Hey guys, my i9500's internal storage is just 9gb. Normally, for 16gb phone, it must be around 11gb. So, where is 2gb lost ? Thanks
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The extra bloat...simple as that.
Yes, those extra features eat those spaces...
JayceOoi said:
Yes, those extra features eat those spaces...
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Please does your phone support LTE 4G or not?
You are lucky, some come with 8.4 GB free, but I assume those are carrier bloated phones. My unlocked I9505 came with 9.5 GB free.
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Even worse thats what you have left for apps and games, as by default these cannot be saved to the memory card. This phone should never have been released in 16gb with so little memory. 32gb should be the minimum.
Why can they not be stored on external card?
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Why can they not be stored on external card?
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Ask Google!
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Yeah it sucks and they haven't released the 32gb version yet
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still wondering why this is a surprise to people. this is getting ridiculous.
I'm probably not even going to get it because of this stupid decision to only have a 16GB version. I don't know what the hell I'm going to do now, my X2 is all but useless and I need to buy a phone off contract to keep my unlimited data. I'm not spending $500+ on a phone from months and months ago, so I guess I have to wait until the next "big" thing comes out. Joy.
At first I was just mad that Verizon was taking a month longer than everyone else, but as usual, things can always be (and in this case, are) worse.
My international unlocked 9500 showed 9 available on the phone but when looking at in on the pc the number was actually in the upper 8s, don't recall what it was exactly. After I used Ti to install the 91 user apps I had backed up 2.4 gigs of that was consumed with 6.6 remaining. Since I always send my photos out to SD and this is my entire collection of apps I obviously have enough room as I use the phone. I cant speak for anyone else but it seems to me that most people with the exception of gamers who have a number of large games they want to keep on the phone at all times will be ok since I would be able to install somewhere toward 200 more typical apps without running out of space.
This is not to say I don't agree with the fact that 16 gigs is now becoming just enough and will not meet some users needs. If the storage were not expandable I would not be able to carry the payload of data I carry. This of course would be true even if it were 32 gigs because I now use my phone as my mp3 player as well and I have my entire library on it. I actually prefer having this out on removeable storage anyways though because I hung up my ipod years ago and just move my music on the card from phone to phone along with the pictures and some other data that I carry with me for work.
And no, my phone did not pick up LTE when I was down in Seattle, I do not have it in my area though and it is not even on AT&Ts roadmap yet, if I did I would have likely went with the snapdragon.
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My international unlocked 9500 showed 9 available on the phone but when looking at in on the pc the number was actually in the upper 8s, don't recall what it was exactly. After I used Ti to install the 91 user apps I had backed up 2.4 gigs of that was consumed with 6.6 remaining. Since I always send my photos out to SD and this is my entire collection of apps I obviously have enough room as I use the phone. I cant speak for anyone else but it seems to me that most people with the exception of gamers who have a number of large games they want to keep on the phone at all times will be ok since I would be able to install somewhere toward 200 more typical apps without running out of space.
This is not to say I don't agree with the fact that 16 gigs is now becoming just enough and will not meet some users needs. If the storage were not expandable I would not be able to carry the payload of data I carry. This of course would be true even if it were 32 gigs because I now use my phone as my mp3 player as well and I have my entire library on it. I actually prefer having this out on removeable storage anyways though because I hung up my ipod years ago and just move my music on the card from phone to phone along with the pictures and some other data that I carry with me for work.
And no, my phone did not pick up LTE when I was down in Seattle, I do not have it in my area though and it is not even on AT&Ts roadmap yet, if I did I would have likely went with the snapdragon.
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If you have the Octa version, several reviews of that version state the LTE function is on the chip, but disabled.
Yeah I read such myself and yet no one has confirmed it which at this point is surprising because there are now many out there and even if it should be so there is no surety that it will ever be working thanks to the smart gents here. Best IMO to leave the gate with the horse that has LTE aboard if you are in an LTE area and want to make use of it. This one for now doesn't have it and a rumor that may or may not be true isn't something I would hang my hat on.
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Please does your phone support LTE 4G or not?
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Nope, mine is I9500.
UNDER 9GBs AVAILABLE on the S4
SAMSUNG'S TAKE ON LOW MEMORY IS B.S.
Samsung can go on the DEFENSIVE all they want and this DOES NOT SOLVE the problem; A 16gb phone with under 8gb available to the consumer.
