I use online storage a lot, which reduces the needs of having large storage...as the trend the world is heading to lol
Most storage is gonna be for apps, and some games.
Basic calculation: 7GB free -> 3GB for apps/games, files will be on dropbox/google drive. So still have lots of free space...photos/videos may take a bit but just keep them sorted and transfer them to computer or online storage...
There's gonna be like 3-4 GB free space that's never gonna be used...
I am getting the 8gb because I have no need to pay the $50 extra to get more space that I will never use. I have all my music on google music, google+ instant upload for all my pictures, and have plenty of cloud storage if I need it.
ClaPik said:
I'm gonna get a 8GB and seriously I'm gonna have lots of unused space...
I use online storage a lot, which reduces the needs of having large storage...as the trend the world is heading to lol
Most storage is gonna be for apps, and some games.
Basic calculation: 7GB free -> 3GB for apps/games, files will be on dropbox/google drive. So still have lots of free space...photos/videos may take a bit but just keep them sorted and transfer them to computer or online storage...
There's gonna be like 3-4 GB free space that's never gonna be used...
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If the Nexus 7 is any indicator, you'll be looking at 5.92GB of free space, not 7.
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If the Nexus 7 is any indicator, you'll be looking at 5.92GB of free space, not 7.
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Oh so around 6GB? Hm...I've never checked it with my nexus 7 =D but yea the argument still holds haha
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50 extra bucks for extra 8 GB is well worth it in my opinion. Also half of it will be used for nandroid backup anyways...
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def 16
Definitely 16gb for me...
8GB is more than enough for me. I have 39Gb of cloud storage which is where I store all my things.
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For all the people that have decided they're going to get the Nexus 4, what size will you get betting the 8GB or the 16GB.
I myself will be getting the 16GB.
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I'm getting the 16GB, but I voted "neither because I'm and apple fanboy" because of the jackassity of that poll option.
8 GB.Will use for Apps,Pictures only.Music-IPOD CLASSIC
8GB because I don't use a lot of apps/games.
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I'm getting the 16GB, but I voted "neither because I'm and apple fanboy" because of the jackassity of that poll option.
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"jackassity" Is that a good thing? lol
Neither - Just not enough storage - 32gb min it should have 64gb, how hard can it be?
It may be vanilla android, but they just don't give their hand sets enough storage.
Not a crapple fan boy either, android all the way....
I would choose 8 GB if 50$ is too much for me and I am not going to use it as an Mp3 player (even in that case, I could use the cloud as Google Music)
I think 8Gb's will suit me just fine.
16GB for me.
16 is going to be a lot easier to sell when you get a new one in a year or two.
16gb without a doubt.
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Dear everyone,
Currently I own a Nokia N900, but I want to switch to the Nexus 4. Is it still worth buying it? Since there are alot of new phones coming out with better specs.
I'm also a bit negative about the amount of storage space the Nexus 4 has. My phone currently has 32 GB eMMC space and another 16 GB in micro SD. Not that I actually need all the space but it seems so much less.
Can anyone help me decide if this is the phone for me? I do live in The Netherlands so I have to buy the phone in Germany. That should not be a problem for my carriers right?
Kind regards,
Zenety
I'm perfectly content with the storage, it's enough for music, movies and apps as well as a CWM backup. The price is still unbeatable and in my opinion 1080p screens and faster processors are completely unnecessary. The phone will work everywhere so you don't need to worry about your carriers or anything like that.
Zenety said:
Dear everyone,
Currently I own a Nokia N900, but I want to switch to the Nexus 4. Is it still worth buying it? Since there are alot of new phones coming out with better specs.
I'm also a bit negative about the amount of storage space the Nexus 4 has. My phone currently has 32 GB eMMC space and another 16 GB in micro SD. Not that I actually need all the space but it seems so much less.
Can anyone help me decide if this is the phone for me? I do live in The Netherlands so I have to buy the phone in Germany. That should not be a problem for my carriers right?
Kind regards,
Zenety
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I have a 16GB version, music and pictures are stored on Dropbox, and have about 10 GB left of free storage space. So for me its more than enough. There will alwas be newer and better phones released but the Nexus line is always special imo. Pure android so no Touchwizz/Sense etc etc, fast as hell, easy to root and restore, highly customisable, always on the latest android version and a very active community here on XDA. I would recommend it fully. Btw i had the N900 too and realy loved it, especialy Meamo.
