Hi guys,
I'm thinking of getting the 128GB version of 1+3T, but I'm not sure if it worths or not. I currently have 16GB of storage (Galaxy Note 2) and, maybe, this could be a lot of space for me (I'm a normal root user)
What do you think guys? Which version will you buy? Why?
Thanks,
Fran
I ordered the 128GB version yesterday. I previously had a GS5 with 16GB of storage. It was never enough. I always found myself deleting apps to make room for other apps. I went with 128GB mainly because it only costs $40 extra. But i hope you already ordered yours. I looked online and the 128GB is currently out of stock. So depending on how long you would like to wait, 1+ may have already made your decision for you.
Go with 128. There isn't too much price difference and since you cannot use a SD Card it is the logical way to go.
I came from Note 4 also, but since they(note 2 and 4) do have sd card slot. I take that into account also, and minus some backup stuff. eg: I exclude the space taken by nand backup as I figure I can still do backup to the USB drive. This make the backup become offline also. And if you plan to merge phone and tablet, then take that into consideration as well. And after all that, I came to a conclusion that w/ 64GB, I won't have much space left to grow. Can't add big game and etc, so 128GB is the conclusion for me. Obviously I though about all this the day OP announce 3T w/ 128GB option, and thus I'm able to order it early. But apparently you don't have 128GB option now. I think you can still order it but you won't get it until January. I know it said 4 weeks, but seriously if it ship the week of x-mas you won't get it until after new year assuming 4 weeks is accurate.
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I ordered the 128GB version yesterday. I previously had a GS5 with 16GB of storage. It was never enough. I always found myself deleting apps to make room for other apps. I went with 128GB mainly because it only costs $40 extra. But i hope you already ordered yours. I looked online and the 128GB is currently out of stock. So depending on how long you would like to wait, 1+ may have already made your decision for you.
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Happens the same to me, I can't install too much apps (don't like to deal with SD cards, bad experiences).
someone0 said:
I came from Note 4 also, but since they(note 2 and 4) do have sd card slot. I take that into account also, and minus some backup stuff. eg: I exclude the space taken by nand backup as I figure I can still do backup to the USB drive. This make the backup become offline also. And if you plan to merge phone and tablet, then take that into consideration as well. And after all that, I came to a conclusion that w/ 64GB, I won't have much space left to grow. Can't add big game and etc, so 128GB is the conclusion for me. Obviously I though about all this the day OP announce 3T w/ 128GB option, and thus I'm able to order it early. But apparently you don't have 128GB option now. I think you can still order it but you won't get it until January. I know it said 4 weeks, but seriously if it ship the week of x-mas you won't get it until after new year assuming 4 weeks is accurate.
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I'm waiting for 28th (European version), probably, they have different stock reserved to Europe.
Somebody snag up the 3T yesterday in the Helsinki, There is another event on 11/24 at 03:02PM at 134 Oxford Street in London. Limited quantity of course. So you may not have to wait until 28th, depend on where you are.
I personally got the 64GB because I could never fill my 32GB devices with an additional 64GB sdcard...like never.
Go with what works for you.
Though, given how you do not change devices like your socks (Given by your Note 2), go with the 128GB...it will be a great investment for you. 128GB for me, will not be.
64gb version comes only on the soft gold ?
I got the 128gb. Don't think I'll ever use it but the price difference is worth it and I'll think it will help resale value.
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64gb version comes only on the soft gold ?
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Soft Gold can only be 64gb. Grey comes in both capacities
64 is plenty for me. I generally listen to music on cloud services (Spotify/Pandora/Google Music) with only my favorites saved to the device for trips and no service areas. Pictures is also a non issue, as you can upload to Google Photos for free unlimited storage (they keep anything 16MP without a reduction in quality, it seems). Everything else is apps and some documents or misc. stuff and I generally don't go app heavy.
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Went with 128 GB since it wasn't that much price difference between 64 and 128 GB.
128gb for me. I like to transfer all my music to my phone and download a ton of apps.
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64 is plenty for me. I generally listen to music on cloud services (Spotify/Pandora/Google Music) with only my favorites saved to the device for trips and no service areas. Pictures is also a non issue, as you can upload to Google Photos for free unlimited storage (they keep anything 16MP without a reduction in quality, it seems). Everything else is apps and some documents or misc. stuff and I generally don't go app heavy.
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Cloud storage is not exactly for everyone. Say for professional photographers, they can't exactly just store their photos on the cloud w/o giving up some rights.
I have a confusion...
This device does not support SD card, it's ok but if i do factory reset then what about my stored contents like music, movies ets.
Will they delete also??
Khem Chand said:
I have a confusion...
This device does not support SD card, it's ok but if i do factory reset then what about my stored contents like music, movies ets.
Will they delete also??
