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Since Samsung is only releasing a 16GB version of the tablet here in Canada, there's no option for 32gb unless ordering from the US. After base o/s install, there is roughly 12GB free. Has anyone bought the 16GB and found it to too limiting? 12GB is probably plenty of room for quite a few app installs, but adding videos would kill it real quick. The omission of an sd card slot is really disappointing, but it is what it is. Buying an android tablet unfortunately seems to be more about making compromise than anything.
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So far 16GB's seems to be more than enough for me. It really depends on how you set your self up. Here's a couple of things I've done to help give me a bit more usable room on my Tab.
1. Use online storage like Dropbox and Box.net and their android apps. With Dropbox you can get 2GB's free and if you get other people to sign up from a link you email them you can get more free storage. I got most of my family and a few friends to sign up this way, I'm up to 5GB's of free online storage with Dropbox alone. Box.net you can get another 5GB's of free online storage for free just for signing up. I use both of these to store all of my wallpapers, icons pictures and such. Saves a ton of room and makes everything available to me no matter where I am. You can use these sites from your Tab or your phone by using their apps or any laptop or desktop by going to their sites.
2. If you plan on using your Tab for work things like word docks, spreadsheets and PDF's... Use Google Docs, I've been using Google Docs for the last few years now and haven't even come close to using up the space they give you for free. I'm a chef and use it to keep all of my recipes, cost control documents... Again for the same reasons I stated above. I've also started using EverNote over the last year and now that I have my Tab I find myself using it even more. Being a chef I'm very much into keeping a running record of the food and dishes I make. With EverNote I can snap a picture with my eVo of a special or new dish and make a few key quick notes, then on the train ride home at the end of the day I can edit that note on my Tab to make it more detailed.
3. For your music you can use any number of online music storage sites. I use Googles Music Beta, again for the reasons i've stated before. I can get to everything in my collection from anywhere, on my phone, my Tab and any computer anywhere.
Those 3 things alone save a ton of space on my Tab as well as my eVo and make it very easy for me to access all of my stuff from anywhere.
It should leave you with more than enough space on your Tab for any number of apps. As for movies, just make sure that they are formated right. And how many times can you watch the same movie over again, once you've watched vid or movie just either delete it or one it to your computer.
I have over 50 apps installed on my Tab, all of the StarWars movies, and I mean all of them 1 through 6 and some other movie with Mat Damon in it. And I still have over 7GB's free memory.
Live in the cloud brother... Make thing a bit easier.
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16 is more than enough for me also.
I use a combinaton of openvpn and samba.
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Fine for me too, I also use Google music and dropbox.
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16 is enough for me...i put many games on my tab, mostly HD. also put movies but only when i want to watch on the go, usually the one not finish watching yet, no need to bring all movies with the tab as i have another storage for my media collection...
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16 is enough for me...i put many games on my tab, mostly HD. also put movies but only when i want to watch on the go, usually the one not finish watching yet, no need to bring all movies with the tab as i have another storage for my media collection...
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16GBs isn't enough for me. Typically most one hour 720P HD video clips will take up anywhere from 1.5 to 1.9GBs and that leaves me little room for music. Despite using spotify, dropbox, pandora, and netflix i still can't keep enough media to last me for a trip longer than 5 hours
A quick question to you guys: are the 32/64 bit versions not available anywhere in Europe? For me 16GB is definitely not enough. I am struggling with 32GB on my current Galaxy Tab 7"....
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16GBs isn't enough for me. Typically most one hour 720P HD video clips will take up anywhere from 1.5 to 1.9GBs and that leaves me little room for music. Despite using spotify, dropbox, pandora, and netflix i still can't keep enough media to last me for a trip longer than 5 hours
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Lol?
You must be very spoilt person.. If you can't find anything that will keep you entertained for more than 5hrs it means there is something wrong with you
2-3 films will take what 7gb at most? Tats roughly 6hrs...
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Lol?
You must be very spoilt person.. If you can't find anything that will keep you entertained for more than 5hrs it means there is something wrong with you
2-3 films will take what 7gb at most? Tats roughly 6hrs...
