After cancelling the 64gb graphite 6P, and going for the smaller 5X, and then cancelling the 5X and reordering the only available 32gb graphite 6P after realizing I'd much happier with the bigger device, sleeker looking, better specs after all. I'm wondering now if 32gb will be enough. I plan on shooting alot of photos and videos with this rumored great camera. What are your thoughts about the size?
Are you concerned about space with the 32gb 6P?
I'm not because I ordered a kingston c to A USB on the go. Despite that, 32 is perfect for me. But since you shoot lots of photos and videos 64 might be better but I upload everything to the cloud anyways.
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There will be something like 26gb usable on that 32gb.
Ive probably got that in games and office apps.
If youre gonna be shooting 4k videos and storing music etc youll soon use it up.
Ive gone for the 128gb so I dont have to worry about it.
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no problems here, i have a 32gb nexus 6 and a 32 gb chromebook pixel 2015 and 32gb is more than needed with devices always connected online
32gb should be fine especially if you use OTG thumbdrive and the cloud...
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32gb should be fine especially if you use OTG thumbdrive and the cloud...
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I'm not because I ordered a kingston c to A USB on the go. Despite that, 32 is perfect for me. But since you shoot lots of photos and videos 64 might be better but I upload everything to the cloud anyways.
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How do those work, you have to leave it connected to device as you fill it up? Or just to quickly transfer data to it and disconnect?
Use as needed like any other thumb drive.
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Using a 64GB device now and I don't think I'd ever go for less for the foreseeable future. As much as you can get around things by using cloud services, you will always have that hard limit of ~26GB, which isn't that much... Especially for a large device that would be great for watching media.
I used to think i needed 64+ personally until I took a look at what I actually had on my device. Once I removed all of the crap I had on there (Games/movies/apps I no longer used/watched) I found I didn't need all the extra space. I also store all of my music, photos and high res vids in the cloud all the time so I can keep my device clean. When I travel I load up my device with all the media i'll want for the trip (just in case there is no in flight wifi) until i get where i'm going and I've still never run out of memory on my 32GB nexus 6
So pretty much this is a question no one can answer for you. It varies from person to person and you're just going to have to figure out how much memory you will require based on how you use your own personal device and the cloud services available to you.
I wouldn't go any less than 64. I have 70+gb of photos and videos and I like to have them to hand without relying on the cloud. I also have 40+gb of music. For me 128 isn't really enough either.
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Using a 64GB device now and I don't think I'd ever go for less for the foreseeable future. As much as you can get around things by using cloud services, you will always have that hard limit of ~26GB, which isn't that much... Especially for a large device that would be great for watching media.
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I hear ya, but this question was more aimed at the people that actually ordered the 32gb version
Presumably most people who would have been concerned about lack of space on a 32GB 6P would have ordered a larger one.
Yeah.. I'm doing just fine with 32GB on my N5, I only ordered the 128GB 6p because why not.
If they had the larger I probably would as well. I better get that otg drive.
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I ordered Nexus 6p 32 GB and wasn't concerned until I saw this post
Do we know the size of 1 min 4k video recorded on Nexus 6p?
I found this link for S5 -
forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/365425-how-big-would-1-minute-4k-video.html
And the other link on one plus forum -
forums.oneplus.net/threads/how-much-storage-is-required-for-1-minutes-of-4k-video-shooting-1-1.8220/
(don't have enough posts to share external links so had to make them simple text)
Both these links confirm the size to be 3.5 GB for 10 min of 4K video, which actually concerns me.
I should have gone with the 64/128 GB. But now if I cancel my Nexus 6p 32 GB order I don't know how long I'll have to wait for 64/128 GB as they both are out of stock.
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Just buy a sim card adapter and if you need more space plug it in and put stuff you don't always use on the external sim card easy..
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I have everything backed up online anyway, and I use Google Play All Access for my music, so I don't think 32Gb will be a problem at all. My current 32Gb Nexus 5 has so little stored on the actual phone, I've still got 12Gb free.
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Just buy a sim card adapter and if you need more space plug it in and put stuff you don't always use on the external sim card easy..
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Do you mean SD Cards?
My 32GB N5 was full of TWRP backups more than anything else, so not concerned, 32GB should be plenty. I used to carry all my music with me, but now I uploaded it to Google and just stream it from there. Photos go on the NAS and Google Photos right away too, the phone is just a temporary cache.
32Gb is fine for me. I have a synology solution with plex.
So music/tv/films are all streamed OTG, yes it will suck as i need constant connection but I have unlimited data anyways so that doesn't concern me.