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Generally that stay the same. It's like they have separate partitions. Imagine a book(phone) have many chapters(partition). Say one chapter is call SYSTEM (Operating System), another chapter call DATA, another call SDCARD. When you do a factory reset, only stuff in the DATA chapter(partition) get wipe, everything else stay. Generally this means all the system settings, and application data get wiped, and everything else that store in the SDCARD, normally stuff like audio, pictures, video which stored there should stay as is. That said, think carefully contact info would get wipe but should also be backup in the google cloud also. But if you use 3rd party phone/contact/email app, they would be wiped also unless they have a cloud backup. So are the games/apps data too. This is one reason why people root their phone and use app like Titanium Back (root) to backup all their app data. Again, this is a general rule of thumb. Some apps/games do store their data on both. And if you are coming from a phone w/ removable card, then data location may store differently. Imagine an app say, some of the data stored in the partition call "externalSD", but since you moved to a phone w/ no externalSD, things get complicated. Hope this satisfy your curiosity.
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Cloud storage is not exactly for everyone. Say for professional photographers, they can't exactly just store their photos on the cloud w/o giving up some rights.
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I would hope professional photographers use better cameras, but I understand your point.
When is it coming to Australia and Newzealand
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I would hope professional photographers use better cameras, but I understand your point.
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I'm an amateur/hobbyist photographer also, while I don't shoot photos on the phone that does not means I won't store photos on the phone. Many pro will use their phone to showcase their photos also. So, some people may have a few gigs worth of photos on the phone. While yes, that would be extra copy on the phone, and could simply restore them on the phone, but that beside the phone. The device itself, whether that be phone or tablet should/need to have the photos stored locally and not online. And imagine videographers would even need more storage, even 128GB on the phone may not even be enough for them. Professional that store pictures on the free 3rd party cloud, generally mean they don't care, or simply ignorance about the right to the photos. And another issue is, if their works are not store locally, it means it may not be accessible when needed.
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I've seen a lot of ppl complaining about the storage capacity lately on the S4, it is understandable for us to install best looking games which takes up a lot of space and in less than you know it your internal storage will be full, it happened to me once.
I've found a solution to this, since apps cannot be normally store in external sd card well normally your sd card would solve this, but I've found an app called "FolderMount" for free on the play store, what this will do is move and mount the games/apk data from your internal to your external card being able to store many apps/games in the external card while having the internal sd card free of space.
Hopefully this will help some people out there struggling with internal space.
P.s. : This app of course requires root.
Also if you knew this, is ok don't spam me lol I'm just trying to help out some1 who might have this issue, thanks.
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I've seen a lot of ppl complaining about the storage capacity lately on the S4, it is understandable for us to install best looking games which takes up a lot of space and in less than you know it your internal storage will be full, it happened to me once.
I've found a solution to this, since apps cannot be normally store in external sd card well normally your sd card would solve this, but I've found an app called "FolderMount" for free on the play store, what this will do is move and mount the games/apk data from your internal to your external card being able to store many apps/games in the external card while having the internal sd card free of space.
Hopefully this will help some people out there struggling with internal space.
P.s. : This app of course requires root.
Also if you knew this, is ok don't spam me lol I'm just trying to help out some1 who might have this issue, thanks.
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No spam. There's a how to on foldermount AND link2sd written by me in my sig.
rawintellect said:
No spam. There's a how to on foldermount AND link2sd written by me in my sig.
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I don't see your sig, and I couldn't get link2sd working on this device!
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I don't see your sig, and I couldn't get link2sd working on this device!
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go here
I paid for this app last week. It works great!
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I am waiting for the possibility of a sprint 32gb s4 because my upgrade date is June 1. I suppose those of you that already have a s4 would have gotten a 32gb knowing then what you know now? What are your thoughts? Apply this hack or play the wait and see game for a larger capacity s4? I am fairly certain sprint won't carry the 64gb, but I'm hoping they will eventually get the 32. If they don't, then maybe I will wait and see what the note 3 is all about.
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I am waiting for the possibility of a sprint 32gb s4 because my upgrade date is June 1. I suppose those of you that already have a s4 would have gotten a 32gb knowing then what you know now? What are your thoughts? Apply this hack or play the wait and see game for a larger capacity s4? I am fairly certain sprint won't carry the 64gb, but I'm hoping they will eventually get the 32. If they don't, then maybe I will wait and see what the note 3 is all about.
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Not for $100 more, I wouldn't have. The hacks works well enough for me. The only app I've used it on though is Google Music. The rest of my apps/data etc only come out to 3.44GB of system storage so far, music comes to up 10GB on 16GB (aka 14.83GB) SD card, so for me the 32GB version is not worth the extra cost. Additionally, because I run Linux I've been having a ton of problems with the MTP connectivity even after installing the "Google-made" packages specifically for Android devices. It's easier to transfer items by removing the SD card and inserting it, than trying to connect and transfer items using the MTP connection.