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um ok. I guess you've never been on a long road trip or train ride. There is only so many times you can watch the same movie/video over again.
16GB is definitely enough for what most people use tablet for. But it's true that there are times where i do store HD movies in the tab and i wish i could store more HOWEVER it's definitely not enough to justify getting 32gb for $100 more
This has been discussed to some extend here: Is 16GB enough?
For me it's more than enough. With all the cloud space everywhere I don't need more. I have with me the stuff I really need/want and everything else is available only via an internet connection.
That might not be an option for someone else. That person needs to wait for/get a 32/64 GB model. I'm perfectly happy with the 16 GB.
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um ok. I guess you've never been on a long road trip or train ride. There is only so many times you can watch the same movie/video over again.
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That's what the USB adapter and two USB thumb drives are for.
64GB extra instead of 16GB extra for $100 extra.
with apps like google music and netflix i have yet to run out of space on my 16gb.
I bought the 16GB version today. I almost mail ordered a 32gb from the US, but then I thought if I have hardware issues I might be out of luck. I plan to get the USB adapter which I can only find on ebay right now.
Rob
Ok so I LOVE Windows Phone 7.5, the Radar, and Zune Music Pass. But who thought it would be a smart idea to give us only 8GB to store XBox Live Games, Unlimited Music, and all these rich apps? I would understand it if I could store music in the cloud like I can with pictures but after coming from Android with 16GB built in and a 32GB SD Card it feels like I am using a phone that was put on discount and sold to someone who didn't know any better (aka. iPhone 4 8GB).
Something has to be done about the issue with expandable memory on this OS or even with 16GB (let's not forget we have Movies on the Zune Market) it still leaves me feeling constrained. Even if we don't get expandable memory, witch I am fine with, give us 32GB and 64GB options on whatever will replace the Radar.
Love the phone but even with all the positive when I am already at 2GB left with less than a week of use I am starting to worry and wanting to return it because of this one set back.
Well I suppose you're big enough to read and think before you buy something
As un insightful as that was I knew the limit I just didnt think the impact would be this noticeable.
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I've had a DVP with 8GB of storage for over a year and NEVER came close to filling her up. You don't need to store your entire music and video catalog on the device.
I thought the zune pass just lets you play music over the air and download 10 songs per month. Anyways, I think 8 gig is plenty for a phone, at least for me. + I think those limitations were the reason why it was bit cheaper. Usually it costs at least 450 for the phone without the contract.
i never understand why people would pay to download movie and watch on the phone? what happen to the 3k you spent on the home entertainment system.
8 gb is plenty for storing music and picture.
As a mp3 player it's pretty cramped. Obviously some can work within those boundaries. But especially if your music is stored in higher bitrates or lossless formats you are going to feel the pinch.
The fact is it's not designed to be an iPod. With Zune you have access to the entire Zune library all the time. The only music you need to store on the device are titles that Zune doesn't have, plus whatever you might need for offline listening (like on a plane).
Of course, that's asking people to completely change the way they think about "owning" and playing music. And it won't work for everyone. But that's the philosophy behind the design.
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I agree, it's 2012, 8gb just doesn't cut it for the modern consumer anymore. I have a radar as my backup phone, since it was free. Now that my beloved HD2 has a broken digitizer, I'm using my radar. Nice phone, a lil small, but the 8 gigs is killing me, lol! Can't wait to fix my LEO and get back to more storage.
I just got this phone as well. And while I got it mainly for Xbox Live because i'm SUCH an achievement whore, I can't stand the fact it only has 8GB and NO SD EXPANSION. I mean Seriously? why the **** are we taking the iphone route here? It's kinda lame. The phone is nice but no SD Card Expansion is a Deal Breaker for me.
I have another Android Phone if I didn't have that one then I most defiantly would not have the radar.
I've had both a iPhone 4 with 8gb, and now the Radar. I have yet to come close to hitting the full amount of memory. The only problem I have seen when it came to limits, was an error in IE about my favorites, and not having enough space. But other then that, I'm content with my 8gb, and still have room for more music and movies.
