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Amazon Cloud Player

Didn't see this one coming. Go to amazon.com/cloudplayer
To summarize: Amazon did what Google's been planning to do for a while now.
Amazon uploads your music to the cloud and allows you to stream it to any device (logged in, of course) through their player. The first 5GB are free, 20GB is $20 a year, 100GB is $100 etc. From there, you can even choose to download the music to your SD.
Is anyone else as impressed as I am?

I'm also impressed. Never expected this from Amazon since I haven't read any rumors about it unlike with Google's and Apple's service.
The other feature that I believe is awesome is that any Amazon music purchase you make is automatically stored on your cloud account for free (doesn't use up your storage). So you don't really have to worry about backing up the music on multiple drives like you have to with iTunes purchases.
I already use Subsonic, but will probably be using this feature whenever I buy music from them.

Yah that back up is cool wish old purchases were backed up though.
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All that's left now is for Amazon to clean up the music player a bit more. You can tell they put some amount of thought into the design (and took a few cues from the iOS music player) but IMO it could use a little polish.
Still, great work by Amazon. They stepped their game up, again.

This is amazing but it's only usable within the us
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Its a fantastic service. I've filled up my 5gb quota already. If you buy a full album from amazon from now between December 31 you will get 20GB storage for free

You can buy this "album" (1 song for 69 CENTS) and get the 20gigs for a year. I did it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SKEEM8/ref=docs-os-doi_0
I have some kind of discount show up on my receipt, so I actually only paid 39 CENTS lol.

nxt said:
You can buy this "album" (1 song for 69 CENTS) and get the 20gigs for a year. I did it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SKEEM8/ref=docs-os-doi_0
I have some kind of discount show up on my receipt, so I actually only paid 39 CENTS lol.
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Worth it. Just barely though, as the fact that it's glee raises the mental cost a little bit

Amazon is currently on a big time lawsuit against the big guys at Hollywood and DMA copywright people, it was all over the news yesterday
if they fall through, then this can backfire as a new weapon/ammo for the DMA people to crack down on MP3 music collections
so, IMO i'll wait until the dust settles before signing up for the account with Amazon
there are plenty of other good ones like mSpot and CX and much more for cloud music streaming
and there are even those you can host in your own home computer, as mentioned in the other topic
... you know... just us typical paranoids about the feds spying on us

Traveling With a Nexus 7 - NO WAY, GooglePlay it's a Shame asap you cross the border.

I got Two Nexus 7, then I fly to South America and give one to ma nephew, Ohh Surprise, NO GOOGLE PLAY Outside US.
Neither the Videos and eBooks I Purchased I can Open Outiside the USA.
More, some Apps Just "dissapear" from Launcher.
As soon I connected to a VPN with exit node AT USA, everithing comes back.
I Experienced similar Issues when removing the Simcard at my Previus Galaxy Nexus, but only for new content, no appg got hidden.
THIS IS A SHAME. WE MUST JOINT TO START A CLASS ACTION AGAINST GOOGLE ON THIS, NO MATTER IF WE LOST, AT LEAST EVERY BODY WILL KNOW THAT DISCRIMINATORY POLICY.

I Believe the restriction on certain media outside the US is more having to do with united states copyright laws in other countries or some such. I don't think its a -google- discrimination.
Anyway I am sure its frustrating and I would be a little disappointed as well.

Yeah...good luck with that.
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..........

I think you will find it's a movie company restriction, nothing really to do with Google....
Ask a grown up if you don't understand the difference.

Old news
Sorry to say but the world is bigger then the states. Almost every country has different laws/restrictions ect. Not half of all the options you'll have in the states work in Europe due to above. I'm waiting for the Nexus 7 to be released (in my country) to buy one but I know we will miss a lot of content. Be patient google is working to fix this (I hope).

Even Barnes & Noble require you to have a credit card with a US address before you can buy any books on your Nook.

Sideload EVERYTHING
There is always a workaround.

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Even Barnes & Noble require you to have a credit card with a US address before you can buy any books on your Nook.
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And have fun trying to buy things while you're out of the country. It (the Nook) doesn't even have the decency to tell you that it's not available until after you order and it just doesn't work. Eventually, you see an email pop up on your phone telling you that your money doesn't spend since you aren't in the US.
At least they let you keep (and download) everything you already purchased.

Google is trying to expand, the problem is that everything requires a contract signed with the media rights holders. And those holders are different in every freaking country.
Google isn't restricting your access, they just don't have the legal ability to give you that stuff until all the contracts get signed. Cut them some slack.

