Nexus 4 (8gb) - Are you happy - Nexus 4 General

As title states..I want to hear opinions from those who have the 8gb. Are you guys happy with the phone...storage/space wise? Or do you think the 16gb would have been a better option? If happy, how are you guys freeing up space on your phones?
Reason I ask is because I am tired of waiting for stocks to show up and am tempted to pay a little more premium ($50 extra) to get a 8gb phone. Wanted to know if it is really worth it? or should i keep waiting?

16gb would have been better, although I find 8gb enough. This is only because I have a nexus 7 that I use for all the big games (Gameloft ones).
I think when usb-otg gets working I'll be able to get some big games on it.
I am a little gutted I didn't get the 16gb, but I couldn't afford the extra money so I had no choice
I'm usually on around 2-3gb free.
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Perfectly satisfied. Have 4 gigs left after apks and little things here and there... I store my pics on the cloud (100 gigs storage) music I also store there. My games & movies I leave it to the N7 with a OTG cable and my 32gig thumb drive. Awesome sauce!
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Anyone buying it?-I certainly am...

I personally cant wait for this, because i dont have 500$ to get a sgs3 or htc one x, because i am on contract. I have an old samsung vibrant and it is going on sale for the nexus 7. I have a hp touchpad, but i damaged the processor somehow from overclocking, and now it lags like crazy when trying to use it. I think from people that dont use android, this could be their first android device. I think the phone ui is much better on tablet like this than the tablet ui, i hope i can use the homescreen in landscape though.
I now have a galaxy s3 and a htc x one and now a nexus 7 tablet soon 16gb.
jutley said:
I now have a galaxy s3 and a htc x one and now a nexus 7 tablet soon 16gb.
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1%er ?
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Just pre ordered mine. 2-3 weeks can't get here soon enough.
jutley said:
I now have a galaxy s3 and a htc x one and now a nexus 7 tablet soon 16gb.
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i am jealy but i hope jb destroys lag how google said it would.
I pre ordered the 8 gb... but I'm in college and I will need to save a few pdfs on it, a bit of apps, mabe a few movies, and a bit of song. You guys think I should upgrade to the 16 gb?
Baconrules21 said:
I pre ordered the 8 gb... but I'm in college and I will need to save a few pdfs on it, a bit of apps, mabe a few movies, and a bit of song. You guys think I should upgrade to the 16 gb?
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might as well. only $50 more dollars for double the storage space. most other tabs charging $100+ for double the storage space. I'd rather have to much memory and not use some vs. not have enough and finding yourself constantly deleting stuff to make room(it gets tedious fast).
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i am jealy but i hope jb destroys lag how google said it would.
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Me as well :highfive:. Even on the best hardware Android suffers from UI lag...opening the app tray, opening the task switcher, etc.
I am. It's already ordered.
Baconrules21 said:
I pre ordered the 8 gb... but I'm in college and I will need to save a few pdfs on it, a bit of apps, mabe a few movies, and a bit of song. You guys think I should upgrade to the 16 gb?
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imho, if you can afford the extra cash to get the 16gb you should get the 16gb. Having no expandable storage you will be stuck with what you buy now. (I do have the (16gb on pre-order).
Pre ordered the 16gb model. Nice to go with my nexus s and galaxy nexus
I don't see why people are complaining so much about it. Its a great tab for the money. No hack a rounds to get software you want on it, good screen, good battery size, good tablet processor. Would have liked the SD card slot but I didn't expect it. 7 inches is fine for movies and reading. I spend almost all my time online on my phone, even at home. This will at least let me read PDF files and web pages and whatnot a bit more comfortably.
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i definitely want to get one.. just need to wait for its availability in asia though..

8gb owners come inside!!