If i really wanted to take some films i'll just use a USB OTG storage solution. But that is super rare for me. I don't play games on my phone (tablet & PC for that)
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Please help me choose between the 8 or 16 model. I really don't think I will need the 16GB Nexus for I will use it for but I also d o not know what type of storage is left on a stock device.
It will mostly be used to stream movies / TV shows from my home server with the occasional game. I enjoy games but have found tablet gaming lacking to me, so I find myself installing games but then deleting them. I do like to tinker so I doubt I will stay with ta stock rom but would assume most are going to be AOSP.
Thanks for the help.
Here's my 2 cents...i regret getting the 8.i have 1.3 gb left, and i have no music or movies, or books for that matter. It's just apps. I have one large games, 1.3gb, the rest are small apps. I don't remember the last time i had to worry about storage. It sucks. I love the tablet though.
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Please.. Buy 16gb
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I head somewhere that the 8GB model come with less than 6GB free (IF im not wrong).
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OS takes up about 2GB. So you'll have about 6GB out of the box. I guess some people can get by with the 8GB model, but it may be awfully tight.
It kinda sucks to have to pay $50 more for 8GB more, but I think it's worth it.
The thing these guys are missing is that you can attach a usb stick of whatever size you like to the N7 via an otg cable, ok you can't run apps from it but you can keep music, books, videos etc there. 16Gb is always going to be better but it's not so much of a problem now if you go for the 8Gb unless you really want tonnes of apps on it at once.
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The thing these guys are missing is that you can attach a usb stick of whatever size you like to the N7 via an otg cable, ok you can't run apps from it but you can keep music, books, videos etc there. 16Gb is always going to be better but it's not so much of a problem now if you go for the 8Gb unless you really want tonnes of apps on it at once.
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Couple of nice games and you're begging for more space. I am easily taking 10 GB with my apps alone.
Definitely 16 GB. I'll sell mine to you. I hardly ever use it.
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16gb. The 8 GB only really has 5 GB left for the user anyway vs 13 on the 16. Thats a big difference.
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I'm amazed how fast apps take up space so glad I went for the 16gb, a few large games and you won't have much storage left on the 8gb.
As for connecting memory sticks, yeah its a nice option to have, but not always good to have to carry memory stick + on the go USB cable around with me.
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It really depends what you do with your tablet. I have the 8 Gig but for me that is enough. I have all the apps I use installed and still have 5 Gig free but I only use it to check my mail or Facebook and the occasional Skype call or a few smaller games and to surf the web. For me 50 buck for 8 more Gig was not worth it but for someone else the 16 Gig may be the way to go.
Depends what you want to use it for. I dont really play any of these big games on mine because the controls are garbage. I got like 20 games on here, few of them being gameloft and ea games, i have all the apps i need. Not much music or movies stored locally, i use an app Vkontakte for music streaming and google drive for everything i might need. I have access to internet all day, so if you think you will want to store a lot of content locally, get the 16, if not, get the 8
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Get 16gb if you are flashing rom addicted or a gamer, 8gb if your only interested in some games and apps
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Thanks everyone. Just going to go with the 16 to play it safe.
I was fine until this five day all sale started. Now I'm going to 3-4gb in apps alone and I've had the tablet like two weeks. But a used 16gb one so you don't need to worry. I have a otg cable coming too for my car rides home when I need music and can't stream because the middle of pa is nothingness.
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The thing these guys are missing is that you can attach a usb stick of whatever size you like to the N7 via an otg cable, ok you can't run apps from it but you can keep music, books, videos etc there. 16Gb is always going to be better but it's not so much of a problem now if you go for the 8Gb unless you really want tonnes of apps on it at once.
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Have to agree, I got the 8GB version, and bought a 32GB flash drive and an OTG cable with the difference with change to spare. All my music, movies and things go on the flash cable.The 6.5-7GB left out of the box is plenty for me to run any apps, games and anything else. Only downside I do see is the problem that when OTG cable is plugged in, you cannot connect to charger.
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I really don't think I will need the 16GB Nexus..
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I used to think I wouldn't need the 16GB Nexus. But with Google's recent sale.. I somewhat regret just going for the 8GB model
Go for the 16GB
I have a 8GB Nexus 7 and regret buying it for lack of any credible storage. It offers only 6GB storage. This can accommodate 2 large games, few applications. However, even in this you will face issues upgrading a game, as it wont have enough storage space to download a update file. So please go for 16GB version, if you plan to have even 2 large games on your Nexus 7. Further, you wont have space for your occasional, movies, music for use on the move.
No Brainer... 16gb
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I m happy with my 16g.