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Not for $100 more, I wouldn't have. The hacks works well enough for me. The only app I've used it on though is Google Music. The rest of my apps/data etc only come out to 3.44GB of system storage so far, music comes to up 10GB on 16GB (aka 14.83GB) SD card, so for me the 32GB version is not worth the extra cost. Additionally, because I run Linux I've been having a ton of problems with the MTP connectivity even after installing the "Google-made" packages specifically for Android devices. It's easier to transfer items by removing the SD card and inserting it, than trying to connect and transfer items using the MTP connection.
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I'm running linux as well and I don't have any problems connecting my phone to PC via USB cable.
What distro are you running?
I'm on 64bit Linux Mint14 cinnamon.
I had some connectivity issues wit my S3 with previous versions of linux but Mint14 took care of it and S4 is connecting just fine as well.
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I'm running linux as well and I don't have any problems connecting my phone to PC via USB cable.
What distro are you running?
I'm on 64bit Linux Mint14 cinnamon.
I had some connectivity issues wit my S3 with previous versions of linux but Mint14 took care of it and S4 is connecting just fine as well.
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Ahhh, I'm still on Mint 13. Guess I'll make sure to update to Mint 15 since it's just around the corner! Thanks.
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I'm running linux as well and I don't have any problems connecting my phone to PC via USB cable.
What distro are you running?
I'm on 64bit Linux Mint14 cinnamon.
I had some connectivity issues wit my S3 with previous versions of linux but Mint14 took care of it and S4 is connecting just fine as well.
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Same here, Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon with no issues. And I also would not drop another $100 for more internal storage
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I've got a 64gb sdxc in my e4gt just waiting to be utilized in a s4. I might give it until July or August to see of they ever get the 32's out. It's a given 64's won't come stateside. I'm not saying anyone is wrong but I highly doubt 16 to 32 will be a 100 dollar jump. Maybe, I'm guessing, 50 at the most. Anything over 300 is my limit for upgrade price unless it's a spectacular piece of hardware. Just a wait and see game as usual. I'm afraid the active will be different enough to not be popular enough for the dev scene to have root and recovery, let alone having much of a selection of after market stuff like batteries and cases. I want protection of a case for extended batteries like the e4gt. I hope someone offers a decent tpu case for the bigger battery too. I saw a pic of the battery cover for the big battery for the s4 and it wreaks of crappy quality. Thin and ugly. I also know another alternative could be getting a second OEM battery with external charger. Just swap out when needed. Has anyone determined the hooks on the body and cover are like the s3 in which they need to be snapped together in a certain order, lest it damages the snaps? I never had a s3 but did see the video about how easy it is to damage the cover if installed incorrectly.
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I've got a 64gb sdxc in my e4gt just waiting to be utilized in a s4. I might give it until July or August to see of they ever get the 32's out. It's a given 64's won't come stateside. I'm not saying anyone is wrong but I highly doubt 16 to 32 will be a 100 dollar jump. Maybe, I'm guessing, 50 at the most. Anything over 300 is my limit for upgrade price unless it's a spectacular piece of hardware. Just a wait and see game as usual. I'm afraid the active will be different enough to not be popular enough for the dev scene to have root and recovery, let alone having much of a selection of after market stuff like batteries and cases. I want protection of a case for extended batteries like the e4gt. I hope someone offers a decent tpu case for the bigger battery too. I saw a pic of the battery cover for the big battery for the s4 and it wreaks of crappy quality. Thin and ugly. I also know another alternative could be getting a second OEM battery with external charger. Just swap out when needed. Has anyone determined the hooks on the body and cover are like the s3 in which they need to be snapped together in a certain order, lest it damages the snaps? I never had a s3 but did see the video about how easy it is to damage the cover if installed incorrectly.
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Ive got an extra battery for the s4 with the battery charger and I gotta tell you I burn this phone's battery badly but I dont reach over 2 batteries in one day maximun I had was 50% left when I got home on the second battery I think is a better deal cuz all that bulk kinda looks ewww lol
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I don't care about the hump on the back as long as I have a good tpu case on it.
Hey all, first time actually posting here at XDA but been reading for quite a while. I'm in the market for a new phone (and probably switching from either Spring to Verizon or AT&T). I really like what I'm seeing on the Moto X except I'm a bit disappointed (as I'm sure others are) that Verizon only has the 16GB model.
So my question for those of you 16GB owners out there...Is it enough? I probably only need 4-5GB for music and don't download massive games. However I'm still a bit hesitant about buying a lesser amount just thinking ahead to the future. I know AT&T has 32GB but I kind of was hoping to go the Verizon route. What are your thoughts on the 16GB model for this phone?