How are you guys going for storage? Do you wish you had more or is 8gb enough? What have you installed so far and how much have you got left. What are you using for extra storage, USB host? , WiFi drives ect
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I don't know why I feel like I've read this thread so many times before.
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wyattyoss said:
I don't know why I feel like I've read this thread so many times before.
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It's probably because you have! :laugh:
No need for more storage. I will struggle to fill 8gb.
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I've got all my apps, books, couple movies and some high quality games and I still have 2-3gb left.
8gb is more than adequate for me.
I live in the cloud. No local storage for me. Some Play Music playlist(s) are stored for offline use. I use the N7 as primarily a reading device with streaming media thrown in for good measure. I have had all my media and docs in the cloud so 8gb is more than adequate. I may feel the storage crunch if I need to download and store movies for a trip...I guess we'll cross that bridge when the time is appropriate. With the Galaxy Nexus available as a tether, I just don't need excess storage.
Games are going to use up your flash drive. Just bought Max Payne which requires 1.3GB download.
Since I'm almost always in WiFi range, and when I'm not I will have a Verizon LTE phone to tether to, I left all my music in my Google Music account, which is what would have taken up all my storage. I was a little worried but so far it hasn't even phased me that I am on limited storage. For me, and I know not everyone will feel the same way, the extra $50 savings was worth it over the extra storage. After installing all my apps and loading my ROMs and emulators, I think I have about 4.5GB left out of (5.92GB user accessible). It's enough for me to put a movie on for a trip though to be honest I think the 7 inch display is still a bit too small for movies. I might have to stick with my 11.6 inch laptop for movie watching on trips even if the display is inferior to the Nexus 7.
8GB is enough for me. So far, I have 5GB free.
Shuzzaka said:
I've got all my apps, books, couple movies and some high quality games and I still have 2-3gb left.
8gb is more than adequate for me.
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I have 2 GB left on my 16GB one, I guess too many games as I dont have music or video locally.
So it depends on the user.
Can you use your phone as a WiFi drive so app data can be installed on it instead?
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I have all my ebooks (a lot) on board and still have 4.2 GB left.
I spent $4 to get a pair of Xoom OTG cables from FleaBay, and found a couple of tiny PNY 16 GB USB drives on sale at BestBuy for $10 each. Thats more than enough to hold anything else I would use in the way of music or videos: 32 GB for 25 bucks.
Do you work at Google doing product marketing research? I demand to be paid for my user feedback =)
8GB is plenty for me, filled mostly with pictures of my daughters so I can show people when I run into them. I'm a proud (and crazy) father.
So just to confirm if I bought a USB otg off amazon, what would it work with? Heard it does not work with certain things??
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The one I got was from eBay, listed as being for the Xoom.The micro-usb side has a 90 degree angle. Works with everything I have (four different thumb drives and a mouse). YMMV
I've got plenty of room. I just keep my porn on a thumb drive.
I use an OTG cable and a 16gb sdhc. Its also kind of cool to be able to use USB gamepads for my emulators.
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I rooted for stickmount and use Splash top HD is amazing
Warren_Orange said:
No need for more storage. I will struggle to fill 8gb.
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This
I cloud store everything or stream from home so 8GB of apps for me
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Storage is holding me back

It's holding me back from buying this right now. Come on, 8GB? In reality 5.65GB, that's pathetic. y u no haz microSD?
That's why there's an option for 16gb which is actually like 11-12 GB if i remember correctly. It is a con but the phone is so nice i would really recommend it to anyone even without an sd slot
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It was holding me back too, but after getting mine a few days ago, I now wish I ordered it when it first came out.
Learn to love GMail, Google Drive, Google Music, Amazon Music, DropBox, YouTube, NetFlix, Google+ auto uploads, Picasa, Box.com, etc. You don't need every mp3, picture, and video you own stored locally on your phone. 16GB is plenty for the critical stuff you need.
Didn't hold me back . ordered day one and still have about 3 GB space.
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I have no problems with storage, adrive and box give me 100gb free, I just switch between movies, and games like ps1 roms. Of course I have unlimited data.
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abdi7451 said:
It's holding me back from buying this right now. Come on, 8GB? In reality 5.65GB, that's pathetic. y u no haz microSD?
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yeah... 8GB is a bit small. you don't have to do much to fill it up. this is especially true if you have ROM backups, etc.
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Something need to be done about this.

http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-free-memory-complaints-2013-5
I love the 90s. Good times.
Meh. I don't know. I've pretty much put everything I want on my phone and I still have 6.5GB left on my internal storage. I guess it helps that I play all of my bigger games on my Nexus 7 tablet, but I'm pretty sure there's even an app that allows you to move your large game data to your external sd card.
I somewhat agree. however it wont change most likely.
That's like paying for a 24oz drink and the cashier gives you a 14oz drink saying you can add ice if you like aka SD card
I love the 90s. Good times.
Just Flash the Slim Rom. Hehe
E The Magnificent said:
That's like paying for a 24oz drink and the cashier gives you a 14oz drink saying you can add ice if you like aka SD card
I love the 90s. Good times.
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Better anaolgy might be paying for a 24 ounce soda and the cashier gives you a 64 ounce cup with 24 ounces soda(S4) vs a 24 ounce cup with 24 ounces soda(One,Iphone).
I kinda agree. It is a little deceiving. My internal memory is almost maxed out and I was surprised when it warned me I was running out of space. I'm ok with it I guess bought a 64gig sd card so I should be good
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ACoolGuy said:
Better anaolgy might be paying for a 24 ounce soda and the cashier gives you a 64 ounce cup with 24 ounces soda(S4) vs a 24 ounce cup with 24 ounces soda(One,Iphone).
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Lol good one
I love the 90s. Good times.
Wonder if this falls under false advertisement.
I love the 90s. Good times.
No, because it does in fact come with 16GB of storage just not all user accessible or usable.
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Sorry, I don't agree. The phone has the amount of memory advertised. Some of it is taken up by the OS and bloat. That's true on every smartphone, computer, tablet, etc that comes with an OS loaded. It should not be a surprise to anyone that the full 16gb is not available. I agree it sucks that we can't move everything to the SD card like on older releases of Android, and that we didn't get the 32gb at the launch in most places. But it is what it is, and it's no secret. If it's not enough, your choice is to live with it or take it back and wait for the larger capacity ones to (hopefully) come along later.
I'm not a big gamer and still have 9.62gb left on my S4 after loading most of what I want. I have a 32gb Class 10 Sandisk micro SD card that is over half full now with my pictures, files, movies, books, etc. So far, it's working quite well for me. But I'm sure it will be inadequate for some. And that's a shame, but it's certainly not fraud or false advertising by Samsung, IMO.
meh one of these guys will figure a2sd out for it im not worried about it. I play video games on my xbox and ps3 not on my s4. Most other apps are less than 6MBs. Not overall concerning.
Dude you are such a baby
There is no smartphone that allows to utilize the full storage capacity. IPhone, one, s3 all of them take up storage for the os
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Link2SD helps.
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Link2SD helps.
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Yep. I used to use this app on my old LG Optimus. Works wonders.
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genaro12543 said:
Dude you are such a baby
There is no smartphone that allows to utilize the full storage capacity. IPhone, one, s3 all of them take up storage for the os
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Go drink unsweetened lemon juice sir
E The Magnificent said:
Go drink unsweetened lemon juice sir
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Get your facts straight. Then complain
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Alright guys. Let's keep it clean.
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I have to agree that they said it came with 16GB of internal storage and that is what we got. They never said it would have 16GB free. And no phone or computer ever does. What I will complain about is that they should have had the 32 and 64 versions ready at the same time as the 16.
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crawrj said:
I have to agree that they said it came with 16GB of internal storage and that is what we got. They never said it would have 16GB free. And no phone or computer ever does. What I will complain about is that they should have had the 32 and 64 versions ready at the same time as the 16.
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We always only have the 16 GB available in store I don't know why the higher capacities are only online.
What would be cool is if they put like 8gbs extra for the os so we get a full 16 available but I'm sure that isn't possible.
It'd at least not as bad as the photon q I think that only had 8gb available and that phone doesn't even have half the features of the s4
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PSA: Nexus 4 now $199/$249 on Google Play