Did well. Because u can resell later at higher price.... On ebay... Or else. And u can install anything you want.... And have a super tablet with lot of software, pic and music... Even a few movies for travel.
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16gb is fine as you have cloud storage also usb storage with OTG cable
I think 16GB plenty, hell, even 8GB is plenty for me as long as you're not keeping local media on the device.
I'm getting the 16 but that's all Walmart had, I'm a cloud whore.
16 is definitely not enough..google should have came out with 16 on low end and 32 on high end in the first place..16 is just barely enough for songs+2 games+ backup
The actual memory is only about 13gb which kind of worries me as I want to play alot of games!!
You don't have to have 10 games installed on your tablet.Install two games and play and then another two games...
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You don't have to have 10 games installed on your tablet.Install two games and play and then another two games...
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That's how I feel about it.
I don't even see the purpose of stocking the tablet full of movies either.
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i think 16gb is plenty. i have 0 movies and 0 songs though. Documents or anything similar is either on skydrive or another cloud service. i use my tablet to read comic books and once i read a complete series, i delete it right away.
and it does suck that it's really only about 13gb total, but i still have around 10 gbs left.
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i think 16gb is plenty. i have 0 movies and 0 songs though. Documents or anything similar is either on skydrive or another cloud service. i use my tablet to read comic books and once i read a complete series, i delete it right away.
and it does suck that it's really only about 13gb total, but i still have around 10 gbs left.
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That is probably because they reserve that other space for when you do a factory reset and it reinstalls all the Google apps that it initially came installed with.
It really depends on what he is planning to use his tablet for. Most HD games now make you download gigs worth of data just look at 'the bards tale' 1.5gb for normal and 3.5gb for HD and Horn just to name a few.
.mkv movies are also huge limiting you to only a handful at a time. Sure there's cloud storage, but the N7 doesn't come 3G enable (yet) so its reliant on a WiFi connection.
Basically you need to ask yourself what the tablet will be primarily doing? Gaming, movies, trolling, or all three? It all depends.
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It will be mainly used for gaming and movies and some internet browsing!!!
I'm cool with 16 gigs. I have a USB OTG cable for my 32gig flash drive. I use Dropbox for cloud storage I have a ton of apps on my N7. I don't keep music or movies on it as they take up so much space. I prefer useing my OTG cable for those.
like my others devices,16 gb are too low.yes,i know the clouds and similar things,but here in italy we have indecent speed with carrier operator and wifi isn't so common out home (and where there is,it's wpa locked).i can't store my music in cloud (google play music is a nogo in italy)i can't sore my pics in cloud due to the fact there are more possibilities i'm in a place where i haven't signal on my phone (for tethering)and wireless out there..in this case clouds are more than useless.and to end,it's always better have all in the storage,less battery and data consumption without always using the web to connect with clouds via tether or wifi.this,it's the only thing that i hate in the google's last year ideas.don't get me wrong,i have 3 nexus devices,but with only 16gb storage a lack of microsd is real for me. (and not speaking to the fact of sell only 16gb versions always in ita\europe,like they did with gnex,the gsm model haven't the 32gb storage)
Also without store musics and others stuffs,3\4 hd games and 200 apps installed gets the tab full.
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I'm cool with 16 gigs. I have a USB OTG cable for my 32gig flash drive. I use Dropbox for cloud storage I have a ton of apps on my N7. I don't keep music or movies on it as they take up so much space. I prefer useing my OTG cable for those.
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Which one are you using? I read a few posts of people reporting that plugging an OTG cable shorted their N7 and can't turn it back on. Just wondering if its safe or if there is any special steps you need to do first? Does the N7 have to be rooted first?
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I read a few posts of people reporting that plugging an OTG cable shorted their N7 and can't turn it back on.
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Would it be possible for you to link these posts?
16gb is fine for me but if they do release one with more storage then I'll just give this to the wife and buy the new one.
I'd say look for a 16GB on craigslist now. If you don't find one for a decent price, you can wait.
If you do find one, you can turn around and sell it once [or if] the 32GB releases.
I purchased the 8Gb version
I use cloud storage for everything, have downloaded lots of games (obviously not those over 1Gb..), and still have the chance to use external cards for movies and everything. Dropbox, Drive, Minus, Box, SugarSync, ActiveSync gives you lots of room. With Jukebox you can manage and hear your music. There are free cloud storage services for movies as well..
I feel like I don't need more room within, and still have 4,5Gb left. I hear music, see movies.. edit documents, share them,..
If you move with today's technology, you will soon notice that Google designed the 8Gb unit and considered initially to be its best seller because they took into account the cloud storage facilities we have nowdays
They have been caught with surprise that people request the 16Gb and now the 32Gb. We ask, they delivery..