Its not an excuse stating that a lot of the memory is taking up by all the bells and whistles which a lot of us will not use. What happens in the future when Samsung upgrades their software more space will be taken up. A lot of people suggest using a micro SD card. THIS IS ONLY GOOD FOR MEDIA FILES AND DOCUMENTS. NOT GAMES.
As a consumer we are paying for 16 GBs and getting roughly half.
I was a Samsung Customer and owned the S1/2/3 but I WILL NOT CONSIDER THE S4 or the NOTE 3 until Samsung comes out with 32GBs.
Until we all stand up and tell Samsung how we feel they will keep on pulling this crap on us.
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Greg Joplin X SAMSUNG USER
Finally.
Samsung S4 will be featuring on BBC Watchdog over its memory claims. Details http://gavinsgadgets.wordpress.com/2...he-samsung-s4/
samsung has f*ck with this problem. it's too bad for them. they lost me as 1 customer out of 400+million customer cause of this storage.
my galaxy s 4 is the last galaxy after s2, note, s3, note 2 now s4 ( should be my last one )
please use foldermount for some big games. work great.
All they had to do was be more transparent. Also be honest about the apps and caches having to be installed to internal memory. Not everyone wants to root, and I cant because of certain apps that wont work if rooted.
I too have had the Note, S3, Note 2 and 4 other Samsung phones. This is the first time I am left a little disappointed.
Where is all my storage!?!?!
Hey guys,
So my phone says "Storage Space Running Out" but I just check and I am not using anymore than 3GB of the 8.9GB available. I took a screen shot and attached it here. Can someone help?
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I'm sure you all have read this, but if not, here you go: http://wpcentral.com/htc-surround-s-microsd-card-slot-probably-there-not-easy-get
The HTC Surround appears to have a microSD slot, but it's covered by a piece of metal as seen in the picture below:
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I'm personally not too concerned since 16GB seems like more than enough, but I'm sure people will be asking if it can be upgraded or not. We really won't know till someone tears into it which is more likely since it was released today.
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I just came across this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4015/htc-surround-review-pocket-boombox/8
It doesn't seem that difficult to get to actually, just a bit of disassembly required. It apparently comes with a SanDisk Class 4 16GB microSD card.
AT&T kills another great device! They also did it to the Tilt2 when they removed the 3.5 mm jack from that device. Somebody needs to fire an executive in that company.
T-Mobile did the same thing with the HTC HD7 but someone managed to swap cards and the HD7 worked with a 32GB microSD.
Stan City said:
AT&T kills another great device! They also did it to the Tilt2 when they removed the 3.5 mm jack from that device. Somebody needs to fire an executive in that company.
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Actually, It's not AT&T's fault. It's just that WP7 doesn't support swapping out memory yet, like say an Android phone.
Bought my surround today. ATT said there would be a patch comming out and not to insert a sd card yet....
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Actually, It's not AT&T's fault. It's just that WP7 doesn't support swapping out memory yet, like say an Android phone.
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Yeah, we know you can't swap memory yet but the devices in Europe allows you to upgrade memory capacity before the 1st boot. AT&T choose to remove that option on the Surround not the Focus. AT&T's fault...
Just picked up my phone. Very solid device.
I got my surround yesterday, and so far, I am pleased.
Has anyone actually looked under that piece yet? A teardown of the Mozart revealed a similar metal piece that was not hiding a microSD card.
http://lifeinthefastlaneok.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/new-htc-7-mozart-sd-card-memory-upgrade/
Good find. I'm still waiting for mine, so someone else will have to dig into it.
Anybody care to break down their Surround?
Got my Surround 2 days ago
Nice phone, well built, the OS is slick with a lot of promise. Active tiles are slick, the Zune software on the phone & PC works great. In 2 days I managed to get back my BBC stream, got some video news, GPS is great, loaded some of my movies, set up my email, my contacts we transferred from my old sym at the AT&T store and I had no problems transferring them to the phone, and there are 100s of free apps already out and more coming every day. Pretty soon all of the developers will port over their apps and all will be fine again. Many apps use the GPS to find your area and cater what they deliver according to where you live. I paid $200 for it. I MAY have preferred to have the HD7, not sure since I haven't seen it and held it yet, but the Surround is really fine and if I decide to change or upgrade later on I wont lose anything. While we all get used to old habits and the way things work I thing this OS is an improvement and half the fun is setting up our toys the way we want them. Flash will be added to IE soon, upgrades will come from MS, we will be able to access the file system, more customizations will become available. The screen is twice the size of my Dash 3G. I am hoping an IRC client will be ported over soon since that is what I miss the most.