I also bought the phone in Germany, MediaMarkt Aachen, current prive is 380 euro`s i think. I use T-Mobile and no problem whatsoever. APN is listed in the rom.
Thanks for the fast answers.
Some people in my class complained about the fact that the back is made of glass. I also read about it on this forum on some threads but it doesn't seem to be a real problem. Would you still recommend getting a bumber or any other protection besides a cover to protect it?
Yeah, the Nexus line is special. My dad bought the Nexus 7 as a tablet and it's just more special then any other 7 inch tablet. I will probably drive to Germany next week then. The price is just so much better then any other phone on the market with a quad core. The biggest upgrade will be the RAM memory. My phone has 265 MB of RAM .
Again thanks for the fast answers. I hope I will also enjoy the Nexus 4 like you do.
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Thanks for the fast answers.
Some people in my class complained about the fact that the back is made of glass. I also read about it on this forum on some threads but it doesn't seem to be a real problem. Would you still recommend getting a bumber or any other protection besides a cover to protect it?
Yeah, the Nexus line is special. My dad bought the Nexus 7 as a tablet and it's just more special then any other 7 inch tablet. I will probably drive to Germany next week then. The price is just so much better then any other phone on the market with a quad core. The biggest upgrade will be the RAM memory. My phone has 265 MB of RAM .
Again thanks for the fast answers. I hope I will also enjoy the Nexus 4 like you do.
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Check the accessories forum here. There are a few good bumper options that will help with drops while still showing off the back. Get a rear "screen" protector to prevent scratches. If you're hard on phones, you may want to get more protection than a bumper. Gorilla glass is still glass.
The Nexus line really is something special. The developers and AOSP make it so much better.
My Nexus S (around 3.5 years old) is still going strong, and I'm sure my Nexus 4 will survive another 3 years, although I suspect I'll be getting a new Nexus every year if they're going to be this cheap.
I personally use a full leather pouch case so that I can use the device without any screen protectors or cases but it's safe in my pocket. It adds a bit of bulk but overall I think it's worth it. I have no scratches on the front but the back has tonnes of minute scratches that can only be seen under certain lighting conditions. 95% of the time they aren't visible and the phone looks like new.
so u want a total stranger to decide which phone u should have?
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pak-stars said:
so u want a total stranger to decide which phone u should have?
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He wants strangers to give him information based on personal experience that will aid him in making a decision.
pak-stars said:
so u want a total stranger to decide which phone u should have?
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I was almost certain I wanted to buy a Nexus 4. But on the forum of my old phone alot of people come by to ask if the phone is still comparable with phones that are released today.
It might be possible that people here already have better experiences with newer phones that I did not know about. As estallings15 already said, just needed some advice about the glass and other phones
I just read in geek.com there are only 8.82Gb of internal user available space in the siny S4.
I would like to find out if this true for all versions and countries or if this is some carrier's wrongdoing.
I have not received my own S4, so I cannot speak for myself yet, but if you guys can confirm this, I am going to reconsider upgrading to the i9505 16gb.
I know we can use microSD cards, but it is not the same for many apps that need lots of space (GPS navigation, some fat games....)
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I just read in geek.com there are only 8.82Gb of internal user available space in the siny S4.
I would like to find out if this true for all versions and countries or if this is some carrier's wrongdoing.
I have not received my own S4, so I cannot speak for myself yet, but if you guys can confirm this, I am going to reconsider upgrading to the i9505 16gb.
I know we can use microSD cards, but it is not the same for many apps that need lots of space (GPS navigation, some fat games....)
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I was in an AT&T store yesterday and looked at available storage. It was about 9.3 or so. I was pretty shocked as well.
Android is becoming a teenager lol hes growing like a weed. Get the 32gb version if it isnt enough for you.
fade2green514 said:
Android is becoming a teenager lol hes growing like a weed. Get the 32gb version if it isnt enough for you.
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Because the android rom are almost 2-3gb and pre apps...
dong2007 said:
Because the android rom are almost 2-3gb and pre apps...
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Well, my 16GB S3 (i9300) came with 11,25 user partition, but in the S4 it is 78% of that. It is a big reduction;
I would be a little less concerned if I could buy the 32 or 64gb versions today, but, at least for now, I have not seen them available anywhere.