EDIT: This should be in the Q&A thread, I apologize for that. Don't see any place where I can delete it and move it though :/
Definitely not enough for me...Thats one of the reasons why I havent purchased one which verizon isnt offering the 32gb non development device yet..I know a lot of people will chime in and say the damn cloud...lol
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Definitely not enough for me...Thats one of the reasons why I havent purchased one which verizon isnt offering the 32gb non development device yet..I know a lot of people will chime in and say the damn cloud...lol
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Yeah figured people would. Not really my thing though...I could see it for all my photos, videos etc... but I don't really want to use all my data to stream music from the cloud Does it seem likely Verizon will get the 32GB version when they get Moto Maker this year? I know they were only a few months behind with the 32GB S4 so hopefully it's in the works.
It depends on the person... Its enough for me, but I don't keep music, videos or pictures on the device (and I have unlimited). However I can see how it can be too little for a lot of people.
16g is absolutely not enough........32g is barely enough......
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16GB is enough for me, I use spotify for music and i backup all my photos/videos to google drive when im at home. Only really stuff i keep on my phone are some offline playlist from spotify and recent photos i took.
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16GB is enough for me, I use spotify for music and i backup all my photos/videos to google drive when im at home. Only really stuff i keep on my phone are some offline playlist from spotify and recent photos i took.
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Same here. I used to have unlimited, but then work took over and pays for the service and the phone also. So 16GB is enough for me. Photos get backed up to G+ and All Access Music is nice.
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Yeah figured people would. Not really my thing though...I could see it for all my photos, videos etc... but I don't really want to use all my data to stream music from the cloud Does it seem likely Verizon will get the 32GB version when they get Moto Maker this year? I know they were only a few months behind with the 32GB S4 so hopefully it's in the works.
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It's hard to tell with Verizon honestly....I am thinking that they will offer the moto x 32gb in non dev when moto maker is available...But unfortunately who knows when that is....I cant see spending that money for the Moto X and not use the moto maker...The moto maker to me is what you are paying for
It's more than enough for me. I came from a 32gb HTC one and it hasn't been an issue. I used a lot more space on the ONE since I was rooted with custom ROM and such. Backups and different Roms ate up a lot of space but with the x it's perfect out of the box so I don't have custom recovery etc taking up space. Each user is different but I find 16gb more than enough for me. I have about 300 songs, 200 photos, about 50 apps and still have 5gb free space left.
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It just depends on what your doing. I have never used a lot of space on my phone. There's so many other ways to store and access information.
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I could care less about on phone storage. Had a one x+ and only used like 5 GB. But to each their own. If I didn't have unlimited data then it would be different.
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This question comes up with every new phone lately...
For me, 16gig and no SD card, is not enough. 16gig with SD is marginal.
Even though I'm still on an older VZW unlimited data plan, with every one of my phones so far, streaming music doesn't work well while driving or on the go. The slightest signal drop, or change (between 3G/4G) causes a disruption in the music. Therefore I keep a bit of songs on my phone to listen to. Using Rhapsody, they now have an option to store their downloaded music to SD card, Google Play Music doesn't appear to have it, and needs to be kept on internal storage.
I have/use Zinio to read magazines while at the allergy doctor once a week, and sometimes at lunch during the work week. It stores that locally.
I also keep pix and video of my son on my phone, and like the ability to take longer videos of him if he is doing something funny. While I have both a Digital SLR and "Point-n-Shoot", and I know a camera phone doesn't take as good of pictures/videos as a stand alone digital camera does, I always have my phone on me, and don't usually take my cameras with me unless its a special trip. So as they say, the best camera is the one you have with you.
Having a 16gig phone, leaving about 8-10gig free out of the box, doesn't give me much wiggle room for keeping music, the occasional game, magazines and the pix/video I take with the camera. Having 32gig, or 16 + SD card is definitely better for my needs and wants.
On the other hand, my wife could get away with a 16gig phone. Her usage is different. She streams everything, but usually at her desk at work, or while she is exercising, so loss of service isn't much of an issue. She desn't use many apps or games, and runs pretty much stock. While she takes a lot of photos of our son, she doesn't do as much video, and without music or magazines, she still has plenty of room left on her phone.
Thanks for the replies! I will probably try to hold out for the 32gb if possible, but if Verizon doesn't get it I could probably live with 16. I figured it would be a personal preference thing, but just thought I would ask some folks who actually had the moto x.
I wish Verizon would just announce it! But of course it might be better for sales if you aren't causing people to hold out for the bigger phone...On the other hand, they might be losing some sales on the phone if people think they won't ever get a bigger storage version.
For me, on the previous phone, the big consumers were ROMs and backups. I don't care about keeping either on this phone - I bought it because I like the stock OS and won't be flashing.
After installing my apps and downloading about 1 GB of music and some books that I read often, I still have 7 GB available (out of 11.88 that you get on the internal partition). I will still need to download maybe 500 MB of podcasts. Photos and videos can take up several GB with time (but can also be uploaded to G+, Drive or Amazon Cloud, or... wherever - it's always a good idea to back them up remotely anyway).
Remember you do get 50 GB free for 2 years on Google Drive, so you can offload some stuff there.