Hopefully you can open up the phone and add a bigger SD card like the HD7. Only problem is, is that you'll risk voiding your warranty by opening the phone. I PERSONALLY DO NOT OWN THE RADAR SO I CAN'T TEST IT OUT.
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8 GB is not enough for me as all of my music collection is MP3 320 kbps.
However, as soon as the Google Music player for WP7.5 is released, I will have lesser need for storing lots of MP3 on the phone.
I do love my HD2 with the 16 GB storage. 16 GB seems to be a good compromise between amount of storage needed and keeping price of a phone low.
8gb of storage is way too low. First is not even a full 8gb. Out of the box its something like 6.52gb. Then you install a couple app and games and you're only in the 5gb range. I downloaded my podcasts that keep me awake through the day and now I only have 2gb of data left for music. This was a poor decision on Microsoft's and the manufacturer's part.
After reviewing articles about the Radar, I decided to buy one. Now, I understood that the radar had 8GB of storage (btw, this is enough for me). But on my device it states 6.54GB Total Storage. Bit of noob question, What happened to the remaining 1.46 GB of storage?? Or is this normal?
Part of it is base 8 vs. base 10 math (1024 vs 1000) and the rest is allocated by the OS and OEM applications.
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Part of it is base 8 vs. base 10 math (1024 vs 1000) and the rest is allocated by the OS and OEM applications.
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Sorry to be pedantic but it's base 2 (binary) vs base 10 (decimal).
2^10 = 1024
10^3 = 1000
Before I got my Radar, I had an HTC Trophy. The 8GB was just not cutting it, so I searched online and discovered that you could open it it up and replace the internal memory. The internal memory took form of a Micro-SD card. I replaced the stock 8GB with a 32GB. Restarted the phone and voila. It worked like a charm.
I'm hoping that this can be done on the Radar too, however there are a few of issues.
1. Unibody will make it quite painful to reach the internals.
2. Opening it up will void warranty.
3. A few on WPCentral forums have mentioned that the 2nd Gen WP Phones may have switched from internal flash memory to NAND memory?
I haven't heard it being done on the Radar. It might not be possible without de-soldering the flash chip.
Many of you might already know about this. But i wanted to find a way to watch movies on my tablet. and i stumbled accross DVD Catalyst. The dev is amazing. If you ever have any problems with anything. He always replys back within the hour, couple hours max. He clams 24 hours. but thats if he is sick or somthing. He sells his software for $9.99. Best ten bucks ive ever spent.
Any Dvds you have laying around the house or can get your hands on. You can easily rip and convert in one process. to any device basically ever made. (he has a couple thousand devices to choose from) So with device choosen, it will automatically format and have correct resolution for specified device.
Theres a bunch of differnt settings to tweak with if you know what you doing. or just keep on default for best results for average user. His website www.tools4movies.com he has guides for just about everything. including how to convert for best quality, low space, best quality with less space, ext
The dev (Mitch) also has a couple apps accross all OS's (android, apple, blackberry, kindle, nook) Where you can stream you movie content on your computer to tablet, cell phone, or any other device online. So you don't have to fill up your tablets memory with movie data. instead you stream your movies from computer from anywhere in the world. (With guides of course, how to set up) Its pretty nifty if you ask me. Thats why i'm sharing this with anyone who wants to be able to watch movies on there tablet. without renting them for 5 bucks on the play store. or downloading them illigaly.
If yo have any questions, check out tools4movies.com
or email him at [email protected]
or reply to this post. and ill try to answer anything to my best knowlege, better to go straight to website for detailed questions.
P.S oh ya the price is a lil cheaper right now. at $8.95 i believe, wont last for long.
Seconded: I've been using DVD Catalyst since back when I owned a Nook Color and have used it to convert hundreds of movies. While I have yet to watch one on my TF300, on my HTC Flyer (which replaced the Nook Color) they play great.
