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I've been seeing differing stories about the size of storage that will come in the AT&T version if the XL. Haven't seen any info on AT&T's website. Anyone know the true story? It's bad enough there's no expansion.
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as far as I am aware, the AT&T One X is coming in 16gb. Which upsets me. I was hoping to replace my iPod with it. But I have more than 16gb of music.
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as far as I am aware, the AT&T One X is coming in 16gb. Which upsets me. I was hoping to replace my iPod with it. But I have more than 16gb of music.
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Pretty upset myself. I understand changing the processor due to LTE compatibility, but don't see the need to decrease the storage size, especially considering there's no expansion slot. It's the one thing that's turning me off to getting it.
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Pretty upset myself. I understand changing the processor due to LTE compatibility, but don't see the need to decrease the storage size, especially considering there's no expansion slot. It's the one thing that's turning me off to getting it.
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I'm considering getting a Vivid and seeing what's available in the fall. I have another upgrade coming up in October. If it's the same old bull**** with At$t at that time I will most likely look at TMobile.
From what I've heard, it looks like it will be 16GB. Add to the fact that the ATT version will not have Tegra 3 and I have decided to get an unlocked HTC One X as I already have 2 LTE devices. The fact that it is a quadband 3G phone wells my eyes with joy remembering the old Win-Mo days of buying the HTC TyTN and TyTn II which had 850/1900 3G built in without ATT meddling.
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I wouldn't be surprised if AT&T released a 16GB AND a 32GB version a month or so from each other. Kind of like a reversed situation with the 16GB Galaxy Nexus coming to Verizon.
Actually, the One X has 32GB. The One XL only has 16GB.
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Actually, the One X has 32GB. The One XL only has 16GB.
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We know the difference. Just like we know the One X is what's going to be in the UK, and the one XL will be the AT&T version. IF it's going to be differentiated.
And every trustworth news source I've seen so far that has posted the specs has quoted it at 16GB... keep in mind you should look for specs a day or two after it was released, since the market is flooded with confusion about which is which.
also to the dude w/ 3 phones, 2 lte... WHY do you need so many phones? share with the less fortunate.
vectorized said:
We know the difference. Just like we know the One X is what's going to be in the UK, and the one XL will be the AT&T version. IF it's going to be differentiated.
And every trustworth news source I've seen so far that has posted the specs has quoted it at 16GB... keep in mind you should look for specs a day or two after it was released, since the market is flooded with confusion about which is which.
also to the dude w/ 3 phones, 2 lte... WHY do you need so many phones? share with the less fortunate.
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The specs are already on the HTC website.
GrandAdmiral said:
I've been seeing differing stories about the size of storage that will come in the AT&T version if the XL. Haven't seen any info on AT&T's website. Anyone know the true story? It's bad enough there's no expansion.
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16GB
http://www.htc.com/us/products/htconex-att#tech-specs
There's still hope.... kind of.
There's still a mysterious HTC Totem/Tahiti that is yet to be revealed.
Sigh I was waiting for this phone but 16gb w/ no microSD slot is just too small and unusable for me. I guess I'll wait for Galaxy S3 =( or Skyrocket HD if it ever comes out...
Well how about this to further complicate things and **** AT&T customers off more. According to this article, the Sprint version of the One X will also come with only 16 GB of storage space, but WILL have an expansion slot. Really? What the hell happened to simplicity with one phone?
Next week I will be going to the invitation only HTC Sprint event, where we hope to see the new version of the HTC One X that Sprint has renamed the HTC EVO One.
Android Central has brought us some pre-event information regarding the changed specifications for the new version HTC One X. The HTC EVO One is different in few ways that I believe may seriously effect the performance in comparison to the HTC One X.
The same 4.7 inch, 720p Amoled screen will be on the HTC EVO One but the changes come in with the 1.5 dual-core Krait processor, 2650mah non-removal battery, 16GB internal memory with a microSD card slot.
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http://htcpedia.com/news/Sprint-Changing-More-Than-The-Name-For-The-HTC-One-X.html
just curious but why would anyone need more than 16 gbs? i've uploaded like 17gb of music to google music and htc is giving you 25 gb from dropbox in which to upload pictures and videos too (which you can see similarly to google music).
i have a note with 16 built in and a 32 removable but looking at the settings right now and ignoring the 29gb i have free on the card, i have 8.76gb free combined between system and "usb" storage (don't ask me why it's labeled that).
so from total os, formatting, loads of apps (71 apps, widgets don't show), pictures (over 200), and whatever else i missed, i still have over 8gbs. i guess my point is, quit downloading porn people. lol, kidding, but i think 16 inside is fine.
chaosjh said:
just curious but why would anyone need more than 16 gbs? i've uploaded like 17gb of music to google music and htc is giving you 25 gb from dropbox in which to upload pictures and videos too (which you can see similarly to google music).
i have a note with 16 built in and a 32 removable but looking at the settings right now and ignoring the 29gb i have free on the card, i have 8.76gb free combined between system and "usb" storage (don't ask me why it's labeled that).
so from total os, formatting, loads of apps (71 apps, widgets don't show), pictures (over 200), and whatever else i missed, i still have over 8gbs. i guess my point is, quit downloading porn people. lol, kidding, but i think 16 inside is fine.
