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Ok, debating between a 16gb Class 4 and a 32GB Class 4. I only buy SanDisk, so brand is set. Just trying to figure out if the huge price difference is worth it for the extra space.
I would say that is a strictly personal decision. In terms of what you will need for "hacking", anything past 8GB is overkill. Most of the roms that you will boot on an SD card (if you even want to do that) do not need more than 4GB.
For other things, i can see users going through data quickly. Movies encoded for the nook can take anywhere from 100-500MB, and Song on average of 3MB. If you are going to make the color a full portable multi-media device, then you might want something big. Otherwise, 16GB will probably cover you.
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I would say that is a strictly personal decision. In terms of what you will need for "hacking", anything past 8GB is overkill. Most of the roms that you will boot on an SD card (if you even want to do that) do not need more than 4GB.
For other things, i can see users going through data quickly. Movies encoded for the nook can take anywhere from 100-500MB, and Song on average of 3MB. If you are going to make the color a full portable multi-media device, then you might want something big. Otherwise, 16GB will probably cover you.
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Based on what I've used on my phone, that's kinda what I was thinking as well. Thanks for the feedback, saves me $50.
I am not sure if the Nook supports 32gb....
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I am not sure if the Nook supports 32gb....
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according to B&N it supports up to 32GB
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according to B&N it supports up to 32GB
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If that's the case and you can afford it I would go with the 32gb...
Ever tried DroidTV? I love it. Subscribe to a show and it automatically downloads it to your card..
If your into emulators, the Playstation emulator works great and the games are pretty large..
Movies take up a bunch of space as well..
I am just saying that you will need more space than you think..
If there's a MicroCenter near you, they have a 16GB uSD for sale at $26. The one I bought shows C2, but it tests at C6.
Just an FYI, the Nook Color does support 32 Gig SDHC. I currently have an Kingston 32GB class 4 in mine and it runs great. Not sure if Fry's still has it on sale but I picked up one last week for $69. Not to bad.
I am still using the stock 2 gb card that came with my Incredible. I'm looking to get a bigger SD card preferably an 8 or a 16 gb card. What class, size, brand, etc do you guys recommend? Thanks in advance..
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I am still using the stock 2 gb card that came with my Incredible. I'm looking to get a bigger SD card preferably an 8 or a 16 gb card. What class, size, brand, etc do you guys recommend? Thanks in advance..
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They're all pretty much the same. Never heard of a 'bad SD card' company.
I don't think our phones can take advantages of anything above a class 4, so it'd be a waste of money really to spend it on a higher class aka faster card.
This would be my first choice:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...H0SC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316312237&sr=8-2
It's actually the card I've been using for a year. Works great, quick and still a lot of room left on it.
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They're all pretty much the same. Never heard of a 'bad SD card' company.
I don't think our phones can take advantages of anything above a class 4, so it'd be a waste of money really to spend it on a higher class aka faster card.
This would be my first choice:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-micro...H0SC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1316312237&sr=8-2
It's actually the card I've been using for a year. Works great, quick and still a lot of room left on it.
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I'm not sure I ever actually understood the whole speed thing. Is it how fast stuff is read off the card by our phone, or how fast things transfer from my computer into the card?
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speed ratings are how fast data is WRITTEN to the card.
The Incredible only came with a 2GB card? I'm still using the 8GB card that came with my Eris. Unfortunately nandroid backups take up so much room on this phone, I usually can only store 1. I'm not sure I want to invest in one since most phones seem to be coming with 16GB ones now.
Yeah.
I guess to break it down a little more, our phone only uses
- MicroSD
- Class 4 (classes are just speed ratings for the card and I do not believe our phone supports higher than 4 - not to mention there's nothing practical that you would need to go that quick on a phone anyway)
- Up to 32 (HTC says 32) // Verizon says 16.
I don't know of anyone who has used a 32, again I don't think it's very practical unless maybe you have your entire music library of 20,000 songs on your phone.
I have tried 3 different cards, PNY, Kingston, and San-disk. I have had issues with, PNY and Kingston, but never with any issues with San-disk.
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Yeah.
I guess to break it down a little more, our phone only uses
- MicroSD
- Class 4 (classes are just speed ratings for the card and I do not believe our phone supports higher than 4 - not to mention there's nothing practical that you would need to go that quick on a phone anyway)
- Up to 32 (HTC says 32) // Verizon says 16.