Also, the developer is a real stand-up guy and is very helpful, going to far as to monitor various internet discussion forums answering questions from users of the software.
Another awesome thing about the dev. (Mitch) is on those forums he monitors, I've seen him suggest other things besides his software. So he's not out to get everyone to buy it. Of course he will mention DVD catalyst. But he will also suggest other options to choose from. Hard to find Apple like that these days
But this is the reason why I got a Tegra 3 device. This thing plays everything I throw at it, unlike the sorry Tegra 2.
I would never need to convert file format any longer.
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But this is the reason why I got a Tegra 3 device. This thing plays everything I throw at it, unlike the sorry Tegra 2.
I would never need to convert file format any longer.
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You wouldnt convert to a different format. so our tf300 can recognize the file. The whole reason to convert your dvd is so you don't take up as much space as original dvd. which could be 6 to 8 gb. So instead of 6-8gb you would convert it anywhere from 1-3 gb so no you can store a bunch more movies if you have a big collection. like most pple do
also during conversion. it sets file to our screen resolution. the quality you set it at and any other tweaks you do. which theres so many to choose from. but ya you don't convert it to a format so our tab can read it. you can change the format to whatever you want. thats just not the only point of conversations
The Tegra3 is very powerful, and with players like MX and Dice, it is capable of playing a lot of different video formats that it doesn't support out of the box, which is great if you get your videos from the web, but if you have a large collection of DVDs, you still need a way to get those into a format that you can actually transfer over to your tablet.
But aside from that, if you look around other android-forums, there are a lot of people complaining about issues with playing the video files they already have obtained/created.
With a collection that consists of many differently formatted video files, mkv's and avi's created using different settings, some play better in one player, others play better in another player, and for others you need to tweak with the settings in order to get them to work properly.
By converting your movies, you don't run into this. Sure, it takes some time to actually do the conversion, but once you have your files in the proper format, there is no need to fiddle around anymore, and, the files will play fine on less powerful devices (smartphones or eReader tablets) as well thanks to compatibility with hardware decoding (which also saves a bit on battery usage). And the conversion of files isn't such a big hassle if you can just drop a folder with 10-100 video files onto an application, and start the process with 1 click.
Due to my work, I have a large collection of different tablets, including an iPad3, Kindle Fire, NOOK color, Xoom, Playbook etc, and I can play my video files on every single one without having to install a different player or adjust settings. For the ones that have a memorycard slot, I can just take one of my cards from one, and stick it in another, and know that the videos will play fine.
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Seconded: I've been using DVD Catalyst since back when I owned a Nook Color and have used it to convert hundreds of movies. While I have yet to watch one on my TF300, on my HTC Flyer (which replaced the Nook Color) they play great.
Also, the developer is a real stand-up guy and is very helpful, going to far as to monitor various internet discussion forums answering questions from users of the software.
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+ 1. I have been using Catalyst for a few years now and I think it is the best converter out there. The tech support is top notch.
Opinion: I have noticed that a few Android phones like the HTC One S are designed without a microSD slot. I think this is a really bad idea for both the microSD slotless phones themselves and Android as a whole. I would suggest that consider this when buying any phone without a microSD slot because every phone bought without one is a vote that says microSD is dispensable. Obviously the ultimate choice is yours.
In the future if unlimited plans become the norm and Android develops enough that on-line files can be cataloged and accessible just like they were on a microSD card, then microSD may become obsolete ....... those days are not here yet. I would gladly pay Dropbox to store all my music files on line, but playing them from on-line is rudimentary at best. PowerAMP or the Stock Android player can't catalog the files so finding and playing them is a mess. There is also no cover art or lyric support either. Also if every file must be cataloged and that means downloading the whole music collection one, at a time which would take weeks.
In my opinion, the direction Android should be going in is providing a decent sized non-removable memory block built into the phone to run the OS and store Apps, at least 16GB. This way the memory access in uniform, quick and direct with none of the quirks that SD cards exhibit. The microSD card should be completely isolated from the operating system except to provide simple removable storage like a flash drive. The micoSD card slot should also be on the outside of the phone so it could be swapped out live.