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I got Two Nexus 7, then I fly to South America and give one to ma nephew, Ohh Surprise, NO GOOGLE PLAY Outside US.
Neither the Videos and eBooks I Purchased I can Open Outiside the USA.
More, some Apps Just "dissapear" from Launcher.
As soon I connected to a VPN with exit node AT USA, everithing comes back.
I Experienced similar Issues when removing the Simcard at my Previus Galaxy Nexus, but only for new content, no appg got hidden.
THIS IS A SHAME. WE MUST JOINT TO START A CLASS ACTION AGAINST GOOGLE ON THIS, NO MATTER IF WE LOST, AT LEAST EVERY BODY WILL KNOW THAT DISCRIMINATORY POLICY.
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Really? You have no understanding about content licencing do you? Ask iPhone 4 owners how Siri works for them outside the US. Oh right it doesn't for the same reasons.
Mods please lock this thread to stop the idiocracy.
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You either knew of these policies before hand or you didn't do your research before buying. In my opinion ignorance of policy is not at all a valid argument against a content provider. Google didn't force you to buy the product and they didn't force you to keep the product.
It's kind of like me buying peanut butter to use as an adhesive, then building an entire house using peanut butter instead of nails and glue for all material connections. Except the peanut butter would need to have "Not to be used for adhesive properties or as a construction material." But decide to use it anyway and then when my house starts falling apart I go on a derogatory defamation campaign and try to file a lawsuit demanding an injunction which would require Jif Peanut Butter Inc to start using epoxy resin in their peanut butter.
I understand you being frustrated but it's not googles fault and they didn't declare that the product would work in every place on Earth, they made it clear from the start that wasn't the case.
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The problem is that Google disables your content if you go outside the us. Can be really annoying if you purchase and download a lot of content to bring with you when traveling. This is not the case with amazon kindle or iTunes... You have to be pretty stupid to buy content in the play store IMHO, except apps of course.
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runemail said:
The problem is that Google disables your content if you go outside the us. Can be really annoying if you purchase and download a lot of content to bring with you when traveling. This is not the case with amazon kindle or iTunes... You have to be pretty stupid to buy content in the play store IMHO, except apps of course.
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i agree. iOS allows you to at least bring content out of the US. hell... they now have a movie and tv store where i am (manila). amazon kindle books are the same way. we could buy books from abroad and read them anywhere.
did you download the transformers movie offline and it still disappeared when you didnt have a US ip address? still looking for a non root non vpn offline solution for my nexus 7. even just for movies for the meantime as i can still use zinio for my magazines and kindle for my books.

THe world does not revolve around the U.S either. I live in Canada, I'm pretty sure I can confirm my Nexus 7 has full play capabilities.

Sigh. You guys heard of proxy? Try proxydroid. Problem done. Used my GT 10.1 in Brazil without any problems.
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akarol said:
Sigh. You guys heard of proxy? Try proxydroid. Problem done. Used my GT 10.1 in Brazil without any problems.
Sent from my amazing Nexus 7.
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still looking for a non root solution.
i can get google music though. since i was in the US when it started and i was able to register there. i can still access it even when i am not in the US. i can also do vpn on my macbook to buy music. just hoping some similar solution can be had for books magazines and movies.

I'm curious. For example, you 'own' the Transformer movie.
If the entire movie is downloaded to your device (or a book for that matter), vs. streaming, and you enter into a country where there are licensing restrictions on the movie, would it still show as being available or would it disappear?
Has anyone run into this scenario yet? My assumption from the OP's post signified that the content was being streamed and not already downloaded onto the device.
That would be akin to you buying a bunch of movies, TV shows, songs onto your iPhone/iPod, and as you travel around the world and you can only listen to them in 'certain countries'.
Cheers,
Kermee

Kermee said:
I'm curious. For example, you 'own' the Transformer movie.
If the entire movie is downloaded to your device (or a book for that matter), vs. streaming, and you enter into a country where there are licensing restrictions on the movie, would it still show as being available or would it disappear?
Has anyone run into this scenario yet? My assumption from the OP's post signified that the content was being streamed and not already downloaded onto the device.
That would be akin to you buying a bunch of movies, TV shows, songs onto your iPhone/iPod, and as you travel around the world and you can only listen to them in 'certain countries'.
Cheers,
Kermee
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Booted my Nexus 7 via VPN so I can get the credit on signing in. Downloaded the books offline. After I switched VPN off play books and magazines disappeared so I would say yes on those.
Didn't bother trying with the Transformers movie since download was slow and I wanted to play with my toy already.
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I can understand google preventing users from buying content when outside the covered areas but to prevent users from using the content they have purchased just because you connected to a wifi network outside the us is stupid. This makes a Nexus 7 a no no device for travelers. I love my Nexus 7 but not even Apple does this if you travel with your iPad and have books and magazines on your device you can enjoy them anywhere, after all you paid for the content. Google needs to fix this for travelers.