I don't know of anyone who has used a 32, again I don't think it's very practical unless maybe you have your entire music library of 20,000 songs on your phone.
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I'm using a 32 GB SanDisk with no problems. I just didn't want to go through the hassle of buying a 16 GB only to replace it with a 32 GB later. I'm only using 12 GB and most of that is nandroid backups that I could probably get rid of.
The sweet spot price wise is probably the $15 16 GB instead of the $60+ 32 GB. But if you want/need 32 GB, it does work.
i have a 32gig scan disk and have had no problems with it.
Be careful when purchasing SD cards on eBay or 3rd party retailers on Amazon because there are a TON of counterfeit cards out there.
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Be careful when purchasing SD cards on eBay or 3rd party retailers on Amazon because there are a TON of counterfeit cards out there.
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I figured my best bet was to buy one directly from Amazon if I bought it online.
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You're right on that. Basically, if the deal looks to good to be true, then it probably is.
I'm using an el-cheapo 16GB Class 2 SanDisk card. Hasn't given me any issues yet, and its been through 3 different phones now.
16gb class 8 from radio shack 30$$
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So we shouldn't have any problems with the class 2 cards right?
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I am still using the stock 2 gb card that came with my Incredible. I'm looking to get a bigger SD card preferably an 8 or a 16 gb card. What class, size, brand, etc do you guys recommend? Thanks in advance..
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I would get the largest size card you can afford...then you can keep as many apps on it, music, pics, etc on it, and save the internal space for cache and not have the phone go crazy if you forget to clear it in awhile.
I personally have an 8GB and I'm considering getting a 16 or above, but 8 is a great size if you have a DECENT music and video collection along with games otherwise I would get a 12GB-32GB if you have tons of media. Click thanks if this helped!
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I actually read up on what sd cards perform well as they have benchmark scores on the Toms Hardware site. The Kingston 8gb class 10 is really good. I got around 16 mb/s write speed and 19 mb/s read speed. Not too shaby for $9 on Amazon, and they have the 16gb for $16. Also, if I remember correctly the 16gb performed a little better than the 8gb, but both are perform well.
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This right here. While physical stores can also get hit with fake cards, the big dumping ground for cheap chinese knock-offs is ebay and third-party Amazon sellers. Buy one, and you're likely to get a much slower card, the wrong capacity, or just a lump of SD-shaped plastic. you're better off going to wally-world, beastbuys, or a reputable e-tailer like new-egg.
That all said, SD cards are pretty much a commodity item, meaning they're more or less all the same. The Dinc itself I believe can only read around Class 4 speeds, but that's no reason not to go ahead and get a nice fast Class 10 card. Sooner or later you'll probably want to use it in another device or in your PC and it's nice to have the breathing room. I usually buy Sandisk when I buy them, but they're essentially indistinguishable.
And on a tangentially related topic. I see that the Galaxynote 2 is going to be one of the first devices to use SDXC cards... who else is ready to dump 2 terabyte SD cards into their phones to keep their whole lives on? :highfive:
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This right here. While physical stores can also get hit with fake cards, the big dumping ground for cheap chinese knock-offs is ebay and third-party Amazon sellers. Buy one, and you're likely to get a much slower card, the wrong capacity, or just a lump of SD-shaped plastic. you're better off going to wally-world, beastbuys, or a reputable e-tailer like new-egg.
That all said, SD cards are pretty much a commodity item, meaning they're more or less all the same. The Dinc itself I believe can only read around Class 4 speeds, but that's no reason not to go ahead and get a nice fast Class 10 card. Sooner or later you'll probably want to use it in another device or in your PC and it's nice to have the breathing room. I usually buy Sandisk when I buy them, but they're essentially indistinguishable.
And on a tangentially related topic. I see that the Galaxynote 2 is going to be one of the first devices to use SDXC cards... who else is ready to dump 2 terabyte SD cards into their phones to keep their whole lives on? :highfive:
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Well I am running a 64Gb SD card in my DINC and it seems to be working fine with Carbon rom. Have not tried the CM 10 yet.. was thinking of trying it tonight..
This is only for people who actually open to ideas, not for people who just want to ***** and moan.
I wanna buy the 8GB, for every day use it will be perfect for me, but for the odd case where I go on a long plane journey and don't want to take my tablet, I wondered if there is solution...and then I realised there was, and it's ultra compact.
USB on the Go is the saviour here. Pair this adapter with this tiny USB stick and you suddenly have 32GB extra space.