I think that at least with Froyo, moving apps to the SD card didn't work well. Some Apps worked OK, but eventually almost every app had some problem or another. Some apps also caused errors that resulted in read only access or worse.
Unlimited plans are going away, I doubt they will make a comeback. With data becoming more and more expensive now, the cloud is becoming a more impractical storage model. I hope Android phone makers keep microSD slots around as I will not buy a phone without a microSD slot. Unfortunately this means passing on the last generation of Nexus devices.
On phones with enough internal space the external SD card is mounted separately and some internal memory is mounted as a virtual SD card. This allows apps to be installed on the phone's virtual SD card so you can remove the external.
For me personally as long as there's 16GB on the phone, I have no need for more. I suspect the majority (60-65%) are also the same as they dont use much space at all. There should really be a poll on this.
I've done without the microSD slot for 2 years on my Nexus S and I don't really miss it. Music Storage? with Google Music's 20,000 song storage, how can you not use it in some way? Half my music is on Google Music and my hot playlist/albums are on my phone. The only thing i find that's really taking up all the space are the games.
16gb is enough for me. I find 32gb and above too much.
I need more than 16. With my current phone I have a single gb of internal storage for my apps, 10gb on my sd card, another 3gb for root stuff (ROMs, backups, titanium backups), and then another gigabyte of pictures and app data. Since I don't get to access all of my SDcard, I've only got 400mb left
I would keep SD cards. Sure solid block memory is nice, but I think SD would be more handy, and much cheaper.
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I have 16gb internal , and a 16 gb sd, and I need more. Having no sd card slot is not acceptable, and the reason I don't buy nexus devices, or the one series HTC devices.
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I was in your position as well.
Love the design of the One S, but the lack of an SD card made me chose the GSIII.
I bought the 16GB version and threw a 16GB SD card in.
This is what I have used in terms of memory.
Internal:
- 8.44GB available, 520MB to apps, 502MB to pictures
External:
- 6.25GB available, 7.02GB songs (1700 songs), 243.2MB Backups
I think you should gage what kind of things that you keep on your devices.
For me, it's clear that I needed an external card, you might not.
i would be okay without an sd slot if the phone had 32 or 64 gigs of internal storage.
an sd card slot is needed now a days. Even with cloud based music and such, what about the times when you can't grab stuff from the cloud? Like flights, areas with very poor signal (the gym for me) or other such things. I don't see why they can't give that option as a standard or given. I'd be happy with 16gig internal and an SD card slot, but without the slot i can't keep all my music on the phone itself. I don't want to have to rely on streaming with the cloud to listen to music, and with games and apps these days requiring more space where is that all going to go? Some games download an extra few gigs, so 8gigs will fill up really quick.
There is no reason not to give phones an sd card slot, its a big con in my book. Unless the phone has 32 gig or better yet 64 gig internal storage.
I don't see a problem with not having an SD card.
I've easily got by with my HTC desire with an 8GB SD card.
Sometimes I think people keep things for the sake of it.
For example I was keeping nandroid backups from 6-8months ago
I keep about 500 songs a load of apps/games.
If I want any more music I've got cloud. I've never got the notion of carrying around 1500+ songs.
At 3.5 minutes a song that's 87+ hours worth of music. Who the hell has the time.
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Until smartphones start coming out with 64GB and 128GB options, I will continue buying phones that have removable SD.
Even then, I still like the idea of a removable storage device for things like backups, sharing music, photos, etc...
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From the OP ..... It seems like a number of people are happy with storing their music on-line. As an avid DropBox user I can see the charms of on-line storage for some type of files, like documents.
However music files just do not currently lend themselves to on-line storage primarily because it doesn't really matter how many files you can store on-line if they are slow to get to and are un-cataloged.
When music is on a microSD card, the default Android music player or PowerAmp does a very good job of cataloging them, and you have album art and for PowerAmp lyrics too. Both are very slick and it is very easy to generate playlists or find exactly the file you want. No on-line service can play files ever close to as easily and elegantly as default Android music player or PowerAmp can when files are on micro SD.