Google Play Music in the UK and Europe & Linux Music Manager

Just hit the UK and Europe and it's pretty awesome, it has a lot of offer and since I usually illegally download my music, I no longer have to (I refuse to use iTunes, I know there are alternatives). This is great news and its about time too. What do my fellow Europeans think? Pricing is also more competitive than I imagined. Good job Google :good:
Note you can't buy anything yet but you can browse and see the pricing.
One other awesome thing to know, the Music Manager is now available on Linux!
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ive had google music for a while now and like the fact i can leave all my music in the cloud and not clog up my n7:good:

tonybhoy said:
ive had google music for a while now and like the fact i can leave all my music in the cloud and not clog up my n7:good:
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I've been using it for a while, just hadn't had the ability to browse the store and buy stuff.

Single tracks look a bit expensive compared to the cost of the full album but I like the look of the album prices.
Similar artists had some weird suggestions, I eventually had it giving g Mark Owen>Debbie Harry>Victoria Beckham. Still a nice feature even if it did recommend Victoria Beckham.
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gbroon said:
Single tracks look a bit expensive compared to the cost of the full album but I like the look of the album prices.
Similar artists had some weird suggestions, I eventually had it giving g Mark Owen>Debbie Harry>Victoria Beckham. Still a nice feature even if it did recommend Victoria Beckham.
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I've been comparing Play Music to iTunes and Googles offering is much cheaper.
Single tracks on both iTunes and Play Music average at about £0.79 to £0.99 with the occasional iTunes song dipping to to £0.59 and peaking at £1.89. This is from what I've seen so far. Play Music is a lot more consistent.
Albums seem to be cheaper on Google Play, most of the albums I have checked seem to be about £1 to £2 cheaper. That's a huge saving if you by a lot of music. I anticipate to spend at least a hundred quid over the next week, buying all the music I pirated.

Wasn't play music supposed to release in Canada as well as Europe?
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Google said Canada and Australia are coming later this year or early 2013.

I like it. Prices are ok, and encourage album sales, and play store is nice to browse.
Was expecting it it be 'meh'. May have to get Floyd dsom first as is just rude to buy anything else before it.
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Have you compared to Amazon MP3? For the sort of music I buy amazon is consistently cheaper and offers the same cloud playback functionality and tune matching (although you have to pay £20 a year for a lot of tune matching).

Another potential benefit of buying from Amazon is you can download the tracks, then upload them to Google Music and enjoy the (more reliable) cloud streaming

Yay finally they release it to the UK.

With regards to your Amazon questions, Amazon sells tracks cheaper however buying the whole album is usually about £0.50 - £1.00 cheaper from Play Music.

I think it does depend on the sort of thing you buy, every album I looked at was cheaper on amazon also but I guess we might have different tastes!
Worth shopping around either way, they both support matching music so can just upload to your cloud streamer of choice.

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I think it does depend on the sort of thing you buy, every album I looked at was cheaper on amazon also but I guess we might have different tastes!
Worth shopping around either way, they both support matching music so can just upload to your cloud streamer of choice.
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Yes and I think a price matching script would be in order from someone.

I have a problem with the new UK service, suspect its down to my account being previously activating via proxy to allow me to access my music account and upload music for streaming some months before the service went live here in the UK. I cannot now purchase anything from the site, it takes me from the UK site in £GBP to the US site to complete the transaction in US$ and then won't accept my UK credit card or UK activated Google Wallet balance.
I've contacted Google support and their answer today is that "I must be a US customer to buy music..." clearly the support agent doesn't know his arse from his elbow
Anyone else got this issue and worked out how to solve it? I've got over 5000 tracks uploaded and so would not want to lose them if I had to create a new account.
Would also add... I'm not getting the 'music match' service... music is still being uploaded track by track (music manager version 1.0.51.1573)... only 17k tracks to go to my limit!!
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Google Music Explorer is simply amazing, and a game changer. Apple fanboys look on in disappointment when I showed them it at work...
:good:

JNeail said:
I cannot now purchase anything from the site, it takes me from the UK site in £GBP to the US site to complete the transaction in US$ and then won't accept my UK credit card or UK activated Google Wallet balance.
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OK so I fixed this - turns out my US credit card had been changed to default somehow?
Still not seeing the 'Music Match' service - has anyone got this working?
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Been looking for that.. a lot of the mp3s I have are a bit ropey and music match is ideal for sprucing them up. I can only find the standard upload service.