But I move confidently and are happy with my 8Gb unit..
This does not means that I recommend you the 8Gb over the 16Gb unit, but you can take into account this information to take a decission.
I bought a 16 GB N7 and for me it's enough.
I have 11,22 GB still available and I've no idea how to fill that space!
I bought the 16 and it is almost full. I had no such problems on my 32gb touchpad. If you want to play a lot of games or have a lot of media on your device it isn't going to work for you. Cloud storage is a lame excuse when it's a wifi onlu device plus most high end games require 1-2gb. If you don't plan on doing these things 16 will work fine. 8gb is really too small for most things.
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My 2TB hdd's are full should I get a 3TB drive or wait for a 5TB drive ppfft another pointless thread, depends what your going to do wit it....
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I'm thinking of buying LG Nexus 4 but before that i wanted to ask people whether they felt the need to have an extra card slot for the phone. Also how much out of 16 GB is available for personal use...any general comments about the phone itself would be helpful...
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I'm thinking of buying LG Nexus 4 but before that i wanted to ask people whether they felt the need to have an extra card slot for the phone. Also how much out of 16 GB is available for personal use...any general comments about the phone itself would be helpful...
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I think about 13 was available? A quick google might answer that question more precisely I'm not using the phone for music or lots of movies. I don't expect to run into difficulties in that area.
16gb is plenty,
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To be honest, 16GB is too much space for me. I have around 1.3 gigs of my dev stuff, some apps (NFS Most Wanted People complain all the time about how they need 32/64GB of storage but the only reason I can think of needing that much is for music and movies. You can stream those as well so it's not a big deal.
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16GB is probably enough for most, but you can always get a wifi storage device if you need more.
i just bought a pqi air drive and put a 32GB class 10 sd card in it for movies/ music etc.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/PQI-...orage-to-Smartphones-and-Tablets-254927.shtml
also check out the Ravpower wireless drive.
http://www.amazon.com/RAVPower®-Wireless-Drive-For-Smartphones-Lightning/dp/B00AQUMZRA
First of all, I don't own nexus 4 but a galaxy s3 with expendable micro sd slot. But I do want to get nexus 4 as well!!
From my personal usage, 16gig is simply not enough. I play lots of heavy games most of them from gameloft, each will take >1gig space and I do shot pictures videos and have tons of other applications installed as well.
I put videos, pictures and musics on sd card but still, only 2.3gig left on internal storage.
I know maybe vanilla android will be smaller than touchwiz but considering >10gig video and pictures that I have, 16gig just won't be enough .
Of course, you may not be like me and can use cloud storage. In the end, it's how you use your phone for the most, and regardless nexus 4 or other phones, it will be the same.
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I've not installed any games yet, but I imagine once I do, the space will begin to go quickly. Music I'm less worried about, I stream mainly from YouTube etc. Video recording will be interesting though.
I would have preferred an SD card option, just because it's a fallback. An SD model would have probably convinced me to go for an 8GB N4, but no SD meant I had to go for the 16GB one.
The lack of OTG on this phone is a worry, but at the end of the day, considering the relative ubiquity of WiFi/3G internet in most developed countries, I don't think it's a big problem for streaming video, music etc, so really it's just games and what not that might be the struggle. I'm thinking of setting up a dropbox, (First time for me) which would be good for videos, and music and what not. I'm just not convinced of the price thats all. 2GB isn't very much, and as I have a pretty unlimited web server I could take advantage of that.
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First of all, I don't own nexus 4 but a galaxy s3 with expendable micro sd slot. But I do want to get nexus 4 as well!!
From my personal usage, 16gig is simply not enough. I play lots of heavy games most of them from gameloft, each will take >1gig space and I do shot pictures videos and have tons of other applications installed as well.
I put videos, pictures and musics on sd card but still, only 2.3gig left on internal storage.
I know maybe vanilla android will be smaller than touchwiz but considering >10gig video and pictures that I have, 16gig just won't be enough .
Of course, you may not be like me and can use cloud storage. In the end, it's how you use your phone for the most, and regardless nexus 4 or other phones, it will be the same.
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I m coming from SGS3 16Gb+32Gb mem card.
And I had to adjust. I have some music (had to choose what I m not listening to too often, haha).
About 1.5 Gb of nandroid+5/600 mb of rom and flashable stuff.
I ve had to stop walking around with whole seasons of TV, that s for sure But it's doable.
In the end, no matter how much space you do have, it ll get filled up with things that you don't actually need, so that s OK to pick and chose I ve got to say that I m not having any issue thinking about apps or not, I just get all in there and it fits!