If on-line playing of tracks were as good an experience as microSD, I would be the first to use it as there are some limited advantages.
microSD for music provides the very best music experience AND it is 2 year old technology. This elegant working technology is being removed from new phones and being replaced with something much more complicated, slower, more inaccessible with greatly reduced functionality.
It is not a good direction for Android
Just remember that a few short years ago almost every single phone was completely locked down and most wouldn't ever turn on unless a activated carrier SIM card was present. My HTC Desire Z worked quite well without any SIM card except for making calls. Android was the biggest breath of fresh air I have seen in the phone industry, and I see the premature removal of microSD and nonremovable battery as the 1st step towards Apple's model and the bad old days when your phone so clearly belonged to the carrier and not you.
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Just remember that a few short years ago almost every single phone was completely locked down and most wouldn't ever turn on unless a activated carrier SIM card was present. My HTC Desire Z worked quite well without any SIM card except for making calls. Android was the biggest breath of fresh air I have seen in the phone industry, and I see the premature removal of microSD and nonremovable battery as the 1st step towards Apple's model and the bad old days when your phone so clearly belonged to the carrier and not you.
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Don't worry, with the amount of OEMs out there that make android devices, there will always be somebody willing to add microSD slots to their phones to get sales. Most OEMs still do include them, its really only the Nexus devices that don't include them.
To throw my 2 cents in here.
The mobile phones developed fast these few years but people still think that they should trade music player, PC, and a game console for 1 phone.
I don't think phones were made for constant use of music games and other things because the battery inside of them are still weak and the Android phones were made just for CASUAL listening to music and gaming it SHOULDN'T replace your MP3 player or gaming console.
I myself have a 16 GB MP3 player with me that can endure playing for over 25 hours (more than enough for 2 days)
As for the photos i have a Dropbox (18 GB), Sugarsync (over 24 GB) and Box (50 GB) and 2 of them (Dropbox and Sugarsync) have a automatic upload for pictures so whenever i snap a picture its automatically uploaded to the cloud and in settings you can change if you would only like to uplodad trough Wi-Fi and Data or Wi-Fi alone and if you don't trust cloud (for privacy) you can buy an app called FolderSync that can sync your photos to your NAS, FTP server and even to the clouds (Box) on a schedule like every hour or at specific time (at 3 AM while you are asleep).
And the app also support for 1 way or 2 way Sync so if you just do 1 way you can delete all the pictures on your phone but they won't be deleted on your server/cloud.
So i'm pretty good with my HTC Evo 3D with ONLY 8GB storage and i have 3 GB of data per month and as technology grows so do Wi-Fi hotspots and almost everywhere there is a Wi-Fi Hotspot near you.
So i don't see any problem with 16/32 GB storage without SD card slot and will probably get myself a Nexus 4 soon (after i save some money lol).
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I can agree that PCs and Laptops are not going to be replaced by smartphones for a long time yet. Quite simply PCs and laptops can do things that are inconvenient or impossible on a smartphone. Games on the phone are cute and have their charms but phones dont have the power, depth or screen space to run a game like Skyrim (Sadly the plot of that game could fit into a small corner of a smartphone )
However, for anyone who carries a decent smartphone, MP3 players are obsolete. They were obsolete the second Froyo Phones (or Iphones) hit the market and microSD hit 32Gb.
My deceased HTC Desire Z and a 32Gb microSD card together made an astoundingly good MP3 player that was always there because my phone was always with me. All I needed to carry was a small pair of decent earbuds.
32 GB of storage was just enough storage to cover a good sized music collection at 96kps Ogg. You may ask " Why would you want to carry around your entire music collection?" I would reply, "Why wouldn't you want to, do you really like syncing and leaving half your music at home"
The standard augment is that you couldn't possibly listen to 32Gb of music on the road. This isn't about the number of tracks. It is about playing the exact track you want, when you want it, spontaneously and easily. It is also about never ever having to sync tracks again except when you buy some new ones. It is about freedom of choice and freedom from syncing. This freedom was already here 2 years ago.