I don't store movies on the phone - that's what the tablet is for. You can always use OTG if you want to temporarily have movies on it to entertain the kids (or yourself ) on a trip or something.
Anyway, I was hesitant about the 16 GB as well. It was the only thing holding me back. After I evaluated, I came to the above conclusion and it works for me (so far).
I found this on another forum. https://shopmeenova.appspot.com/st/order.html
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I found this on another forum. https://shopmeenova.appspot.com/st/order.html
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Wow, very nice idea! I was actually wondering if something like this existed.
DarthSudo, I think I could manage in that same way. I would probably only load on a couple gigs of music at a time and just keep my photos/videos backed up to G+ (which can be done over wifi for those of us who will be without unlimited data). However, I may still hold out for MotoMaker at least on Verizon. It does seem kind of cool and like it's one of the main points of the phone.
I use to think any amount of storage really wouldn't be enough and I always wanted an SD expansion. But I've come to realize that you don't need hard storage. I use Google Music for all of my music now. it allows me to access it on any computer or my phone anywhere without me manually managing storage synchronization. I still have unlimited data on my line but I also use WiFi heavily so I rarely go over 2GB of data on my line. Files are synced over Google drive and have been even before the extra 50GB from my MX. I don't really do video other than the occasional YouTube view. If these situations sound like you then 16GB should be more than enough.
I know we all love this phone, it is awesome. Super Fast, Super intuitive stock android, Super pretty, but lets be honest What's the one issue that Makes you want to get rid of the phone and never look back.
I didn't know how important a microsd card was to me until I used this phone. I used to have my entire music collection on my GS4 and while I still have online access to everything, I really miss not having to use up all my data and really being able to listen to anything anytime anywhere. Also pinning music for offline use through Google music sucks when you have thousands upon thousands of tracks and might forget what you have and haven't saved for offline play.
What's your issue that made you rethink your purchase for a slit second.
I knew there was no sd card going in and embraced it. I think it's easier to keep track of what's on storage and I obviously bought a 32 GB.
No complaints with the phone here. Well except I would have bought a red one.
Oh, ibl
Complaining isn't going to help.
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What's your issue that made you rethink your purchase for a slit second.
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I haven't rethought at all. As is a small bugbear but it hasn't made me rethink
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For the average user, most phone companies now are not including an SD card on pretty much all of their phones (except samsung.) With cloud storage and high speed internet available at your finger tips, just stream it all. Google will let you store like 20,000 songs free and stream them. It may be a strain on your data plan, but if you're at home or the office, just use wifi.
The point of the fact is, if 16GB isn't enough, they make you buy the 32GB phone. If that still isn't enough for you, they recommend you use their services and apps to fill in the gap.
For me it's not having USB audio on stock.
Many people have no idea what this means, and even if they did it wouldn't matter to them, but to music quality snobs such as myself, it really irks me.
Especially because iphones have usb audio.
Cyanogen and probably some other roms support usb audio so it is possible to get with this phone
But I really feel this should be on stock android, and on every single phone.
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For the average user, most phone companies now are not including an SD card on pretty much all of their phones (except samsung.) With cloud storage and high speed internet available at your finger tips, just stream it all. Google will let you store like 20,000 songs free and stream them. It may be a strain on your data plan, but if you're at home or the office, just use wifi.
The point of the fact is, if 16GB isn't enough, they make you buy the 32GB phone. If that still isn't enough for you, they recommend you use their services and apps to fill in the gap.
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This. ^^^^^^^^^^^
To the OP, may I offer a suggestion:
Use a large portion of your internal storage to store the albums/tracks you listen to w/ the most frequency, and leave the online storage for the remainder. Obviously you can swap between the two whenever you'd like, but seems like it would make the most sense given the fact that you still decided to go w/ a N5.
May not serve your "any track, any time, anywhere" purpose fully, but will save you data and still allow you quick access to a good portion of your media.
I have to say, the limitation on storage does not bother me in the slightest. Sure it would be -nice- to be able to expand the storage, but in this day and age, data is getting cheaper and cheaper, and services that stream media are getting better and easier to use.
Why do we need more storage? how many apps are you truly going to install? how much music do you really need to take with you at all times?
personally, I have a network attached storage, which does owncloud. Through this, and the owncloud app, I stream all of my media to my phone wherever I am.
One could also use a service such as dropbox, or even just listen to online radio streams or even watch netflix for movies.
"The Cloud" is all the rage these days, and it's getting more and more cost effective to use such services. So really, why do we need an SD slot? why do we need additional storage?
I have a 128 GB USB drive attached to my key chain, and a USB otg cable in my wallet all the time... No need for an sd card here... Just wish there was an i r blaster
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EnIXmA said:
I have a 128 GB USB drive attached to my key chain, and a USB otg cable in my wallet all the time... No need for an sd card here... Just wish there was an i r blaster
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That'll do it right there.