So that s my experience, all in all, you have to think how to adjust, cause you ll have to do so.
Also, cloud storage? I ve got 1.8 Gb of data/month on my plan so yeah, that won't work. Since it s not when I m near Wi-Fi that I need to be mobile !
I wanna say that before I had the Nexus 4 I was thinking that 8GB is more than enough! And in my country there is only the 16GB version but boy I am glad that this was the case! On 16GB you have 12.92GB (don't ask me why theres 3GB less I don't know how system can take more than 1GB) and on 8GB you have only 5.67GB!
Now i have like 2,5GB free space left on my 16GB version! It is okay I wouldn't mind having more space though I didn't have any problems yet. But I noticed some games are very big if you are a games 16GB might be too small (I'm no gamer though most of my space is taken by music).
AW: Any felt the need of sd card yet?
My storage was full. but after getting rid of all the junk.. old roms etc it was ..ok:thumbup:
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It has been a compromise for me. I'm also a musician and like to carry my entire music collection with me. I wasn't a fan of using the cloud because when I'm underground in the subway and I want to hear a song and if it's not cached I'm screwed. It has taken a bit of adjustment. I have a 32GB GS3 with a 64GB card and between music, videos, movies, pictures I filled more than half of the 64gb card.
I also don't have as many apps installed on my N4. I've definitely had to scale things down a bit. Although, I am having an easier time dealing with it then I thought I would.
I have 8gb and what I miss from my s2 (16gb + 32gb sdcard) is all the backups, roms I had.. Besides that, everything is fine
I bought the 16 GB version and haven't needed one yet. I ended up buying a 32GB Nexus 7 which is mainly used for heavy games like Vice City and NFS, leaving me with quite a bit of storage left on my Nexus 4. I stream all my music from Google play since I have unlimited data and Wi-Fi is pretty much everywhere I go.
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Any comments on the performance compared to S3? physically as well? I know that adreno 320 is much better than the mali 400 but by how much?
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It has been a compromise for me. I'm also a musician and like to carry my entire music collection with me. I wasn't a fan of using the cloud because when I'm underground in the subway and I want to hear a song and if it's not cached I'm screwed. It has taken a bit of adjustment. I have a 32GB GS3 with a 64GB card and between music, videos, movies, pictures I filled more than half of the 64gb card.
I also don't have as many apps installed on my N4. I've definitely had to scale things down a bit. Although, I am having an easier time dealing with it then I thought I would.
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use google music. even when i used sd i couldnt put my collection on it, i had to cut it in half. with gm i have my entire collection with me whereever i go. i live in two countries with long travels in between without connection - its as easy as tapping on the stuff i wanna listen to while being offline. you can make it even easier if you use playlists. i wasnt sure about cloud either but the way i see it, it works pretty well. i'd even say better than cutting my collection in half to fit 32gb.
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It has been a compromise for me. I'm also a musician and like to carry my entire music collection with me. I wasn't a fan of using the cloud because when I'm underground in the subway and I want to hear a song and if it's not cached I'm screwed. It has taken a bit of adjustment. I have a 32GB GS3 with a 64GB card and between music, videos, movies, pictures I filled more than half of the 64gb card.
I also don't have as many apps installed on my N4. I've definitely had to scale things down a bit. Although, I am having an easier time dealing with it then I thought I would.
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did you read what i posted about wireless drives? might help you.
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use google music. even when i used sd i couldnt put my collection on it, i had to cut it in half. with gm i have my entire collection with me whereever i go. i live in two countries with long travels in between without connection - its as easy as tapping on the stuff i wanna listen to while being offline. you can make it even easier if you use playlists. i wasnt sure about cloud either but the way i see it, it works pretty well. i'd even say better than cutting my collection in half to fit 32gb.
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I've been using GM. The only thing that sucks is sometimes I will be underground in the subway and feel like hearing a song out of the blue. If it's not a song that is cached then I'm out of luck.
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did you read what i posted about wireless drives? might help you.
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Yeah I did. But I don't know if I'd want to carry it around with me. For that I could just carry my GS3 with me
I really was turned off by the lack of storage on the N4(I wasn't going to get one for that only reason) but I'm making due. If anything it keeps me on top of keeping my phone tidy and organized because instead of just leaving everything on the SD card I now clean it out every couple days to remove stuff taking up space. And instead of having like 50 games installed I only have the ones I'm currently playing installed
isn't there a way to unscrew the thing and replace the inner one? I think there's an inner sd card which can be replaced...I mean, my friend has htc mozart and it also doesn't have a proper slot for external card however if one unscrew the back, there's a card deep inside which can be replaced with a bigger one...Isn't it the same with Nexus 4?