panflute said:
Nice phone, well built, the OS is slick with a lot of promise. Active tiles are slick, the Zune software on the phone & PC works great. In 2 days I managed to get back my BBC stream, got some video news, GPS is great, loaded some of my movies, set up my email, my contacts we transferred from my old sym at the AT&T store and I had no problems transferring them to the phone, and there are 100s of free apps already out and more coming every day. Pretty soon all of the developers will port over their apps and all will be fine again. Many apps use the GPS to find your area and cater what they deliver according to where you live. I paid $200 for it. I MAY have preferred to have the HD7, not sure since I haven't seen it and held it yet, but the Surround is really fine and if I decide to change or upgrade later on I wont lose anything. While we all get used to old habits and the way things work I thing this OS is an improvement and half the fun is setting up our toys the way we want them. Flash will be added to IE soon, upgrades will come from MS, we will be able to access the file system, more customizations will become available. The screen is twice the size of my Dash 3G. I am hoping an IRC client will be ported over soon since that is what I miss the most.
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I completley agree with everything you said. The only thing that kills me is the battery life. It is down right terrible. I dont fiddle too much with my phone as im usually too busy to do so, but when i do want to use it, seems like the battery is just not up to the task.
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Have a look in the Windows 7 general discussion..there's a tips and tricks thread at the top that give you ways to lengthen battery life. There are quite a few things to do like time out the screen sooner, turn off geocaching, etc. It should help. So far I haven't seen any spare batteries for sale on Ebay but they will come. This is a GREAT phone.
Updated the first post.
I would, but:
1) Haven't bought it yet and
2) I'd probably end up breaking it.
I was going to buy a 32gb class 4 card (Kingston), but $100 is half the price of the phone and I couldn't justify it. I also loaded a decent amount of stuff on it and have 9.7gb left. I think I can hold off for a while till prices drop.
If you look at the teardown article further you will see that under the metal cover is a metal pad with foam and under that is a 16gb micro sd card. Not sure its worth it as someone pointed out it will cost a bit for a 32gb micro sd card and you will void any warranty. As for the post that said WP7 does not support changing cards out I thought one of the 3 phones with WP7 that AT&T sells had a removable sd card and onboard as well. That would make more sence that the drive with the ROM needs to static but if you have that the os should support a removable card its just that the surround does not have build in memory so the micro sd cannot be removed.
The Samsung Focus has an accessible microSD slot. I believe it also has 8gb internally.
This Software is still full of bugs.
The screen below (sry is dutch) shows a screenshot of my Galaxy SII and my Galaxy SIII.
Both run Android ICS
Both have about the same apps installed.
but my SII has 458 MB of free ram and my SIII only 89 MB free ram.
This causes a lot of crashes with the touchwizz.
For a phone costing more then a regular laptop I find this very disappointing.
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Might be some of the apps are causing the phone to crash. How was the phone prior to you downloading those apps?
So you are saying not to buy a S3 yet because you are having issues with it? Sorry to hear you are having issues with yours but mine works great! I don't have any issues like you & maybe you should start researching on rooting & using custom ROMs.
Since you didn't specify if you are using a custom ROM or stock, I'm going to assume you are using stock. When I was running stock, I didn't have issues as you either.
Don't cry wolf!
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This Software is still full of bugs.
The screen below (sry is dutch) shows a screenshot of my Galaxy SII and my Galaxy SIII.
Both run Android ICS
Both have about the same apps installed.
but my SII has 458 MB of free ram and my SIII only 89 MB free ram.
This causes a lot of crashes with the touchwizz.
For a phone costing more then a regular laptop I find this very disappointing.
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I call complete BS on this whole topic. They are not running nearly the same kind of identical software and the SGS3 has ran great in my hands compared to my Skyrocket.
There are plenty of SGSII vs SGS3 videos and articles on the internet. Don't let this topic discourage you. Do your research.