Is anyone else having issues launching the Music Manager app on OSX? It doesn't do anything...

South America??

Google play magazines active in UK (girly clapping) !

Bugger me, magazines.
play store shows magazines as option. Buy magazines.
Magazines. In the UK. Get them.
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iknow i was part excited aswell...kinda wish we would of got google sound search and google wallet tho...
hopefully google will release google wallet next in uk

Lovin' it... Already in for several 30-day trials!! Woop woop!!
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I took out a free trial on the Android magazine, and it's rather good.
https://play.google.com/store/magazines/details?id=CAowq9HnAw&feature=my-library
I don't think there is much we are missing now in the UK. We have the full content set, and if anything, more than the US (as we have scan and match on Google Music...)

Every magazine I go to on the Store states that 'This item isn't available'. I am using a rooted N7 with CM10 and the Play Magazine app installed.

How much are the subscriptions?
And whats the difference between subscribe and purchase?
Does purchase get the specific mag, whereas subscribing charges you automatically everytime a new issue is released?
Whats the advantages of subscribing?
THANKS!

Android mag is 32quid for a year sub ,normally in paper 52 + the mags by them selves are 2.99 as opposed to 5 quid !! Can't lose !!!!!!!
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Great, but that would only make a saving of £2? For buying a year.
I'd rather just buy episodes that look appealing than save £2 and have to have them all.
Because if theres 2/3 issues I don't really enjoy, thats another £6.
Although I agree that buying on Google rather than paperback is a win win.

Probably a silly question but, if I subscribe to the free trial, download the magazine then cancel the subscription, do I lose the downloaded magazine?
On the other hand, why don't I just try it?

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Probably a silly question but, if I subscribe to the free trial, download the magazine then cancel the subscription, do I lose the downloaded magazine?
On the other hand, why don't I just try it?
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+1 to this.
And additionally if you get the trial, once the trial has ended does it prompt you or does it just automatically start your subscription?

Wilks3y said:
+1 to this.
And additionally if you get the trial, once the trial has ended does it prompt you or does it just automatically start your subscription?
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Don't know but I would strongly suspect that the subscription would start automatically without warning.
I have been caught out many times 'trying' various things this way and these people know that!

Wilks3y said:
+1 to this.
And additionally if you get the trial, once the trial has ended does it prompt you or does it just automatically start your subscription?
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I believe it holds the money for the trial period, and if you don't cancel, then money is then taken...
If you purchase, it's just that issue (in which case, take a free trial, read it and then cancel), if you subscribe, it's all of them. I'm guessing you can only try each magazine the once....
I did a trial subscription for the Android mag and it shows:
Android Magazine - FREE_TRIAL You will be charged £26.82, plus tax, at the end of each 1-year billing cycle, starting on 11 Jan 2013.
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I tried to contain myself but jizzed in me pants
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I am confused. Looking at Autocar for example it is showing as £2.99 a month (its a weekly magazine) or £99.99 for the year.
Aside from the fact that it is £89.99 a year direct from their website, why would you go for the yearly option?

I just paid 32 quid for the year for android mag as opposed to 50+ quid to me that's not bad !
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I have signed up for the 30 day trial for the android magazine. It is a good read but there is only 13 issues so I don't think it is such great value. Also with Zinio you can get the same subscription for £27.49 for 13 issues which is 15% off the cover price. The price is £32.99 from the play store. Worth the trial but that's it!

I'm using a standard stock nexus 7 and getting the same response
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[Q] Anyone picking up at the ATT Store ??

Any update on if there in any of the stores? Anyone planning on picking one up?

Picked up a customize card at a local AT&T store. They had a white display model out that I played with while it took them 45 minutes to figure out how to ring me up (no joke).
Now I get to wait 11 days for my phone to be shipped. So much from created to in your hands within 4 days!

chicknlil said:
Picked up a customize card at a local AT&T store. They had a white display model out that I played with while it took them 45 minutes to figure out how to ring me up (no joke).
Now I get to wait 11 days for my phone to be shipped. So much from created to in your hands within 4 days!
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why 11 days?

dwd3885 said:
why 11 days?
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That's what I'd like to know. That's what MotoMaker quoted me when I ordered. Nothing unusual about my phone best I could tell, but won't be seeing it until after Labor Day.

Anyone successfully pick one up today?