If your feeling more adventurous, you could go down this DIY route too, very cool and I might be trying this myself
But how is this implemented on the software side? Does stock android support this?
sure, usb host ist what you need
// http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/host.html
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This is only for people who actually open to ideas, not for people who just want to ***** and moan.
I wanna buy the 8GB, for every day use it will be perfect for me, but for the odd case where I go on a long plane journey and don't want to take my tablet, I wondered if there is solution...and then I realised there was, and it's ultra compact.
USB on the Go is the saviour here. Pair this adapter with this tiny USB stick and you suddenly have 32GB extra space.
If your feeling more adventurous, you could go down this DIY route too, very cool and I might be trying this myself
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Yeap that's possible, but absent of miniSD card is a big deal breaker for me considering this is just only 8GB - and there's a nice article at http://www.androidpolice.com, why this is so cheap considering this is unlocked phone. It sounds like Google did sacrifice some specs make the cost down and more affordable.
I have Samsung Galaxy S III with 16GB, and plust 32GB sd card, I am already running out space since I save a lot of musics, and games on my sd card and since we all carry the phone with us (not like 10 inch tablet), it makes better sense to have bigger space on your phone.
so really 8GB quite deal breaker.
Don't think that I am *****ing and moanning about it, Nexus 4 specs quite amazing and looks premium quality, and what you said about USB stick would work just fine, but just wanted to share my 5 cent opinion here.
I think that this could work. Im also looking to buy the 8gb flavor.
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Yeap that's possible, but absent of miniSD card is a big deal breaker for me considering this is just only 8GB - and there's a nice article at http://www.androidpolice.com, why this is so cheap considering this is unlocked phone. It sounds like Google did sacrifice some specs make the cost down and more affordable.
I have Samsung Galaxy S III with 16GB, and plust 32GB sd card, I am already running out space since I save a lot of musics, and games on my sd card and since we all carry the phone with us (not like 10 inch tablet), it makes better sense to have bigger space on your phone.
so really 8GB quite deal breaker.
Don't think that I am *****ing and moanning about it, Nexus 4 specs quite amazing and looks premium quality, and what you said about USB stick would work just fine, but just wanted to share my 5 cent opinion here.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying everyone will be happy with 8GB, I just didn't want people coming in here just to moan. It's down to cost, and if you need more space, that's cool.
16GB is enough for me, and if I need more space I'll use dropbox/google drive
Of course I would prefer microSD slot, but... I guess for 350$ which includes S4 Pro, 2GB RAM, 2100mAh battery, two cameras and its a nexus, we can't complain about anything!!
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Yeap that's possible, but absent of miniSD card is a big deal breaker for me considering this is just only 8GB - and there's a nice article at http://www.androidpolice.com, why this is so cheap considering this is unlocked phone. It sounds like Google did sacrifice some specs make the cost down and more affordable.
I have Samsung Galaxy S III with 16GB, and plust 32GB sd card, I am already running out space since I save a lot of musics, and games on my sd card and since we all carry the phone with us (not like 10 inch tablet), it makes better sense to have bigger space on your phone.
so really 8GB quite deal breaker.
Don't think that I am *****ing and moanning about it, Nexus 4 specs quite amazing and looks premium quality, and what you said about USB stick would work just fine, but just wanted to share my 5 cent opinion here.
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Yeah, the lack of storage and no sd card for me is also a deal breaker. It's such a shame because I'm really excited about the device. The price here in the UK is so low for what appears to be a high end device, it's amazing. In fact, I've never felt so conflicted about a device. I really want it, but I know it won't hit the mark, purely for lack of storage. With games like NOVA 3 taking up 3GB, plus my sat nav requiring almost 2GB, there won't be much space for other stuff. Data coverage where I live is pretty hit and miss so streaming media from the cloud still isn't a viable alternative for me yet which is a shame. Perhaps it will at least help to drive down the price of other handsets that have high end SoC?
I think the OP's suggestion is a very good one. This approach works well most of the time on a Galaxy Note, as long as it's just a flash drive or micro SD card that the phone can successfully power. I wonder if there would be a way to toggle something like 'directory bind' on and off so that you could put music/media/data files for games on a micro sd card, then just plug it in when you need, change the path of the internal SD card to the external one, then fire up a game. That would be a reasonable compromise from my perspective.
Such a shame, it's so cheap
I don't understand the people who want to buy the 8gb version. Its only a little bit more for the 16gb version.