On my homescreen I have Beautiful Clock widget, FOlder organizer, 5 folders full of apps, Google voice widget, Gmail widget, flip board, pulse, active apps widget, S Calendar widget, Music widget, Negative colors, assentive light, google search with a live wallpaper (Captain America).
I don't have any lag issues and I haven't noticed any reload issues. Maybe because I sold my Skyrocket and used my Captivate for a long time and the homescreen might be loading way too fast to even notice a reload, but from what I see I have experienced such problems.
Already a few topics on this and tips on how to make the most of the RAM you have.
LOL! Dont buy a pentium pc (yet). My 8086 is less buggy and more reliable. Same goes for my 1988 Ford Fiesta compared to the new new 3 series BM.
That image is showing that your Galaxy S III actually has less usable ram than the Galaxy S II.
I'm assuming your Galaxy S II has a custom kernel, with extra RAM tweaks and more ram allocated from somewhere, no?
Actually, I'd pretty much bet money that it does.
Want a clean comparison? Flash your SGSII to stock, and re-check your RAM
EDIT: Also the reason for the SGSIII having less free ram is because more apps are currently running. Whereas it's clear that your SGSII has less apps running.
... iv also read before that the more RAM being used, the better - better to have the RAM utilised than not with Android OS.
Well I get 2gb or ram.. can I still buy it? Lol
It's nothing no one can say about this phone that will stop me from buying it. I don't care if you get instant diarrhea by touching it. I'll buy it along with some Depends.
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This is my current GS3 RAM usage.
This is either a misinformed post or a troll post.
Either way, it doesn't need its own thread.
charlieb620 said:
It's nothing no one can say about this phone that will stop me from buying it. I don't care if you get instant diarrhea by touching it. I'll buy it along with some Depends.
Exactly what I was thinking
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Here's mine
Here's a hint one post total the op has lol I'm running the EVO LTE only and lag I get from ram is when I'm running multiple things quickly switching apps with sense running as well .
Touch wiz is smaller and may have some bugs but a thread to get others to not buy a device you should banned yourself from all phone related furums ..
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You're an idiot.
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Ok guys, for the 147,657,485,667th time.
This is Android/Linux not Windows empty RAM is wasted RAM !!
I can confirm this is nonsense, not only does my s3 outperform my s2, the day i got it my boss promoted me at work, i won a new car in a lucky draw compettition and a supermodel gave me her number after i saved her dog from being run over by a car, we are now dating. So yes, the s3 has its advantages.
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harise100 said:
Ok guys, for the 147,657,485,667th time.
This is Android/Linux not Windows empty RAM is wasted RAM !!
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Hey, windows got better at this with 7 and, I assume, 8. Microsoft seems to be embracing this ideal.
May I be so bold to suggest that you should not buy a house. It could burn down. They have not yet find a solution to build a house that is fire proof.
Also..do not stay inside a house. you could get killed from fumes, pollutants and worst, from the house falling on you!
What about the car you drive? You might get a bad tire, brakes not working, engine exploding, etc.
I guess and I hope you get my point! If not....you need help..and badly!
Since a lot of people think the DHD is going to get old and move to phones like the HOX, I just want to tell you that the new microSD cards with a capacity of 64Gbyte work on this great device! The HOX doesn't even have half of this capacity.
And...ICS is coming too! We still have some great devs here.
There is no need to buy a new phone.
If I haven't already bought the HOX, I would stay with my beloved DHD
Post 8 is card name and pic!
If this was helpful, please push THANKS.
Yea I'm too staying with my HTC Desire HD , but have you tried the 64gb card in your HTC Desire HD?
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What brand SDcard did you use? Screenshot of the available storage?
Nice to know!
I'm going to stay with the DHD as well
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What brand SDcard did you use? Screenshot of the available storage?
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Yep. +1 to that. Words words words......
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No it can't support 64gigabyte
Why it should not?
Or do you refer to the SDXC cards?
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Btw SanDisk Ultra Class 10 microSDXC Ultra 64 GB
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Yeah but even in the wiki article it states, that DHD supports SDXC, so it shouldn't be a news?
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Yeah but even in the wiki article it states, that DHD supports SDXC, so it shouldn't be a news?
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Wow! You must be a smart guy!
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It works!
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Confirmed!! Works beautifully. Anyone who says otherwise is dead wrong.
Good to know. Nice one.