I'm waiting for the store to open.... :_/
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Staying in line?
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chicknlil said:
Picked up a customize card at a local AT&T store. They had a white display model out that I played with while it took them 45 minutes to figure out how to ring me up (no joke).
Now I get to wait 11 days for my phone to be shipped. So much from created to in your hands within 4 days!
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Jeeze I hope their not already that far behind! That's why I'm here at opening so don't have to worry about it. On the other hand, maybe I do..... Did you call moto on it? 3 times the wait is on the excessive side...
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Doubt there is a line. Are the models in store woven of regular?
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Went into the store and got a MotoMaker card for a 32GB (can only get 32GB online, apparantly). my shipping date is:
Est. Delivery Wednesday, 09/04/13*
ugh.

Guess everyone is going the MotoMaker route..
Anyone buying a stock branded MotoX?
Would like to see hands on images....

Talk about short sighted. 16 GB is too small and 32 only available online. No way they're going to be able to meet the shipped to you in 4 days promise. AT&T
Should have stocked the 32 in stores

Went into the store here and they didn't even have it out let alone the sales guy didn't even know it was a new phone. Took them over an hour to figure out how to sell it to me. Went on moto maker told me twelve days to ship. We shall see. Ugh!
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I'll update in a bit for me. For those that have ordered where do you guys live? I'm curious to know if it to you geographical issue
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Chicago metro area... no AT&T stores have 32GB stock. Only 16GB.
MOTO/AT&T FAIL!

brices21 said:
Chicago metro area... no AT&T stores have 32GB stock. Only 16GB.
MOTO/AT&T FAIL!
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Not really shortsighted on their part. The reason why they don't mass produce the 32gb version is that 16gb is more than enough for most people, and it's easier for them to stock only one and have the few people who want the 32gb to order directly. It just sucks for the few people who end up having to order it.

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Went into the store here and they didn't even have it out let alone the sales guy didn't even know it was a new phone. Took them over an hour to figure out how to sell it to me. Went on moto maker told me twelve days to ship. We shall see. Ugh!
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Me too. I was there for over an hour. On top of it, they screwed up somewhere along the way and now my LTE doesn't work. The good news is, I was only eligible for an exception upgrade, but for some reason I only paid the full upgrade price. So I walked in expecting to pay around $550, but walked out only paying $360. I'll deal with having no LTE for a few days to save that kind of money (they can't get it working again without redoing the whole process, which could put me back at the correct pricing). But yeah, I got the same 12 day ship time. What happened to 4 days????

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Not really shortsighted on their part. The reason why they don't mass produce the 32gb version is that 16gb is more than enough for most people, and it's easier for them to stock only one and have the few people who want the 32gb to order directly. It just sucks for the few people who end up having to order it.
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I understand why they did it (as you state above), but 16gb is NOT enough for most people. 16gb means you get about 10-11gb usable. If you actually use your phone you will run out of space. Thinking 5gb of music (not much), 10 mega pixel pictures, and 1080p videos... I would argue most people will run out of space after 6-8 months. Of course I'm not even mentioning apps and everything else that will take space on the device. Giving 50GB of google drive space is a bull**** answer. I don't always have network connectivity or want to use data (using battery and carrier networks) to get my data. Its a cop out. Google's mindset of putting everything is the cloud is great for the ideal world in the future, but not for now.
/end rant. Like I said, I understand all the reasons why they do it, but I vehemently disagree..

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I understand why they did it (as you state above), but 16gb is NOT enough for most people. 16gb means you get about 10-11gb usable. If you actually use your phone you will run out of space. Thinking 5gb of music (not much), 10 mega pixel pictures, and 1080p videos... I would argue most people will run out of space after 6-8 months. Of course I'm not even mentioning apps and everything else that will take space on the device. Giving 50GB of google drive space is a bull**** answer. I don't always have network connectivity or want to use data (using battery and carrier networks) to get my data. Its a cop out. Google's mindset of putting everything is the cloud is great for the ideal world in the future, but not for now.
/end rant. Like I said, I understand all the reasons why they do it, but I vehemently disagree..
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It's about keeping what you need most on the device and then keep the rest in cloud if you it. 11gb is still a lot. I usually carry around about 4gigs of music (500+ songs) too, and my apps don't take up more than another 2gigs. The few gigs that are left is enough to download files and TV shows, and for other normal usage like taking pictures. I have never found myself short on space because I constantly offload my pictures and videos like most people do.

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Not really shortsighted on their part. The reason why they don't mass produce the 32gb version is that 16gb is more than enough for most people, and it's easier for them to stock only one and have the few people who want the 32gb to order directly. It just sucks for the few people who end up having to order it.
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Obviously short sighted if people are complaining about having to go home to pay them money for a 32GB.