I was preaching this a year ago when people were bagging in the HTC One and no SDcard slot. LOL
I have the 16 gig and no issue.... well it's because I have Sprint and have decent service in Houston so pulling anything from/to the cloud is a no worries situation for me!!
Get one of these.
http://www.meenova.com/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Dopd9we34
+1 for meenova, I use it almost everyday
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EnIXmA said:
I have a 128 GB USB drive attached to my key chain, and a USB otg cable in my wallet all the time... No need for an sd card here... Just wish there was an i r blaster
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Yup, who needs an elegant solution like MicroSD card when we can carry USB drives and OTG cables :good:
your thread name is misleading. love is unconditional, period. if you have conditions to get your love, that isnt love. you dont love your phone. i love my nexus 5, with every perfection and misperfection it has
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I have edited the title because I think I am giving people the wrong impression. The point I was making is that even though somthing is awesome, because we are all individuals and this is a mass market device there are bound to be things about the phone that erk us, maybe its only an issue to you. I didn't intend this to be an sd card complaint thread, Just a chance for everyone to vent their idiosyncrasies.
The nexus 5 is probably the best phone I've used/owned hands down. No regrets whatsoever
I definitely love this phone. I came from the Note 3 and do not miss that phone one bit although it wasn't a bad phone either. I have more than enough gigabytes (32gb) and if I felt that 32gb wasn't enough then I would of stuck with the Note 3 (which has expandable memory) or bought a phone that offered expandable memory.
I do not agree with streaming from the cloud as alternative unless you have a true unlimited 4g/LTE plan. Also I would hate to walk around with USB OTG as an option. OP next time get a phone with expandable memory or hope they make the N6 in a 64gb version.
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The battery is underpowered imo
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I hate the headphone jack at the top.
Whatchu talking bout willis!
I have a very large music collection. All of the tracks are in a mySQL database. I made a little bash script that randomly selects about 8gb at a time and copies the tracks to the phone. I am more than satisfied.
One week with my 32gb N6 and given the fact the phone offers actually 26 true gb, after installation of system and user apps I have barely over 21gb free to start filling with music/pictures/videos. Deducting another 2gb that I always want to leave free on any device this leaves me with less than 19GB for personal data. I have a 1-month free return option and I am now wondering whether I should take advantage of it to go for the 64gb version. I don't want to carry my entire library with me but it seems I hadn't calculated very well what 32 nominal gb correspond to in reality. How do other 32gb owners feel about the available storage?
it really depends on your needs. 32 is perfect for me. i don't keep music on my device since i have unlimited data so really its just roms, pics, n twrp backups that i keep.
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32gb is fine for me. My photos get backed up to Google+, so from time to time I delete some from the device, and almost all my music is streamed. This leaves me with at least 16gb free, even with lots of apps, podcast episodes, audiobooks, email attachments and the like.
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Pretty lame thread..
One is bigger than the other what else is there to know?
get the 64gb...if ur an app junky like myself...i had no choice since my price error was only for the 32gb...i had to buy it right away and deal with only 32gb
I own a Nexus 6 myself and now that I've let you know I own a Nexus 6 I would like to ask a question also. Ok, so here's it is:
I sometimes find myself wanting to make a phone call. Of course, there are a few ways this can be done. Now, I have two options that normally fill my needs and I find myself using the most. The first is my recent calls option......I pretty much just have to click and it calls the contact.....WOW. My second option is to actually "access" if you will, my contacts in the "phone app" and locate the contact I wish to call. Of course once I find that contact, I pretty much just have to touch or "click" the name to make the call.
So, my question here would be:
What are your opinions on making phone calls and the best way to accomplish contacting other humans with our Nexus 6 phones? I look forward to reading the deep thoughts and different ways people like to contact others using this glorious device. Thank you so very much, I will be waiting here bashing the f5 key on my keyboard until my hand starts to bleeding waiting for replies. My life is so empty
yeah.................................................you want more storage? Get more storage....why do you people continue to waste space with these stupid threads?
jagpoag said:
I own a Nexus 6 myself and now that I've let you know I own a Nexus 6 I would like to ask a question also. Ok, so here's it is:
I sometimes find myself wanting to make a phone call. Of course, there are a few ways this can be done. Now, I have two options that normally fill my needs and I find myself using the most. The first is my recent calls option......I pretty much just have to click and it calls the contact.....WOW. My second option is to actually "access" if you will, my contacts in the "phone app" and locate the contact I wish to call. Of course once I find that contact, I pretty much just have to touch or "click" the name to make the call.
So, my question here would be:
What are your opinions on making phone calls and the best way to accomplish contacting other humans with our Nexus 6 phones? I look forward to reading the deep thoughts and different ways people like to contact others using this glorious device. Thank you so very much, I will be waiting here bashing the f5 key on my keyboard until my hand starts to bleeding waiting for replies. My life is so empty
yeah.................................................you want more storage? Get more storage....why do you people continue to waste space with these stupid threads?