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IT DEFINITELY WORKS with 64gb.
Those saying it doesn't work didn't try it.
I'm using it right now ))
Does it have to be a specific 64 gb sd card or any will do?
I think any card is good...as far as is not a cheap clone and is an SDXC it will work (once formatted)
I too am happy to stick with my Desire HD. :good:
...or we could get another next gen phone THAT ALSO SUPPORTS MicroSD... ie SGS3... ^_~ ...not got one btw... but just stating an obvious logical answer besides sticking with our faithful DHDs
imho its a bad move for HTC to remove SDcard support... capacity for external storage for those type of media will only get bigger...
...opportunity to have 64GB (or more) on your smartphone just can't be easily dismissed. Especially if you carry around a ton of multimedia files as well as a chunk of your work and have a ton of pictures and a good part of your music collection! >_< lol!
ie my 1 and a half hour work commutes would be almost unbearable without my DHD with its 32GB card chock full of goodies to keep me from going insane in crappy uk public transport... @[email protected]
Yeah.
Personally, as far as function is concerned, there is little logical use in changing phones for me. I do in fact have a few more months before my contract expires and I'd like to eventually choose a very new phone that I can also support on my site without being a few months behind everyone else.
Having said that, unless another model has superior battery power consumption/time then I don't have a need for a different device. Like you, I commute throughout the day and therefore need the power to last me through the day, so I tend to limit YouTube, GPS or other things which happily eat away at the battery.
The idea of having loads stored on my device on a large SD Card is fine, but based on the above, I wouldn't use much of it.
The idea of losing the phone with so many eggs in one basket is not very appealing.
The idea of a bigger screen though like the Galaxy Note (which my barber has and showed me) is nice. I'd also consider future devices with removable rear covers, so that it's easy for companies like Mugen to make extended batteries for them. From experience that's real peace of mind.
The Microsoft Surface Tablet looks like a nice device which I could use for work maybe. If that became a primary toy, then maybe a phone would take a less important back seat for a while.
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Yeah.
Personally, as far as function is concerned, there is little logical use in changing phones for me. I do in fact have a few more months before my contract expires and I'd like to eventually choose a very new phone that I can also support on my site without being a few months behind everyone else.
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I have until November this year to renew my contract... so I have till then to decide... ^_^
Grant Barker said:
Having said that, unless another model has superior battery power consumption/time then I don't have a need for a different device. Like you, I commute throughout the day and therefore need the power to last me through the day, so I tend to limit YouTube, GPS or other things which happily eat away at the battery.
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DHD + latest Lord's ICS build (8.2 as I type this) with radio 26.13.04.19 has a great battery life even with all the hammering it takes from using DicePlayer, PowerAmp, exchange Email, Dolphin, XDA Premium and even games like temple run & zenonia 4...
With the above usage... I get the trip to work, actual work usage (i have my desk phone on divert to my mobile) and the trip home... all in one nights charge... so I only need to put it on charge before I go to bed.
Hell, I've even forgot to charge it overnight and I was still able to crawl through most of the day... with charging it late afternoon, ready for the 2nd half of the movie I was watching on my trip to work! >_< hahaha!
Grant Barker said:
The idea of having loads stored on my device on a large SD Card is fine, but based on the above, I wouldn't use much of it.
The idea of losing the phone with so many eggs in one basket is not very appealing.
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I hear you there dude... I had my 1st DHD nicked through a burglary... =(
However, all I ever lost was my 1st 32GB class10 MicroSD as well as my nandroids...
All my files, movies, music and photos exists on multiple devices... so anything that was on my DHD is a copy from my other machines...
...pity I didn't do the same with my Nandroid... I keep them locally for the purpose of error recovery... would've kept copies of it off the device had I wanted to be safeguarded from potential theft... =_=
As it's looking now.. unless HTC starts building new units with SD support, I'll not be jumping on their new range quite just yet...
If November 2012 hits and they've not released a device that fits the bill for me... its looking a lot like I'll be going for SGS3... =_=
Motorola Moto G launched. Seems very good hardware as always by Motorola with that price point and nice to see 4.3 out of the box. Will be launched in India also to give tough competition to Samsung/Sony/Micromax. But why no micro sd card slot??? what could be the logic?
Great phone! Want to buy one, but can't find anywhere 'in stock'? Tried searching for it in Canada, Brazil, Europe...
