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Google won't let cheap Android phones and tablets ship with only 16GB storage anymore
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I think 128GB should be the minimum. A lot reserved for the operating system and the rest for storage hungry applications. At least save local map data and some music
I have 32GB of storage and I'm sitting at around 22GB used with all of my apps.
128GB seems like way over kill especially if you factor in the cost. It doesn't make sense for a cheap device.
I have a redmi note 12, 130β¬. 256gb of space. There are no excuses to go lower.
Except maybe it isn't needed?
I would have no use for that much. Why waste the hardware? If you need that much just buy a device with a higher capacity. Don't force it on everyone.
16GB is to low because it falls short in many uses. 32GB is just about right for a lot of people and 64GB is excellent. I'm not sure why you would want 256GB. Phone storage shouldn't be relied on for important things like photos since your phone can get destroyed in many different ways.
Flash chips are cheap as actual potato chips, why are you arguing for phones to be shipped with less onboard storage, especially when SD cards aren't guaranteed
I don't see any reason to mandate it honestly
I take photos/videos and keep a huge amount of music offline. Even 128 GB isn't enough for me.
Exactly. My music collection is about 450gb; and I have maybe 50-60gb downloaded on my phone at any moment.
Do you have a MicroSD card?
Unfortunately not possible (Pixel). If I did had one I'd probably be happy with 128 GB (I have a few games as well on my phone), but I've heard a lot of people online get burned by failing SD cards so you never know.
But the point is that even if I did put in an SD card is it really different than just buying a phone with higher storage? Also the built in UFS devices are much faster than SDs
How would a failing MicroSD card be any different than losing or dropping a phone? I've never had a MicroSD card fail on me for the most part.
I think MicroSD cards have the benefit of being able to be moved between devices.
I've had a micro SD card fail, it sucks if you haven't created a backup as flash storage used for SD cards is lower quality than what you get internally with UFS storage. I would say that's the big difference to losing or dropping your phone.
Your point is valid but I've never actually had a phone get destroyed. Is it common for that to happen?
You never know. I've had my device for years but I've also know people who had there phone ruined in all sorts of ways. Everything from dropping it into the toilet to having it get run over by something.