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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stone_phalanges said:
What's your issue that made you rethink your purchase for a slit second.
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nothing
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.
Rarscaryfrosty said:
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/
Video:
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.
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After ordering a 16GB Nexus 7 the other night, I've grown worried like many of you about how I'll fit all the data I need on my shiny new tablet.
After some research, I found that the best solution for extending the tablet's storage in the event USB host doesn't work out would be the Kingston Wi-Drive. I'm planning on ordering the 32GB version of this drive tomorrow unless any of you have other suggestions as how to further the limited storage in the Nexus 7.
http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/wireless/
So does this device create its own wifi network, or does it need a separate network to work?
Can u conform that it has a USB host .
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The problem is these drives have short battery life (according to the reviews on Amazon), only about 3 or 4 hours.
90 bucks for 32gb is steep (newegg.com) perhaps you just have to consider what you actually need on the tablet, and not just dump whatever you may one day want to watch or listen to.
I am sure the good folks here will figure out a way to get us usb hosting.
Can you browse the internet at the same time? It sounds like this would take the wifi slot..
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Can you browse the internet at the same time? It sounds like this would take the wifi slot..
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Don't think so. Sounds like it sets up a wifi network that you connect to just to be able to access the files.
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...the best solution for extending the tablet's storage in the event USB host doesn't work out would be the Kingston Wi-Drive. I'm planning on ordering the 32GB version of this drive tomorrow unless any of you have other suggestions as how to further the limited storage in the Nexus 7.
http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/wireless/
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Take a look at the 500gb Seagate Satellite which costs similar to the Kensington Wi-Drive ($168 @ Amazon vs $185 for 64gb Wi-Drive; $83 for 32gb), but stores a ton more -- and it has better battery life (about 6 hours in my experience). The only drawback is that it is physically larger and heavier than the Wi-Drive.
If you buy a Satellite, you should consider installing the hacked firmware:
www.hackseagatesatellite.com. I did and consider it to be worth every penny. I've got >400 movies on mine, with something to please every kid. Every kid can watch his own choice in movies at the same time. I've been very, very pleased.
My solution is to use AirDroid and my computer. I just have to remove things when I'm done with them.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seagate-GoF...External_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item4ab90d4c27
Looks good to me.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seagate-GoF...External_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item4ab90d4c27
Looks good to me.
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The seagate looks great, anyone have one? No more problems with movie downloads! goflex-satellite/
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seagate-GoF...External_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item4ab90d4c27
Looks good to me.
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That's a great price... if it sticks over 4 days. It's new (according to the seller), but open box. I don't know this seller, but after buying crap on ebay for about a decade, my experience is that 3 out of 4 times when someone says, "new, never used, open box" means "used, but didn't like it." That being said $80 for a used Satellite is still a good deal, IMHO. Just decide how important a warranty from Seagate is before you buy it.
YMMV
EDIT: I remember buying a "brand new, unused" smartphone that arrived full of the seller's data, including the login information for his real estate company's website. I wonder if he ever figured out why his visitors were being redirected to a porn site for about a week...
The Airstash is popular with iPad owners. It's basically a wifi drive, like the Kingston and Seagate ones, except the Airstash also has an SD card slot, so it's expandable.
One thing about these wifi drives is that, for most of them, when your device is connected to it, your device cannot also be connected to the internet via wifi. There is one wifi drive, I'm not sure if it's the Airstash or another, that "passes through" the internet connection. So, while your device is connected to the device's storage, you also have an internet connection.
There is a newer version of the Airstash that's smaller (about the size of a pack of gum) and a little more expensive ($125 on Amazon for the 8GB and $141 for the 16GB). It might be worth trying to find the older model for a little less.
The hacked firmware on the Seagate Satellite has the ability to serve you files while you're connected to the internet by other means. The stock firmware (unless Seagate has updated the f/w) doesn't allow that (you'r either connect to the Satellite or to internet).
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+1.
I asked eye-fi about using the seagate to get files from their wifi card and they said it wouldn't work. Looks like the hack will fix that so eye-fi can send files directly from camera to seagate.
Threads about accessories go in the Accessories section
$35 for the moded software?! Kinda steep.