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Motorola Moto G launched. Seems very good hardware as always by Motorola with that price point and nice to see 4.3 out of the box. Will be launched in India also to give tough competition to Samsung/Sony/Micromax. But why no micro sd card slot??? what could be the logic?
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logic could be to force the customer to use google drive.
News told that you get a 2 Year 50GB google drive volume option for free when buying a new Moto G....
i can't post the link because i have not posted 10 times on xda but here you go:
hxxx://blog.clove.co.uk/2013/11/14/50-gb-google-drive-storage-offer-moto-g/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=50-gb-google-drive-storage-offer-moto-g
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logic could be to force the customer to use google drive.
News told that you get a 2 Year 50GB google drive volume option for free when buying a new Moto G....
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I have a 32GB micro SD to store all my music on. I assume the Drive storage can't be used to store and play music through a normal music app. We're seeing a lot of absence of expandable storage recently. In every case it's the thing that stops me being remotely interested in a phone. Most of all with the HTC One, because it was the one thing that stopped me buying it. I feel like it's just so manufacturers can sell phones with different storage sizes = more moneys...
I apologise for a lil' rant.
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danhatcher said:
I have a 32GB micro SD to store all my music on... In every case it's the thing that stops me being remotely interested in a phone. Most of all with the HTC One, because it was the one thing that stopped me buying it.
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Same here. I was considering having the Moto G replace my Atrix, but the lack of expansion is really unattractive. Not only that, the 50GB of Drive is only for 2 years -- I'm expected to pay to keep that space later.
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I have a 32GB micro SD to store all my music on. I assume the Drive storage can't be used to store and play music through a normal music app. We're seeing a lot of absence of expandable storage recently. In every case it's the thing that stops me being remotely interested in a phone. Most of all with the HTC One, because it was the one thing that stopped me buying it. I feel like it's just so manufacturers can sell phones with different storage sizes = more moneys...
I apologise for a lil' rant.
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i have no problem with that - for music i also use cloud services like Spotify....
in Germany with some providers the spotify traffic does not even count as mobile data usage. So you still have your data volume for "normal use".
I for myself have no need for a huge internal storage....
about the cloud drive i'll save my Cloud Data to my NAS just before the 2 year's are near to end...
Just got my Moto G in the UK. SIIM-Free (no simlock) and the bootloader can be unlocked via: https://motorola-global-portal.cust...e/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a/action/auth
Seems like a decent budget device, and a welcome upgrade to my aging Desire HD.
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I think they missed a large customer base by not including a 32GB model into the lineup. Although with the lack of 4G, a large release in the US may not be the goal.
anybody wanting to develop custom rom on it?
There is another version with 16gb internal and Google wants you using Google Drive. Sdcard isn't safe, anyone can take it out and have access to your files, but isn't possible stol internal memory, as it is inside the device. Sdcard still slow down the device, as it is one more partition to be mounted at boot and keep mounted when device is powered on. It's better w/o sdcard
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Sdcard isn't safe, anyone can take it out and have access to your files
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The thief can be a little smarter and steal THE ENTIRE PHONE. Internal memory isn't safe either.
can anyone mirror me the wallpapers from moto g?
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Just got my Moto G in the UK. SIIM-Free (no simlock) and the bootloader can be unlocked via: https://motorola-global-portal.cust...e/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a/action/auth
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Hi t-bon,
is the Moto G photo quality better than the Htc One X camera picture quality (2012) ?
For me, the 5 MP of Moto G is the only deal breaker for me.
so disappointed :crying:
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can anyone mirror me the wallpapers from moto g?
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Can someone get the wallpapers upload them or tell me where I can get them from ??
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Hi t-bon,
is the Moto G photo quality better than the Htc One X camera picture quality (2012) ?
For me, the 5 MP of Moto G is the only deal breaker for me.
so disappointed :crying:
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Moto G camera is not great. Very similar to One X.
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Moto G camera is not great. Very similar to One X.
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Man, for $179, it's a fantastic f**king camera
Anyone know how much space is left on the 16GB once you factor in the OS
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Anyone know how much space is left on the 16GB once you factor in the OS
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On the 8gb version it was about 4.x GB so it should be about 12GB on the 16GB Version. It supports also USB OTG so you could expand it with an MicroSD Card in a small reader if you really need more storage for media files.