Since they are charging even more for the S4 than they did for the S3 on launch day (699€ vs. 659€) and now storage is even cheaper, reducing the user available storage to nearly half of the advertised capacity (16gb) is outrageous.
I even could get the i9300 with a direct 10% discount (which brings it to 593€) and a 50€ gift card on launch day; This time, the best offer I could find was 70€ worth of accesories. So, less storage one year later for more money, that is what upsets me, such a great device with a cheap mistake. It is simply silly!
I would like to hear from others who already have their carrier-free S4 to enlighten us.
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Well, my 16GB S3 (i9300) came with 11,25 user partition, but in the S4 it is 78% of that. It is a big reduction;
I would be a little less concerned if I could buy the 32 or 64gb versions today, but, at least for now, I have not seen them available anywhere.
Since they are charging even more for the S4 than they did for the S3 on launch day (699€ vs. 659€) and now storage is even cheaper, reducing the user available storage to nearly half of the advertised capacity (16gb) is outrageous.
I even could get the i9300 with a direct 10% discount (which brings it to 593€) and a 50€ gift card on launch day; This time, the best offer I could find was 70€ worth of accesories. So, less storage one year later for more money, that is what upsets me, such a great device with a cheap mistake. It is simply silly!
I would like to hear from others who already have their carrier-free S4 to enlighten us.
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Why are you so nervous about the 8-9gb? the are more than enough. U can always buy a 32 or 64Gb Sd Card.
dong2007 said:
Why are you so nervous about the 8-9gb? the are more than enough. U can always buy a 32 or 64Gb Sd Card.
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I am not nervous:
copilot live (europe maps): 2.2GB
Sonic4 episode 2: 386MB
nfs: most wanted, 1.89GB
google translator: 0.98GB
Real Racing 3: 1,17Gb
Dropbox: 155Mb
Google Currents: 145Mb
Asphalt7 1,61Gb
These are apps which decide is wiser to use internal storage despite having a 64Gb card installed. Since no sd card can solve this, this is the Samsung flagship and the rivals are learning, it is absurd to have 8.8gb whith the phone brand new if they say 16GB.
Maybe Apple can get away with those kind of things, but look at what happened to HTC with their Desire (and other models) when they made the same mistake!
They can make the best device in the world, but if this is true for carrier-free phones, I believe it is a huge mistake in 700€. Not because it means is the end of the world, but because it can be a real burden, because they chose to save 20$ in the BIM in a device they are selling for 700€.
I understand the want bigger margins but they should know better.
runaway64 said:
I am not nervous:
copilot live (europe maps): 2.2GB
Sonic4 episode 2: 386MB
nfs: most wanted, 1.89GB
google translator: 0.98GB
Real Racing 3: 1,17Gb
Dropbox: 155Mb
Google Currents: 145Mb
Asphalt7 1,61Gb
These are apps which decide is wiser to use internal storage despite having a 64Gb card installed. Since no sd card can solve this, this is the Samsung flagship and the rivals are learning.
Maybe Apple can get away with those kind of things, but look at what happened to HTC with their Desire (and other models) when they made the same mistake!
They can make the best device in the world, but if this is true for carrier-free phones, I believe it is a huge mistake in 700€. Not because it means is the end of the world, but because it can be a real burden, because they chose to save 20$ in the BIM in a device they are selling for 700€.
I understand the want bigger margins but they should know better.
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You can move most of your apps/games to your Sdcard.
runaway64 said:
it is absurd to have 8.8gb whith the phone brand new if they say 16GB
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I´m agree with you, but this is are classic trick. Try to check Usb sticks and SSD/HDD
dong2007 said:
You can move most of your apps/games to your Sdcard.
I´m agree with you, but this is are classic trick. Try to check Usb sticks and SSD/HDD
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You have to root now to move to sd
yeap same issue here. I even went to Samsung store and asked to guys like, it is supposed to be 16 gb not 8 gb, they said like: you know it's the OS and other stuff, even iPhone 5 have same kind of thing, so it's not really an issue.
I was quite shocked also
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You have to root now to move to sd
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Not with JB?
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Not with JB?