.. and don't say its because you can't afford it.. because if this phone was the same price range as the galaxy nexus or any other high end smart phone you would still buy it.
Just pay that little bit extra and get double the space.
I have a USB-OTG cable and a USB microSD card reader so I would just buy another 16GB/32GB card and carry that around with me. It is easy to take out and plug in and easy to put away when not needed.
Hey guy's. My Girlfriend got a Galaxy Nexus and YES USB-OTG is part of the Chipset Configuration the GN comes with! The Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 Chipset supports OTG as well. In the pure Android-Roms the Nexus Devices are running the Firmware supports OTG by default. As I know it's included in the kernel... so no need to create a problem!!!
buy a OTG Adapter - 1,99€ on Amaz...
buy a USB Stick 32Gb. - 12,00€ even on Amaz..
buy a LG NEXUS 4 16GB - 349,00€
= 362,99€ complete!
so if you compare this the other "leading devices" you save up to 200€!!! so you see, no need to spend tears and cry.... Start smiling cause you got a few buck's left to buy some Christmas presents for the family!
I use Google Music and sync my photos to my 50GB dropbox account (thank you Samsung!). 16GB is more than I ever need. The only time I get close to using that much is if I'm dual booting 2 different roms.
I do this with my Nexus 7 and plan to continue doing it with the Nexus 4! Really useful when I want to stick a film or tv show on there and watch on the go.
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I do this with my Nexus 7 and plan to continue doing it with the Nexus 4! Really useful when I want to stick a film or tv show on there and watch on the go.
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Yes this would work. I personally have done it with my Gnexus and nexus 7. However, you have to be very careful with that thing sticking out of your phone. It could be very easy to knock the phone over or drop it or something and I would be concerned about hurting the stuff inside the phone.
good alternative... currently have the 16GB NS4G and was really excited when i saw the tweet about the N4 and N10 today... disappointed by no Verizon/Sprint compatibility tho... this definitely would've been my next phone if i could use it on these networks...
question about his alternative tho... is 32GB the limit it can read or can you go up to something like 64GB storage as well??
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good alternative... currently have the 16GB NS4G and was really excited when i saw the tweet about the N4 and N10 today... disappointed by no Verizon/Sprint compatibility tho... this definitely would've been my next phone if i could use it on these networks...
question about his alternative tho... is 32GB the limit it can read or can you go up to something like 64GB storage as well??
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There's no limitation. You could plug in a 3TB external hard drive if you wanted.
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There's no limitation. You could plug in a 3TB external hard drive if you wanted.
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awesome... i usually have a hard drive on me when i'm out anyways...
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awesome... i usually have a hard drive on me when i'm out anyways...
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do you keep it in your backpack with the solar panels on the side??
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do you keep it in your backpack with the solar panels on the side??
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lol no... but i have my hard drive b/c i'm using it to transfer files between people... i mostly just stream Pandora and don't play many games... the space isn't the issue for me really on this device... no cdma is ... but it's great to know there's essentially no limit to the sd/usb car we can add to this!
Why do you need so much space? I'm using an Xperia S right now, with 32GB and I've got over half of it free. 18GB free to be precise, but I haven't been deleting photos and such that I don't need, so they're at 1.3GB.
Was in the process of sourcing parts to follow up suggestions in other threads for making a small external micro SD card reader, and came across these. The memory is fixed at 8, 16, or 32 GB but the price is less than I've been paying for the micro SD cards!
http://www.scan.co.uk/search.aspx?q=otg
From prior experience with the supplier, although currently available pre-order only the actual items will be on the shelf soon. Certainly be getting a couple, and find a different project to play with.
Taowtp said:
Was in the process of sourcing parts to follow up suggestions in other threads for making a small external micro SD card reader, and came across these. The memory is fixed at 8, 16, or 32 GB but the price is less than I've been paying for the micro SD cards!
http://www.scan.co.uk/search.aspx?q=otg
From prior experience with the supplier, although currently available pre-order only the actual items will be on the shelf soon. Certainly be getting a couple, and find a different project to play with.
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Nice. Might think about it.
For those on the other side of the pond: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ingston+microDUO&rh=i:aps,k:kingston+microDUO
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Nice. Might think about it.
For those on the other side of the pond: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ingston+microDUO&rh=i:aps,k:kingston+microDUO
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Thanks for that link, I got the 16G version because of the direct plug into the device.. I've been wanting to try out F2FS and you gotta nuke the whole SD to do it, and I didn't really want to transfer it all over USB again. I think this will be much easier to deal with, and faster to transfer files back and forth from the device and get it back up again after formatting.