The combination of Android ICS or JB with a 32, 64 or 128Gb microSD card is a perfect MP3 player. The Android Stock player is great and you can search through and make playlists effortlessly. The audio system on the HTC One S is also great AND your phone is always with you. It is a WIN WIN WIN except that the big phone makers are crippling their phone with no microSD slot and puny 10Gb of storage.
To put it in perspective, I bought a 32Gb flash drive for 10$ and the actual chip is even less expensive. Apple is gouging end users for storage to subsidize the rest of the phone. micro SD lets the cost per GB float closer to reality.
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To throw my 2 cents in here.
The mobile phones developed fast these few years but people still think that they should trade music player, PC, and a game console for 1 phone.
I don't think phones were made for constant use of music games and other things because the battery inside of them are still weak and the Android phones were made just for CASUAL listening to music and gaming it SHOULDN'T replace your MP3 player or gaming console.
I myself have a 16 GB MP3 player with me that can endure playing for over 25 hours (more than enough for 2 days)
As for the photos i have a Dropbox (18 GB), Sugarsync (over 24 GB) and Box (50 GB) and 2 of them (Dropbox and Sugarsync) have a automatic upload for pictures so whenever i snap a picture its automatically uploaded to the cloud and in settings you can change if you would only like to uplodad trough Wi-Fi and Data or Wi-Fi alone and if you don't trust cloud (for privacy) you can buy an app called FolderSync that can sync your photos to your NAS, FTP server and even to the clouds (Box) on a schedule like every hour or at specific time (at 3 AM while you are asleep).
And the app also support for 1 way or 2 way Sync so if you just do 1 way you can delete all the pictures on your phone but they won't be deleted on your server/cloud.
So i'm pretty good with my HTC Evo 3D with ONLY 8GB storage and i have 3 GB of data per month and as technology grows so do Wi-Fi hotspots and almost everywhere there is a Wi-Fi Hotspot near you.
So i don't see any problem with 16/32 GB storage without SD card slot and will probably get myself a Nexus 4 soon (after i save some money lol).
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From the OP => Google Music
When I complained about the lack of microSD and tiny amounts of storage space on my HTC One S,a number of people pointed me to Google Music
As a Canadian I can't use the service to upload music. It isn't going to come to Canada in the foreseeable future either IMO, or Amazon MP3 would be already available.
Looking at it trying out the parts I could I think that Google Music may be a viable solution to accessing decent size music collections on a smartphone on the go.
Advantages: It seems to be able to catalog the tracks and give the end used an experience similar to having local music files on a SD card.
Disadvantages:
1) No data connect no music. Google tries to fix this by caching frequently used music, but chance are the track you want to play won't be available when the is no signal or you are forced to turn data off.
2) Data charges: An MP3 is fairly big and constantly playing tracks will add up to significant usage. A 2GB plan would probably make this irrelevant.
3) The music data is streamed. Streamed data means there may be dropouts and stutter if there high internet traffic volume. Downloading the whole track at once may be better.
4) Google is giving end users a large cloud space to upload tracks for free. However it is quite obvious that Google is only doing this to mine metrics about what type of music serious appreciators of music listen too so they can populate their music store with music. Once Google gets its data the free storage
will probably end or be replaced by paid storage. I personally wouldn't mind paying for the convenience of accessing files on-line as long as it is cheap and the data transfer rates are high.
Lastly, I would still much much more prefer to store all my music locally on a microSD. It is so much simpler, robust and fast.
Heck... Pics, vids, tunes... I have to have an SD to keep me going. Currently have 16g on the phone and a 32g SD card. There is no way I'd buy a phone without a SD slot!
I'm confused as to why anyone would need more than 32gb.... What do you use all that storage for?
All of my data (basically) is in the cloud (Google music, Google photos, etc...).
Titanium backup, ROMs, lots of apps, etc... Should still all fit on 32gb, no?