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So do you recommend 32 or 64 gb dear friend?
I have no issues with my 32GB. I rely on cloud services for media, which works especially well since streaming music doesn't count against my data with T-Mobile. I don't watch videos except when I'm chilliing at home generally, where I'll either use Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, or just stream from my archive on my NAS. With about 14GB of apps and their data, I have about 15 GB to snap pics and video, or download a few movies/albums if I know I'll be without data.
The answer is easy.
If you find yourself saying, "I can't decide between the 64GB model or the 32GB model..." , it means you should just get the f'ing 64GB model and move on with life.
Pretty simple. I'd rather say, "I have more GBs than I need", as opposed to, "I need more GBs.".
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I have no issues with my 32GB. I rely on cloud services for media, which works especially well since streaming music doesn't count against my data with T-Mobile. I don't watch videos except when I'm chilliing at home generally, where I'll either use Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, or just stream from my archive on my NAS. With about 14GB of apps and their data, I have about 15 GB to snap pics and video, or download a few movies/albums if I know I'll be without data.
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I am yet not sold on cloud services for streaming my music. I travel often and since I am not on my provider's network all the time (or any network at all in flight) it's not possible to stream. Then there's much more battery drain from 4G+streaming compared to listening to media locally so I still kind of prefer the old-fashioned "mp3-player" mode. I've always felt a bit limited with 16gb non-expandable memory devices so I thought a 32gb one would give me the extra space but apparently it's not exactly like that. More and more people do use cloud services for streaming their own music though so it may be something I have to re-consider in the end.
Dusty Rhodes said:
The answer is easy.
If you find yourself saying, "I can't decide between the 64GB model or the 32GB model..." , it means you should just get the f'ing 64GB model and move on with life.
Pretty simple. I'd rather say, "I have more GBs than I need", as opposed to, "I need more GBs.".
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Not far from the truth...
Thing is I had settled with the 32gb model nicely but then actually found out there this 1-month free return thing so the dilemma 32 vs 64 came to mind.
It's like buying a VW Phaeton. Many would be happy just to have one. Would I regret not buying the model with a heated steering wheel and rear passenger HVAC controls if I just bought the standard version, even if I was offered the opportunity to upgrade for only the price difference of the two models? No, I still have a bad-ass car.
Perhaps that's just me, though.
hi guys, I'm thinking of buying a note 9 but I'm very undecided whether to take the model with 6 gb of ram or the one with 8gb, what do you recommend? battery consumption changes between the two models?
I have the 8 gb ram version. You can absolutely settle for the 6 gb. I have great battery life compared to my old Note 8
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babak said:
hi guys, I'm thinking of buying a note 9 but I'm very undecided whether to take the model with 6 gb of ram or the one with 8gb, what do you recommend? battery consumption changes between the two models?
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Man you don't even need 6gb.
Jammol said:
Man you don't even need 6gb.
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I always say "Get as much ram as you can get, computer, phone etc" Get as much as possible
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I always say "Get as much ram as you can get, computer, phone etc" Get as much as possible
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I feel you. How long you planning on keep the Note 9?
If it's going to be a 2-3 year device then absolutely get the 8gb, I would get it anyway, but seeing as you asked.....:silly:
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hi guys, I'm thinking of buying a note 9 but I'm very undecided whether to take the model with 6 gb of ram or the one with 8gb, what do you recommend? battery consumption changes between the two models?
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I'd be less worried about the ram and more concerned with the storage. Do you pan on keeping the phone 1 year or 2? Capture a lot of video? If so, will a lot be 4k? Plan on using DEX?
If 128GB will serve you fine then save your money. If 512GB suits your needs better then by all means, get it. For the comments about RAM for a phone 6GB is plenty for this phone but would definitely see a tangible benefit if you use DEX. Also, if you have access to the expertise and resources, swapping out storage on a smartphone is much easier than swapping out RAM. It's not the hardest thing in the world to change your flash but it ain't easy and takes good eyesight and good hand eye coordination, not to mention the special hardware needed to get your phone flashed proper like from the factory.
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If it's going to be a 2-3 year device then absolutely get the 8gb, I would get it anyway, but seeing as you asked.....:silly:
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This ^^^^
In my case I always upgrade yearly, so wasn't worth it for me.
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babak said:
hi guys, I'm thinking of buying a note 9 but I'm very undecided whether to take the model with 6 gb of ram or the one with 8gb, what do you recommend? battery consumption changes between the two models?
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I went for the 8GB of RAM and waited 3 weeks past release day for it. The main reason I was set on the 8GB of RAM is because I had the S9+ which has 6GB of RAM and wanted to see if there was a difference and the only real reason to upgrade from the S9+ is the 8GB of RAM and larger battery, and I can tell you from personal experience I see NO DIFFERENCE in performance from the 6GB of RAM on the S9+ compared to the 8GB of RAM on the Note9 regarding how the phone performs. BUT I can tell you the battery life is superb on the Note9 compared to the S9+ and I love the larger screen. But your question was which RAM size, and I now I can without a shadow of doubt say 6GB of RAM and save yourself the extra $250.