I think that it is a good device, but it is SIM-Free for all the countries or is according to the operator?
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I think that it is a good device, but it is SIM-Free for all the countries or is according to the operator?
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i think it will depend on where you buy it : independent retailer = no simlock ; MNO/MVNO with time-limited contract = simlocked
i'm waiting it to be available here, surely my next device... It should take my Xperia X10mini (2010) place in my pocket and stay there for the next 3 years
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5-edge-not-just-another-second-fiddle-07382531/
Even though I'm on the Dev Edition the Note 4 will be my last Samsung. I'm sure the Note 5 will be amazing...but principally I can't support them any longer. I hope that many others will do the same. I realize we are a small segment but every vote counts ...right?
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Even though I'm on the Dev Edition the Note 4 will be my last Samsung. I'm sure the Note 5 will be amazing...but principally I can't support them any longer. I hope that many others will do the same. I realize we are a small segment but every vote counts ...right?
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Why
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Why
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Probably because there won't be an SDcard or removable battery and Samsung is locking up their devices more and more all the time.
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Why
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Yeah I enjoy unlocked rooted phones. I love to run custom Roms, aosp, tw, doesn't matter, just having choices matters. Samsung is chasing government and big business contracts with Knox security features. Finally no SD card and closed battery doesn't bother me that much. I'll go nexus 6 in a week or 2 so I can get my fix.
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If samsung goes no sdcard on a note that would just be crazy.. why are all the companies pushing for cloud storage with most people on data limit packages.
Just doesn't seem like the best thing for the customers. That's all gain for the company.
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Yeah I enjoy unlocked rooted phones. I love to run custom Roms, aosp, tw, doesn't matter, just having choices matters. Samsung is chasing government and big business contracts with Knox security features. Finally no SD card and closed battery doesn't bother me that much. I'll go nexus 6 in a week or 2 so I can get my fix.
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did this last November, Note 3 --> Nexus 6, couldn't be happier
rocking 5.1.1 AOSP rom, Custom kernel, Faux sound, Themes, Ad block, DT2W, Extended desktop (full screen) with Pie controls, Privacy guard with App permissions, long press back to kill app, Volume keys to control music and many more useful features..
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did this last November, Note 3 --> Nexus 6, couldn't be happier
rocking 5.1.1 AOSP rom, Custom kernel, Faux sound, Themes, Ad block, DT2W, Extended desktop (full screen) with Pie controls, Privacy guard with App permissions, long press back to kill app, Volume keys to control music and many more useful features..
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Ha .....yeah that sounds awesome. I had unlocked Note 2 for over 2 years was in hangouts with a dev fkfmfz so I always had fresh black gapps and themes ....as well as awesome tw roms ...soooo nice...then I saw this deal on a DE note 4 I couldn't resist. Its a great phone don't get me wrong, there just isn't the Dev interest in a phone or manufacturer that is so locked down. I remember when Adam Outler quit unlocking Samsung on Verizon....sad day.
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As far as for pushing for online storage, you best believe it is the government pushing for it. If your info is hidden they can't randomly read it if it's on your memory card. No conspiracy theory, just a fact. Seems like Samsung is trying to imitate Apple. This Note 4 will be my last Samsung device too. I'm tired of locked bootloaders, moving towards no extended memory expansion and non-removable batteries.
Those specs are nothing special.
Probably won't even bother.
This note 4 is my first Samsung device and I do enjoy it but I'm with you guys, this well be my last one. Most of my experience has been with team iPhone and I left it because the specs on this phone were so great and I used to have an Android device way back in the gingerbread days and wanted to get back to using different roms. Although there are things I like about this phone, this has been a big disappointment for me. Even if root is achieved with in a couple days, weeks, or months my upgrade isn't too far off. I'm either going to go back to team iphone or maybe give sony a try, I feel like they may be on the right track, they are making their boatloaders more developer friendly.
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If samsung goes no sdcard on a note that would just be crazy.. why are all the companies pushing for cloud storage with most people on data limit packages.
Just doesn't seem like the best thing for the customers. That's all gain for the company.
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In all honesty it's because with the introduction of lollipop google is moving towards the direction of not using SD cards anymore as we have seen. Manufacturers are just following along as well. With that too they are just adding larger memory to the phones to help make up the no SD card as seen with the s6
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