I do get why iPhones need all that storage....
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I'm confused as to why anyone would need more than 32gb.... What do you use all that storage for?
All of my data (basically) is in the cloud (Google music, Google photos, etc...).
Titanium backup, ROMs, lots of apps, etc... Should still all fit on 32gb, no?
I do get why iPhones need all that storage....
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Lots of -18 movies
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Cloud is great but what if u get stuck in a basement. Rare but happens. No wifi or service and bored. Lol. 64gb is alot for entertainment. 32gb still ok. A few movies.
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Haha. Yea. I have 1-2 movies. Everything else is cloud/movie services. Like vudu, netflix. And plex from my home network.
I've got 6gb for spotify and another 10gb for movies and sites. I'm not going to stream all that and sometimes you need to keep your toddler quiet and happy.
128 is plenty enough for me
32GB Nexus 6 right now... I currently only have a couple games on it. But with my new 64GB Nexus 6P Ill be able to download all my music and several movies and TV shows without worrying about using data. For me its more convenience, I could make due with 32GB but 64GB gives me more leg room.
I went for the 128gb as there wasn't much difference in price over the 64gb.
I won't use the space intially, as I tend to stream most of my media content, whether it's netflix, spotify, amazon video etc. But I do like having local content, plus apps, 4k video etc take more and more storage and it's only going to get bigger.
I'd always rather have more than needed rather than not enough. I'd hate to buy the 32gb and for whatever reason further down the line realise that I don't have enough space and start having to micro manage storage.
For $50 less before tax than my 64gb Nexus was last year I think it's a steal. I wasn't originally going to buy jt because I didn't know the price but for $650 is begging people to buy it.
ive started listening to a lot of music in FLAC, and one of my albums is 240MB alone, so I've gotten used to the larger storage options
- Games
- FHD/4K recordings
- Random files
- Books/comics
- Music
Honestly the answer should be obvious, since even 64GB can be quite easy to fill. I personally don't care for cloud services, I keep "non-documents" stored locally. When you rely and constantly sync/stream with those services you just add another source for battery drain, which can be avoided altogether by storing frequently accessed files, music, vids, etc. on the device.
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Games, movies and music. Not everyone has a large or unlimited data plan, and some people regularly have to travel oversea to work. A whole season of 1080p Game of Thrones will easily fill up 32GB of memory.
The way I see it, Android O/S isn't getting any smaller. Neither are apps. Since I actually plan to keep this one awhile, I opted for the largest size. Plus, since I'm on Fi, every little bit of data savings helps, so I tend to front-load most of my Google Play Music stations and download movies while on wi-fi, storing them for offline use. It all adds up.
Having said that... I could probably have lived with 32, and certainly 64. But eh... it wasn't a whole lot more expensive, so I figured why not?
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ive started listening to a lot of music in FLAC, and one of my albums is 240MB alone, so I've gotten used to the larger storage options
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Can you honestly tell the difference between lossless or 320? I certainly cannot warrant the exponential increase in memory for it.
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128 is plenty enough for me
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It's a bit tight but I'll manage.
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ive started listening to a lot of music in FLAC, and one of my albums is 240MB alone, so I've gotten used to the larger storage options
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Exactly! With 128gb, I can finally end the compromise between lossless sound quality and how much music I can keep on me. Plus, capturing 4k video isn't small either. Toss in a few movies, nandroid backups, and all the other misc stuff, and I can fill 64gb in a hurry!
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Can you honestly tell the difference between lossless or 320? I certainly cannot warrant the exponential increase in memory for it.
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Yes. Clear difference between the two. The better your headphones, the more of a difference it makes as well. Example: http://amzn.com/B00LXBC7W4
I think 32g is good enough, if we manage the data well, there is no reason to store so many video on a tiny phone to watch, right?
I barely used half of my 64gb Nexus. I've been using a lot more cloud services and I used to fill storage but now not so much. 128 is the same price as my 64 was last year. Ultimately the 128GB is likely overkill but it will sell for more when the time comes.
Main reason, cause I can
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