SoonerLater said:
If you buy a Satellite, you should consider installing the hacked firmware:
www.hackseagatesatellite.com. I did and consider it to be worth every penny. I've got >400 movies on mine, with something to please every kid. Every kid can watch his own choice in movies at the same time. I've been very, very pleased.
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I looked at the satellite but decided that the wi-drive was more portable and, according to reviews on Anandtech, has better battery life.
I'm sure one of us developers will figure out how to enable USB host for low-powered USB devices very quickly after release if it's not already enabled.
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WOW thanks for the tip about Airdroid!! No more using the USB cord!!! Works flawlessly!!
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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Rasmux said:
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.
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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!
gershee said:
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.
I'm about to pull the trigger on purchasing this phone. I would like to ask if anyone out there REALLY miss having a micro SD slot or not. I've had my HTC Incredible for 4+ years now, and I've gotten used to having an easily accessible slot.
Do the HTC One owners wish they had this option on their phone? Or is it something you've gotten over, and no longer feel the need for?
Thanks!
Nope plenty of storage
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I had the HTC Incredible also, then I went with the iPhone (32GB), then to the G-Nexus (32GB), now I'm on the HTC One (also 32GB). I've gotten used to the fixed storage, and I have yet to fill it up, even with several apps (40+) and about 8 playlists saved on Spotify.
HD Videos will eat the space up like it's nothing. Ask me how I know -_-
I definitely miss it. I'm managing now but the hassle of eventually having to delete stuff for space will annoy me.
I miss it just because of how dangerous is to loose everything and cant recover it.
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How about removable battery?
Thanks for the replies! How about the lack of a removable battery?
I just know with experimenting with several ROMs, Kernels, and such, there has been need of doing a "battery pull".
Has anyone encountered a problem with this? Or is there some type of kill-switch or override built in?
Thanks again.
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Thanks for the replies! How about the lack of a removable battery?
I just know with experimenting with several ROMs, Kernels, and such, there has been need of doing a "battery pull".
Has anyone encountered a problem with this? Or is there some type of kill-switch or override built in?
Thanks again.
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Generally Power + Volume down will also do a reboot, just like pulling the battery
thekwijibo said:
I'm about to pull the trigger on purchasing this phone. I would like to ask if anyone out there REALLY miss having a micro SD slot or not. I've had my HTC Incredible for 4+ years now, and I've gotten used to having an easily accessible slot.
Do the HTC One owners wish they had this option on their phone? Or is it something you've gotten over, and no longer feel the need for?
Thanks!
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It's your call at the end of the day, everyones usage is different, some people like a lot of movies, others like games, or music, or apps.
You have to weigh up if this is enough for you. For me I always keep to my means.
32GB is plenty when you think about it, just don't keep un needed apps on your phone and honestly i don't think anyone needs 10,000 mp3's
So with a little juggling you can have a large library of apps, games, movies, pics and music with a load of space left over.
I'm around 12GB away but i know i could max it out if i installed all my apps, I just install what i need and if i need anything else then i can download it, keeps the phone nice and neat with little bloat too.
I had quite a few reservations before buying this phone but i'm glad that i did now, this year the One is the one to beat and for me it's the better buy between itself and it's nearest competitior which is the SGS4, the build quality, the audio, the screen, the overall look of the device is just mind blowing.
Only gripes i have is that it "DOES" get hot when you stress it, you notice it a lot more because of the aluminium chassis, the battery isn't as good as i'd have hoped and the BT stack is good old HTC's limited version rather than the one used on stock android or even samsung and other phones.
That last one is a personal gripe because i like to play tekken 3 with a ps3 controller but the Moga Pro is a decent replacement even if it is £40
Also the camera isn't great, although in low light it's suprisingly good and it picks up picture where'as the likes of the note 2 only gets a black screen.
Overall it's a beast of a handset and the battery being locked in is something that you'll get used to, forcing a reboot is simply a case of holding power until it goes off.
I've never used an SD card even in phones where I had the option! I hardly store anything on my phone but the 25-odd GB on the One is more than enough for me
I use a Mac and I miss not being able to simply mount my phone as an external storage. I can use the Andriod File Transfer utility, and I do, but it's kinda buggy and not convenient.
As far as the size of storage goes, it's plenty.
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).
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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.
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?
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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.
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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.