I'm planning to purchase either
the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive, or
the Kingston DT microDuo, or
the Transcend JetFlash 380S.
They are very similar to each other. I wonder whether they differ on speed etc.
Any reviews based on experience with these or other dual USB drives are very much welcome.
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I'm planning to purchase either
the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive, or
the Kingston DT microDuo, or
the Transcend JetFlash 380S.
They are very similar to each other. I wonder whether they differ on speed etc.
Any reviews based on experience with these or other dual USB drives are very much welcome.
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Dunno, but the Kingston linked in my post works great for both USB and MicroUSB on my G2 and N7.
zurpher said:
I'm planning to purchase either
the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive, or
the Kingston DT microDuo, or
the Transcend JetFlash 380S.
They are very similar to each other. I wonder whether they differ on speed etc.
Any reviews based on experience with these or other dual USB drives are very much welcome.
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Dunno, but the Kingston linked in my post works great for both USB and MicroUSB on my G2 and N7.
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Love it. I now keep all of my TWRP backups and Titanium backups on it. Frees up gobs of space and makes it so easy (and fast!) to transfer files to and from my PC.
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Love it. I now keep all of my TWRP backups and Titanium backups on it. Frees up gobs of space and makes it so easy (and fast!) to transfer files to and from my PC.
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I'm glad I got the 32g for just a few bucks more, my N7's whole SD card and a few TWRP's from each device and it's about full Although I could nuke the SD card backup now and free up a bunch of space.
It's a nice device, but almost too small. I'm afraid to carry it anywhere, so I put it in my zip-up earbud case since I carry them with me everywhere.
If you don't want cables or bits that plug in there's another Kingston option 'wireless card reader'
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Memory-Ca...ader&utm_medium=mymemory&utm_source=spotlight
Got one ordered just to try it out, the price seems very good for what it is.
Hello, my Oneplus friends.
I'm an owner of the LG V10 and an Axon 7 Enhanced (6gb RAM model) and yet I'm still lurking around your boards, appreciating the blazing fast software and hardware features you have and the price it's all available at! Congratulations!
Forgive my noobness, my first time on a Oneplus board, but my question for you guys is... Where can we actually give feedback to Oneplus for including micro SD card support for the Oneplus 5, and will they even listen? ?
No, this is not a thread to seek advice on whether or not an SD card is needed on the phone and how the performance improves without it. Heck, even Samsung backtracked on this stance ?... What are your thoughts of micro SD support available on the Oneplus 5?
Thanks for all your responses!
I would argue more for on board 256gb and making more devices available to actually buy without the far too long waiting for stock.
I love SD cards, but the 128gb on board is very fast, and it's encrypted.
But you can try the one plus community forum
Yep. Open a new subjet on the forum of oneplus. I think it is the best to do. or there is probably somewhere to give feedback on oneplus's website
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I would argue more for on board 256gb and making more devices available to actually buy without the far too long waiting for stock.
I love SD cards, but the 128gb on board is very fast, and it's encrypted.
But you can try the one plus community forum
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Thanks bud... No question Flash onboard storage is a good move on performance use cases, however, for someone like me that changes their phone every 6 months and likes continuity with my media and backups, it's not ideal. Cloud storage and even Google Photos are not quite there yet to moves thousands of files or extremely large files.
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Yep. Open a new subjet on the forum of oneplus. I think it is the best to do. or there is probably somewhere to give feedback on oneplus's website
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Thank you, yes did just that... Although I'm sure it's already too late for that feedback, but hey, worth asking . Only reason why I don't own a Oneplus phone ?.
P. S. What do you guys speculate in the 1+ community, chance of SD card coming?
P. S. What do you guys speculate in the 1+ community, chance of SD card coming?
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I have a oneplus 3t (I juste get it this week) It work very well. I wanted the version with 128go, but it is still out of stock So I finished by buying the 64Go..But Like you i want a lot of space. I want a space for a sd card And I hope there is one in the next.
The best thing to do is, like other phone, put a sd card on the second sim card. so iwe have the choice of 2 sims card at the same time or 1 sd and 1 sim
honestly, I don't think a lot of people need 2 sims card...
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I have a oneplus 3t (I juste get it this week) It work very well. I wanted the version with 128go, but it is still out of stock So I finished by buying the 64Go..But Like you i want a lot of space. I want a space for a sd card And I hope there is one in the next.