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I feel you. How long you planning on keep the Note 9?
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year at the most probably. it has a lot to beat that the pixel 2 offers
I keep my devices till they die. I have one of the first Nexus 6p's and it is beyond dead so that's my only reason for upgrading. This is why i went 8gb in hopes to (somewhat/kinda) future proof myself.
Thanks guys, for me the storage volume of 512 GB does not make any sense and I prefer to use a micro sd that after every formatting does not delete everything copied the data stored.
If you say that between 6g of ram and 8gb there is not a substantial difference, then I take the 6gb and I hope that in view of future updates I do not regret.
You're not going to notice a performance difference unless you somehow figure out how to peg the RAM. RAM management in a smartphone and a computer are 2 totally different beasts. Where you might notice the difference though is the amount of apps you have open and how fast you can switch between apps instead of waiting for it to reload from storage. That is going to be the biggest benefit and probably not many of us will see it and that is a big difference, especially at how good Android is at multitasking. Plus two apps at once. And again, DEX probably has a noticeable difference with 2 extra GB handy.
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You're not going to notice a performance difference unless you somehow figure out how to peg the RAM. RAM management in a smartphone and a computer are 2 totally different beasts. Where you might notice the difference though is the amount of apps you have open and how fast you can switch between apps instead of waiting for it to reload from storage. That is going to be the biggest benefit and probably not many of us will see it and that is a big difference, especially at how good Android is at multitasking. Plus two apps at once. And again, DEX probably has a noticeable difference with 2 extra GB handy.
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for multitasking I find myself already very well with note8 (6gb ram), but the dilema is dex and check a pushed multitasking if it makes the difference, but I would like to be sure and not based only on the assumptions.
I have not tried myself as I don't have both versions. But on YouTube there are quite a few videos that show the 8GB version allows more apps to open. This has to be a huge plus especially if you end up using DEX a lot. I am still surprised at how useful Samsung made DEX. They turned Android into a very useful and friendly desktop experience. I don't have the itch yet, but am eager to see how well emulation works through DEX. That will be freaking awesome if no noticeable latency using a USB or Bluetooth controller.
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Thanks guys, for me the storage volume of 512 GB does not make any sense and I prefer to use a micro sd that after every formatting does not delete everything copied the data stored.
If you say that between 6g of ram and 8gb there is not a substantial difference, then I take the 6gb and I hope that in view of future updates I do not regret.
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4K 60 is recorded on internal storage. In fact I think it stores all 4k on internal. Not 100% sure though. Personally, 128gb fills up in around 3 months for me, so if you install lots of apps and games, and take lots of video, then 512gb is the way to go. It's never a good idea to rely only on SD surely. I haven't used an SD card in .. well.... 3 or 4 years.
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4K 60 is recorded on internal storage. In fact I think it stores all 4k on internal. Not 100% sure though. Personally, 128gb fills up in around 3 months for me, so if you install lots of apps and games, and take lots of video, then 512gb is the way to go. It's never a good idea to rely only on SD surely. I haven't used an SD card in .. well.... 3 or 4 years.
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Ok, but tell me this, every time you wip the phone if you do not make a backup first, you lose everything, so you explain to me what sense does it have a large storage if you also need to have a copy somewhere else?
for me it is simply ridiculous.
videos in 4k 60 also have a time limit, so I do not think that some videos create big files so they need a storage of the genre.
The only thing that interests me at the end is the ram.
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Ok, but tell me this, every time you wip the phone if you do not make a backup first, you lose everything, so you explain to me what sense does it have a large storage if you also need to have a copy somewhere else?
for me it is simply ridiculous.
videos in 4k 60 also have a time limit, so I do not think that some videos create big files so they need a storage of the genre.
The only thing that interests me at the end is the ram.
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I back up to my laptop, plenty of room there for storage. I also only wipe maybe once a year at best, when a problem occurs.
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I back up to my laptop, plenty of room there for storage. I also only wipe maybe once a year at best, when a problem occurs.
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even with my note8 I backup the computer, so what changes? only longer periods? no thanks.
We talk about ram and if price diffrence is justified.
as for the ram I do not find any tests on dex on the web
At the end of the day it comes down to you...
I personally, if I can afford it, get the biggest memory and RAM, simply due to prefering to having and not needing vs. needing and not having...
If you want to spend the extra $$$ then great otherwise don't. It can't hurt to have extra ram or storage and on my 8gb version I find DEX runs fine... It's more about heat than RAM... As the phone heats up I've had a few lags, but I use a 3rd party USB-c hub... Haven't played around with the dock as yet though I do have it...