For me 16 GB is plenty of space, the only thing I miss the SD slot for is easy transfer of files. I don't have to plug the phone in to transfer files.
I haven't tried the NFC / BT or WIFI (can;t use in corporate network) for file transfers.
Other than that I have been very happy with this phone, no root, stock ui, I am loving it.
PHR
I have my nexus 7 for the movies and honestly I don't understand people watching movies on a tiny screen.
I also don't understand people who "knows" more than 2500 songs.
And the ones who can play 5 different game loft games on a daily basis.
So 12 isn't enough for obsessive compulsive people who has to have everything with them.
I bet they carry a huge bag stuffed with stuff as well. In case they suddenly happen to go on a holiday or something.
If you're like me, you decided that the 32GB model was too much for so small extra storage. I decided to go this route instead.
First, you pick up one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151083670634
Then you get one of these or use one you have laying around from a previous phone (I have several):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007XZM6VG
Then you root and install "StickMount" from the market for free. You end up with a 48GB or larger model. It's also great for accessing photos I've saved on my Galaxy Note 2 (saved to SD) and viewing them on the bigger screen.
I do my Titanium and Nandroid backups to this device and then I'm not carrying them around on the device all the time taking up space. Yes, this even works with TWRP Recovery, as you go to the "Mount" menu and set it to look to your OTG device instead of onboard storage.
If I need to load up some movies for a trip, I put them on the SD and pop them in when I want to watch. Really works great.
I still like having the extra internal storage. I do plan on storing Nandroid and Titanium Backups backups on a flash drive using this method.
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I still like having the extra internal storage.
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I thought I would, too, but the original Nexus 7 16GB was never more than half filled even with a ton of apps I never used. I tend to watch and listen to video podcasts and Google Music on my phone or it might be different.
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I thought I would, too, but the original Nexus 7 16GB was never more than half filled even with a ton of apps I never used. I tend to watch and listen to video podcasts and Google Music on my phone or it might be different.
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Games, ROMs, and movies are what kill me. I like to store a few different ROMs, I have a bunch of large games (Grand Theft Auto, Bard's Tale), and I usually keep about 3-5 movies until I watch them.
At only 40 bucks difference in price, not getting the 32 seems silly.
Just so others know there are other flavors of usb otg devices out there. Just get the otg cable and connect an external drive or any usb stick. Or mouse/keyboard.
I got the 16gb model because they were out of the 32s where I picked up mine. Still thinking if I should go back and get the 32 but may give the cloud/lan a try and see how I do. I use tasker and a couple programs to auto upload files when I'm home, so really the only thing on my storage is apps. Media is all pretty easy to stream where ever I use a tablet.
I would rather have more internal storage then external storage. The fragile micro USB port is the weak point of the tablet so I want to use that as little as possible. Besides using it for fastboot and ADB while in recovery, I do everything else wirelessly including wireless charging, ADB over Wifi and transfer over WiFi. It is much more convenient to torrent straight onto the tablet then transferring from the PC via external storage or be dependent on the OTG adapter always plugged in for downloading onto. A single TV episode is 1 - 1.3 GB and a movie is 2 - 5GB so the ~11.5 GB of useable internal storage is really not enough.
I just use my router+external hard drive as an ftp server as backup. Also use it as a dlna server. No need to store anything locally. As long as I'm on my lan...
I like the one from www.meenova.com better since its a smaller form factor.
Only problem is that they aren't available yet.
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It was a not so smart move if you didn't buy the extra storage with this weeks OfficeMax deal!
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I like the one from www.meenova.com better since its a smaller form factor.
Only problem is that they aren't available yet.
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I was going to point that out too.
In case anyone is curious, there is a video describing the product here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
They blew out their kickstarter goal of $5k, raising over $70k
highfigh said:
I got the 16gb model because they were out of the 32s where I picked up mine. Still thinking if I should go back and get the 32 but may give the cloud/lan a try and see how I do.
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Exactly my situation... amazon was sold out on the 32. I actually think it is a good exercise to try using the smaller version with cloud services. I have plenty of Dropbox storage and have Dropsync Pro purchased. Also have box.com and Asus' storage solution. Must have 200gb total! File Expert cloud services works great and is quite fun.
This approach is just right for me. Not for everybody, of course.
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Roms kill me. Start crack flashing and next thing you know you're out of storage. I also like games and when playing BardsTale on my 16gb, I hit the wall. My 16gb got stolen the same day OfficeDepot started leaking the 32gbs early. I literally came home with 16gb, read XDA on PC and immediately left again.