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Sorry not with jelly bean not sure want you meant I'm rather tired so might not be reading it right
you have to root anything over android 4.1 to get it to work
bonjurkes said:
yeap same issue here. I even went to Samsung store and asked to guys like, it is supposed to be 16 gb not 8 gb, they said like: you know it's the OS and other stuff, even iPhone 5 have same kind of thing, so it's not really an issue.
I was quite shocked also
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sure but i phone os is only 1.5gb ...
bonjurkes said:
they said like: you know it's the OS and other stuff, even iPhone 5 have same kind of thing, so it's not really an issue.
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iPhone5 and storage: Exactly, they charge 100€/100$ more for each capacity doubling they offer and they get away... (but WE do not want an iPhone for things like that.
We like Samsung Galaxy among other things because they have expandable storage and removable battery.
But we shall not depend on rooting and tricks to get the capacity they were advertising.
In a side note, this not the same as a reported capacity in a USB drive or HDD: That is the loss inherent to file systems, spare area -where aplied- and 1000->1024 naming conventions. We suffer that in smartphones, tablets and iphones, that is NOT what I want to draw attention to.
I would like to find out which is the capacity in the unbranded carrier-free Galaxy S4, since I am waiting for my unit to come.
It seems to me it can be a deal breaker.
Spending about $20 on a 32gig MicroSD card isn't that big of a deal, i'd just keep that 8gigs for apps.
JUST ROOT
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FOLDERMOUNT to save to sd
Rooting to move apps to SD card is not the solution as many apps wont work if they detect device rooted. And why should we mess with a £500-600 phone like this. We didnt create the issue, Samsung and Google did.
rooting doesn't take care of app caches like Google Play etc..
The only proper solution is the 32gb or 64gb but these are not being sold readily. BTW the 32gb has about 23gb free. The UK S4 has 9.6gb free.
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iPhone5 and storage: Exactly, they charge 100€/100$ more for each capacity doubling they offer and they get away... (but WE do not want an iPhone for things like that.
We like Samsung Galaxy among other things because they have expandable storage and removable battery.
But we shall not depend on rooting and tricks to get the capacity they were advertising.
In a side note, this not the same as a reported capacity in a USB drive or HDD: That is the loss inherent to file systems, spare area -where aplied- and 1000->1024 naming conventions. We suffer that in smartphones, tablets and iphones, that is NOT what I want to draw attention to.
I would like to find out which is the capacity in the unbranded carrier-free Galaxy S4, since I am waiting for my unit to come.
It seems to me it can be a deal breaker.
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8.3 gb for unbranded carrier-free S4. Built in Samsung and other apps (Flipboard, Chrome et etc) takes 600 mb. So it's like 8.3 GB - 600 mb free to use
I was at best but checking out the note 5 and I saw this. I'm really not buying this **** now. They are pretty much forcing you to buy the 64gb version for $80 more dollars. 11gb free GTFO!
calm down, System Memory is 7.8GB on my AT&T version
flex3269 said:
I was at best but checking out the note 5 and I saw this. I'm really not buying this **** now. They are pretty much forcing you to buy the 64gb version for $80 more dollars. 11gb free GTFO!
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that is screwed up!
That is horrendous.
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flex3269 said:
I was at best but checking out the note 5 and I saw this. I'm really not buying this **** now. They are pretty much forcing you to buy the 64gb version for $80 more dollars. 11gb free GTFO!
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I read something on the Android Central forums that the display models have more space taken up. A few people who have the phone have said there is about 22gb free on the 32gb version.
Jeez people don't over react. Those demo phones have a ton of crap on them.
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Whether or not the demo versions have more space used or not really isn't the point.
The issue is that since there is no sd card the 32 GB of internal storage should be 32 GB accessible by the user.
What comes installed on the phone should be in a separate partition from the 32 GB of user storage.
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Whether or not the demo versions have more space used or not really isn't the point.
The issue is that since there is no sd card the 32 GB of internal storage should be 32 GB accessible by the user.
What comes installed on the phone should be in a separate partition from the 32 GB of user storage.
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Exactly! Thank you!
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Whether or not the demo versions have more space used or not really isn't the point.
The issue is that since there is no sd card the 32 GB of internal storage should be 32 GB accessible by the user.
What comes installed on the phone should be in a separate partition from the 32 GB of user storage.
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Literally every company does this, I know of no phone manufacturer that wouldn't count the OS towards your internal storage even though it's not user accessible.