If you've been thinking about upgrading, now is the time to do it. Sure, this means the N5 is incoming, but nowhere else will you find a deal like this on such a fantastic device. And supplies won't last long, I guarantee it. Google is obviously clearing them out. Remember the HP Touchpad? Yeah, you don't want to miss out this time. Ever since I upgraded from the Exhibit, the difference has literally been night and day. Just thought I'd drop by and give the heads up. Cheers, guys!
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Bloodflame said:
If you've been thinking about upgrading, now is the time to do it. Sure, this means the N5 is incoming, but nowhere else will you find a deal like this on such a fantastic device. And supplies won't last long, I guarantee it. Google is obviously clearing them out. Remember the HP Touchpad? Yeah, you don't want to miss out this time. Ever since I upgraded from the Exhibit, the difference has literally been night and day. Just thought I'd drop by and give the heads up. Cheers, guys!
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Which version did you get? 8gb or 16gb and any downside? Am very much tempted
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Mwas. said:
Which version did you get? 8gb or 16gb and any downside? Am very much tempted
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I got the 16GB version. Only real downside is not having the option for expandable storage. Still, for the price, it's an absolute steal. Performance is incredible, dev support is great, and overall this is the best value for any phone on the market right now. I'd highly recommend buying a case though. Just take my word for it.
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Bloodflame said:
I got the 16GB version. Only real downside is not having the option for expandable storage. Still, for the price, it's an absolute steal. Performance is incredible, dev support is great, and overall this is the best value for any phone on the market right now. I'd highly recommend buying a case though. Just take my word for it.
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Yeah if it had expandable storage would literally be the perfect smartphone IMO. Thanks for this info, may have to mull it over.
8gb is sold out.. at least in canada it is
8gb nexus 4 for 200 was too good to pass up, so i'm finally gonna be moving on from this trusty ol galaxy exhibit. will still be around to keep my wife's exhibit updated with aoip though. any chance that team insomnia will be developing for the nexus 4 in the near future...? one can only hope! :fingers-crossed:
detdett said:
8gb is sold out.. at least in canada it is
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says it's still in stock here in the states.
boozeLee said:
any chance that team insomnia will be developing for the nexus 4 in the near future...? one can only hope! :fingers-crossed:
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smartguy tried building AOIP for me a couple months ago, but kept getting errors.
would be nice if he tried again though
Finally posted my galaxy exhibit on kijiji. Hoping I can use the proceeds towards the purchase of the 8gb nexus 4
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Finally posted my galaxy exhibit on kijiji. Hoping I can use the proceeds towards the purchase of the 8gb nexus 4
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Yeah I pretty much decided against getting it, the lack of an expandable SD card slot is too much of a deal killer and would create a lot of extra work. That sounds lazy but after a year of factory resets and installing new ROMs that's what happens!
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ArtfulDodger said:
Yeah I pretty much decided against getting it, the lack of an expandable SD card slot is too much of a deal killer and would create a lot of extra work. That sounds lazy but after a year of factory resets and installing new ROMs that's what happens!
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Not lazy, AD. I agree completely. I could overlook the size (possibly), but the lack of a removable, upgradable SD card is a killer. Technology moves too quickly and these guys have gotten this exhibit working so well...
So I tested the market for the Galaxy exhibit. Apparently, buyers are willing to pay at most $100 for this phone. This is in Canada
SOLD! for $130

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