OTG is handy but I wouldn't want to be reliant on it. I use it mostly for grabbing files off USB disks.
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I was going to point that out too.
In case anyone is curious, there is a video describing the product here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
They blew out their kickstarter goal of $5k, raising over $70k
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I'm a backer, they're saying end of August it will be ready, can't wait
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I like the one from www.meenova.com better since its a smaller form factor.
Only problem is that they aren't available yet.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
By the end of August they will be available, I've one ordered.
32GB is the best for me. Road trips and shorter car trips, I don't have access to cloud services, and I don't trust my young'uns to not break the micro USB connector with a cable and USB drive dangling from it. It's nice to have it locally and not be at the mercy of Internet speeds wherever I happen to be. Is there anything more annoying than stuttering youtube?
Not recommanding
TF card have very slow random I/O, it's better not to use TF card.
Low random I/O means slow game loading.
And don't think class 10 TF cards would be better at random I/O than class 2 ones because they are not.
Use small USB flash instead would be better, if possible.:cyclops:
I bought a 16 GB then I used the office max coupon and got the 32 GB f bout $15 cheaper then I paid for the 16
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I bought a 16 GB then I used the office max coupon and got the 32 GB f bout $15 cheaper then I paid for the 16
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Yeah, yeah. Goody for you. The point is if you didn't get the 32gb, this is a solution that works. Not for all who need the 32, but they wouldn't make a 16 if it wasn't good enough for many (like me).
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I like the one from www.meenova.com better since its a smaller form factor.
Only problem is that they aren't available yet.
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I like that one, too. However, mine was cheap and the fact that the other one isn't available seems to weigh pretty heavily toward the one I selected, right?
Asking here because I'm looking into getting the XL in the next couple days and am torn between the two storage sizes. On my 6P I opted for 64gb and it's enough for my use but with the pixel there is no 64gb option.
My use is offline Spotify music, taking pictures (auto upload to Google), basic apps (root stuff, banking, etc) no games, watching YouTube, twitch, etc. I don't save movies on my phone to watch as I have a tablet for that. So I'm thinking I could get by with 32gb as 128gb would be way too much.
The other thing to consider is I plan on getting the pixel XL 2 come holiday season and am getting the pixel XL because my 6P is being refunded for battery issues and price wise would be a 1 for 1 swap. However I'm curious for those that opted for 32gb, has it held up well for you after almost a year of owning the device or is it truly not enough?
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I'm perfectly happy with my 32Gb, and currently have 20Gb free. I have 130 apps installed, but no games, and I make sure to delete photos regularly. No movies and limited music (just a couple of Google Music playlists) saved, and otherwise the only thing that takes up significant space is podcasts. Unless you save a lot of media (and it doesn't sound like you plan to) to the device, it sounds to me like you should be okay with 32Gb.
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I'm perfectly happy with my 32Gb, and currently have 20Gb free. I have 130 apps installed, but no games, and I make sure to delete photos regularly. No movies and limited music (just a couple of Google Music playlists) saved, and otherwise the only thing that takes up significant space is podcasts. Unless you save a lot of media (and it doesn't sound like you plan to) to the device, it sounds to me like you should be okay with 32Gb.
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Thanks for the response, it's helpful that we appear to have very similar usage.
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i was a OP3 user before so i used to have 64GB mem..I had the same doubt about moving to pixel 32gb but i would like to say im not..Im happy with 32GB memory...There is plenty of space unless you are a TV series guy...
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i was a OP3 user before so i used to have 64GB mem..I had the same doubt about moving to pixel 32gb but i would like to say im not..Im happy with 32GB memory...There is plenty of space unless you are a TV series guy...
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I am big into TV series but between my tablet, MacBook air and Nintendo switch, I'm plenty covered for traveling lol
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I was worried to only get the 32gb model, but since you get free unlimited storage for pictures it makes it super easy to get by. I really only listen to Google play music and YouTube red. I also have a few games, but i delete them as i get bored or beat them. I also download movies, but i usually transfer them to my surface pro when i want to watch them. I have ran out of storage before, but i was downloading custom ROMs and factory images which i was going to transfer anyway. I think for your use that 32gb would be plenty.
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Asking here because I'm looking into getting the XL in the next couple days and am torn between the two storage sizes. On my 6P I opted for 64gb and it's enough for my use but with the pixel there is no 64gb option.
My use is offline Spotify music, taking pictures (auto upload to Google), basic apps (root stuff, banking, etc) no games, watching YouTube, twitch, etc. I don't save movies on my phone to watch as I have a tablet for that. So I'm thinking I could get by with 32gb as 128gb would be way too much.