Samsung didn't start this trend, why should samsung be the ones to stop it? Its a common industry practice, and everyone knows it and has known it for years, anyone acting shocked or outraged over this hasn't bought a phone in the last decade.
****ing hell this is bad...
RandyBoyz92 said:
****ing hell this is bad...
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its 22GB, demo models always have a ton of bloat on them.
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Literally every company does this, I know of no phone manufacturer that wouldn't count the OS towards your internal storage even though it's not user accessible.
Samsung didn't start this trend, why should samsung be the ones to stop it? Its a common industry practice, and everyone knows it and has known it for years, anyone acting shocked or outraged over this hasn't bought a phone in the last decade.
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So if one business does some shady ****, its ok for all businesses? Samsung isn't the only one at fault but they stripped us of 2 of the features that made a lot of people turn to them over other manufacturers. The SD card and removable battery. Yes the os being counted towards the user storage is common practice, but that doesn't make it right. Atm I'm using my galaxy note 4 and my galaxy s5 n I don't think I'll be buying from Sammy anymore.
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So if one business does some shady ****, its ok for all businesses? Samsung isn't the only one at fault but they stripped us of 2 of the features that made a lot of people turn to them over other manufacturers. The SD card and removable battery. Yes the os being counted towards the user storage is common practice, but that doesn't make it right. Atm I'm using my galaxy note 4 and my galaxy s5 n I don't think I'll be buying from Sammy anymore.
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Well go ahead and move to another company, but you're getting lied to in exactly the same manner.
Also, it's not like samsung didn't want to add mSD support, they had it in the Note4 because it used eMMC memory still and the eMMC memory controller also has SD card support built in. So the same memory controller is used for both. The newer UFS 2.0 memory controller doesn't have SD card support so samsung physically can't add an mSD card slot, even if they wanted to the memory controller wouldn't read anything because it doesn't recognize the SD standard. Samsung either had to go with slower system memory (eMMC) or leave out the mSD card slot. Which is why every phone that has UFS 2.0 memory doesn't have mSD card slots. It's not because they don't want you to have it, it' because it is not compatible with the memory controller.
I personally would prefer faster system memory to make sure my OS isn't laggy. But hey, you go with whatever phone you want, enjoy your slow eMMC memory.
flex3269 said:
I was at best but checking out the note 5 and I saw this. I'm really not buying this **** now. They are pretty much forcing you to buy the 64gb version for $80 more dollars. 11gb free GTFO!
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Don't buy it, problem solved. Relax.
Relax. Store models have the retail experience bloat on them.
Everything ever made with any kind of memory and an os counts it towards your memory. It's how it is, it isn't new. Keep your Note 4, the Note 5 isn't for you.
NyceHS said:
So if one business does some shady ****, its ok for all businesses? Samsung isn't the only one at fault but they stripped us of 2 of the features that made a lot of people turn to them over other manufacturers. The SD card and removable battery. Yes the os being counted towards the user storage is common practice, but that doesn't make it right. Atm I'm using my galaxy note 4 and my galaxy s5 n I don't think I'll be buying from Sammy anymore.
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Guess what....you didn't get to use all the memory you paid for on the phones you have right now either. You got the shaft when you bought those also. Why are you just now complaining about it?
You guys are acting like you're forced to buy and only use a Samsung phone... I also was disappointed in the no sd card, removeable battery, ir blaster, etc... But guess what I got over it and didn't buy a note 5. OS using some of the internal storage has existed for years. Don't be alarmed but you laptop os does the same thing.....
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Rippley05 said:
Relax. Store models have the retail experience bloat on them.
Everything ever made with any kind of memory and an os counts it towards your memory. It's how it is, it isn't new. Keep your Note 4, the Note 5 isn't for you.
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14Go used from the beginning is OK for a 64Go version but for a 32Go version, it's nearly half the space. Not so good IMO.
But I will assume that if you buy a 32Go phone with no SD-card slot, you don't need to much space for your file.
alex9898 said:
14Go used from the beginning is OK for a 64Go version but for a 32Go version, it's nearly half the space. Not so good IMO.
But I will assume that if you buy a 32Go phone with no SD-card slot, you don't need to much space for your file.
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it's only 10.25Gb, not 14gb. Only the retail demo unit has that much. The normal is still just ~10.25gb which should give you around 22GB.