The best thing to do is, like other phone, put a sd card on the second sim card. so iwe have the choice of 2 sims card at the same time or 1 sd and 1 sim
honestly, I don't think a lot of people need 2 sims card...
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Exactly! Can't believe they don't take advantage of the dual SIM slot to at least give the option to people ?...
I bought one of these for storage backup, one end is usbC the other end is stand USB
SanDisk Ultra 128GB Dual Drive USB Type-C (SDDDC2-128G-G46)
:laugh:32G is enough for me:laugh::laugh::laugh:
While i do believe an SD card is nice especially for flashaholics they really aren't needed anymore. I myself don't understand the need for an amazing camera on a cell phone. But really if you need more than 64gb or even 32gb on a smartphone just buy a PC. But on the serious note.... What happened to the OnePlus 4?
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While i do believe an SD card is nice especially for flashaholics they really aren't needed anymore. I myself don't understand the need for an amazing camera on a cell phone. But really if you need more than 64gb or even 32gb on a smartphone just buy a PC. But on the serious note.... What happened to the OnePlus 4?
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It's like you said, bud... It's not an issue of having enough storage on the phone for your use, it's more of a case for portability of large data from device to device and asking for continuity with it. As you said... Flashoholics or Phonoholics, changing their device every 6 months ?.
Better question is, why not do it? Every major OEM does it now, Samsung went back to it. They even have a dual SIM slot to use for this ?.
Oneplus 4 is rumored to be named Oneplus 5, because 4 is considered bad luck in China. Oneplus's parent company have done this in the past for their other phones and brands... That's my understanding.
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It's like you said, bud... It's not an issue of having enough storage on the phone for your use, it's more of a case for portability of large data from device to device and asking for continuity with it. As you said... Flashoholics or Phonoholics, changing their device every 6 months .
Better question is, why not do it? Every major OEM does it now, Samsung went back to it. They even have a dual SIM slot to use for this .
Oneplus 4 is rumored to be named Oneplus 5, because 4 is considered bad luck in China. Oneplus's parent company have done this in the past for their other phones and brands... That's my understanding.
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Can't agree more. Just got my 1+ 3T today - my old Xperia ZU reached the end of its life and won't turn on anymore. If I didn't have proper backup in my SD card, there will be lots of data loss (yes some of important things are in cloud, but there are also stuff that are too big to store in my limited cloud). I'm not even a flashaholics/phoneholics, and really benefit from it. I can only hope if in several years my 3T I'm getting a new phone, my 3T can still be turned on/at least the recovery is accessible. Else, all is lost.
unk_damnation said:
Can't agree more. Just got my 1+ 3T today - my old Xperia ZU reached the end of its life and won't turn on anymore. If I didn't have proper backup in my SD card, there will be lots of data loss (yes some of important things are in cloud, but there are also stuff that are too big to store in my limited cloud). I'm not even a flashaholics/phoneholics, and really benefit from it. I can only hope if in several years my 3T I'm getting a new phone, my 3T can still be turned on/at least the recovery is accessible. Else, all is lost.
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You said it brother! I think there are many people that feel this way about the option to have an SD card slot... ??!
OcazPrime said:
While i do believe an SD card is nice especially for flashaholics they really aren't needed anymore. I myself don't understand the need for an amazing camera on a cell phone. But really if you need more than 64gb or even 32gb on a smartphone just buy a PC. But on the serious note.... What happened to the OnePlus 4?
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having an SD is important for me. I don't have an Ipod or MP3 reader. So I put all my music on my phone. So SD card is welcome space for me (like right now I have 32Go of music and I can put more if i had more space, and yes a listen to all my music )
And like the ProFragger said. Oneplus 4 will not exist but oneplus5 yes. 4 is not only bad luck. In there language it is the same pronunciation as the word Death or something like that.
They don't want misunderstanding as a death phone or something like that. Plus it is a badluck to put something like that on the name of a product.
The storage on the OnePlus 3T is blazing fast and massively faster than any SD card which is also one of the reasons this phone is so snappy, putting files on a SD card would end up slowing some things down (e.g. loading photos, music library and the such). I admit I was a big advocate of SD cards back when we had phones with 16GB or even 32GB of storage, but in all honesty nowadays with 128GB of storage I don't really miss the SD card slot anymore (and I have just filled 45GB, still plenty of space). As for backups, I just plug my USB-OTG cable and there you go.