The other thing to consider is I plan on getting the pixel XL 2 come holiday season and am getting the pixel XL because my 6P is being refunded for battery issues and price wise would be a 1 for 1 swap. However I'm curious for those that opted for 32gb, has it held up well for you after almost a year of owning the device or is it truly not enough?
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Neverendingxsin
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So, if you download say 3000 Spotify songs to use offline and you use normal not high quality download, that's less than 10 GB it turns out. All my other stuff is only about 12 GB. There's 29 GB that you can use out of the 32 so that still leaves me 7 just sitting there. Everything is so cloud oriented (google photos-don't need to keep photos on the device) that I really don't need that much space. Even the music doesn't have to be downloaded cause I have unlimited data on Verizon. So, 32 is fine for me. I can see where it wouldn't be enough for some people though.
I got the 128 but don't even have 20GB on my device. Should have saved the cabbage and got the 32Gb
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32gb ain't what it used to be. Even using the cloud I'm still using 56gb on my 128gb model.
Yes, I regret it.
32GB just isn't as big as it used to be.
Not with pics and videos that are twice the size they used to be.
Same for some apps.
32GB used to be premium and now it's like how 16GB used to feel.
Thanks for the input guys, I decided to go with 32gb because 128 I know is way too much and I'm pretty sure I can make 32gb work with my uses.
Also since I'm considering selling it once the pixel 2 goes live, I don't want to have too much money committed to it. Getting the 32gb XL only cost me $20 out of pocket due to the refund on my 6P.
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I'm using 41G of my 128G. A lot of that is Spotify and personal offline music because I don't stream anything. I'm on Project Fi which gives you no data. I could get by with less stored music but when you have a phone where you use most of the storage it can become a serious pain. Sometimes apps won't update unless you delete stuff or OTA updates will fail. Having gone through that before I would much rather have too much storage than not enough.
Nowadays, a 16G is not enough, but I find 32G is quite sufficient. Definitely pictures and files should be regularly moved after uploading to cloud.
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I'm using 41G of my 128G. A lot of that is Spotify and personal offline music because I don't stream anything. I'm on Project Fi which gives you no data. I could get by with less stored music but when you have a phone where you use most of the storage it can become a serious pain. Sometimes apps won't update unless you delete stuff or OTA updates will fail. Having gone through that before I would much rather have too much storage than not enough.
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I can feel you on that, if they had 64gb that would be perfect but $100 for 128gb is a stretch sadly. I'm pretty sure I can make it work as I only have a few hundred songs downloaded and probably wouldn't even make it to the 1000 mark for a while. I'm banking on my use not changing lol.
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I've had my 32 GB XL since the day it was released. I've had no issues with space. Every so often I will do a complete wipe as there are some orphan files that don't seem to go away without a full wipe. I change ROM's often so a full wipe every once in a while helps with space.
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I've had my 32 GB XL since the day it was released. I've had no issues with space. Every so often I will do a complete wipe as there are some orphan files that don't seem to go away without a full wipe. I change ROM's often so a full wipe every once in a while helps with space.
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Is using ROMs worthwhile on the pixel? On my 6p I've been stock rooted just for adaway and a few other root apps and that's worked really well for me, I was huge into rooting on my Nexus 5.
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Neverendingxsin said:
Is using ROMs worthwhile on the pixel? On my 6p I've been stock rooted just for adaway and a few other root apps and that's worked really well for me, I was huge into rooting on my Nexus 5.
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It depends. I'm a crack flasher so I'm always trying different ROMS. I have found the stock DP4 release of O has curbed my crack flashing. It is very stable, fast and sips battery. Now that we have root for DP4, I'm happy for now
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It depends. I'm a crack flasher so I'm always trying different ROMS. I have found the stock DP4 release of O has curbed my crack flashing. It is very stable, fast and sips battery. Now that we have root for DP4, I'm happy for now
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I used to be a crack flasher from my OG Droid all the way to the early days with the 6P, then life got busy and I settled with stock rooted and maybe a nice kernel lol
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Except for lossless, no.
So, I'm on the 128GB unit, and I'm really happy that I did.
My usage case is fairly straight forward, email, taking pictures, reading books. Not a lot else.
I am using 44.7 GB right now, and the break down is:
8.93 GB in apps. (Huh, this is a bit high.)
24.84 GB in images. (Yes, I upload, but I like to be able to go through them even when I don't have a great network connection.)
6.79 GB in System (Keep this in mind when you run the numbers.)
1.55 GB in Other (probably books)
2.59 GB in Cached data.
I could get away with a 32GB unit if I wanted to delete pictures off the phone on a regular basis. But I find this really really nice.