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yea 16 gigs is plenty with google music and others it makes taking your music with you simple and easy
CheesyNutz said:
yea 16 gigs is plenty with google music and others it makes taking your music with you simple and easy
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Tell yourself that as you prep for your next round trip cross country flight. 32GB on a flagship 2012 product should have been a no brainer regardless of the model. Since it wasn't, you'll have to decided what music you want to dump in order to fit more movies on-board.
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Tell yourself that as you prep for your next round trip cross country flight. 32GB on a flagship 2012 product should have been a no brainer regardless of the model. Since it wasn't, you'll have to decided what music you want to dump in order to fit more movies on-board.
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Quite true, and keep in mind that NAND backups, especially when you have multiple backups for different ROMs take up quite a LOT of space. Add that to HD videos, movies, high-resolution pictures, music, GPS map files, and that 16GB starts to look pretty damn small really damn fast lol. Then you think "Oh that's fine, I'll just take this MicroSDHC car....oh my God no..." So you pause for a moment and then you might think "Hey at least I have dropbox and a massive amount of files there!" but AT&T is currently doing their best (or worst) to get rid of people that have their unlimited data plan. And even then, after 3-5GB of used bandwidth, you're still on badly throttled speeds until your next billing cycle begins.
So how far can you honestly expect to get with 16GB of memory that is not expandable? Once you eat up your 2GB or 3GB of data, you're $#%@!&, especially if you're in a place where you have no computer access to retrieve files - which would be annoying to have to do anyway. And especially if you're on LTE so the bandwidth flies that much faster. If by some chance you ARE on unlimited data, enjoy downloading and swapping out 200MB of MP3 files or a 500MB movie or a 400+MB backup from your dropbox with heavily throttled speeds. So in the end you're @$#&^* again lol.
I hate to say it, because I was waiting for this device, but the lack of a storage expansion absolutely kills this for me. Add to that the non-removable battery and it's just not worth the money. Yes, there are absolutely amazing features on this device, the screen, the S4, the camera, the unified body like my Inspire - but there are certain deal-breakers that just ruin the entire experience and unfortunately, the One XL for AT&T has two of them.
chaosjh said:
just curious but why would anyone need more than 16 gbs? i've uploaded like 17gb of music to google music and htc is giving you 25 gb from dropbox in which to upload pictures and videos too (which you can see similarly to google music).
i have a note with 16 built in and a 32 removable but looking at the settings right now and ignoring the 29gb i have free on the card, i have 8.76gb free combined between system and "usb" storage (don't ask me why it's labeled that).
so from total os, formatting, loads of apps (71 apps, widgets don't show), pictures (over 200), and whatever else i missed, i still have over 8gbs. i guess my point is, quit downloading porn people. lol, kidding, but i think 16 inside is fine.
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Man, I am sick of reading posts like this.
Google music is fine for cloud storage IF you live in the U.S. In Canada we will be stuck with the XL an one S, both only 16gb.
I'm personaly waiting until the fall to see if HTC figures out their failure, if they want iphone features like no expandable storage and a non emovable battery then offer different storage options like Apple does.
If the one S and X / XL came in 16,32 and 64gb options, they'd sell waaaaaaay more.
If HTC wants to stick with low storage than my next phone will be the galaxy s3 instead, that's too bad
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Man, I am sick of reading posts like this.
Google music is fine for cloud storage IF you live in the U.S.
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This.
chaosjh said:
just curious but why would anyone need more than 16 gbs? i've uploaded like 17gb of music to google music and htc is giving you 25 gb from dropbox in which to upload pictures and videos too (which you can see similarly to google music).
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The One X uses about 4-6gb of the 16gb of storage, so we only have 10-12gb to actually play with. After loading a few games, apps, music, pictures, tv shows and movies, I might just make it under the 10gb limit. I hated constantly having to delete apps, movies from my HTC Desire because of the lack of internal storage. I don't want to go through this again with the One X.
I am picking up the HTC one s this week. So I want to know if there are any dev that are picking up the phone from mytouch4g. I love the work yall done to this phone.
We have plans on supporting the HTC One in the near future
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Awesome. I see a lot of port in the near future
Zips just got one. I took a look at one today. I don't think I like it.
I was considering one, but it doesnt have removeable sd card and 16gb is just not really enough for me. Hopefully they come out with a similar htc phone that is more like the new sprint evo with removeable storage.
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I was considering one, but it doesnt have removeable sd card and 16gb is just not really enough for me. Hopefully they come out with a similar htc phone that is more like the new sprint evo with removeable storage.
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+1 the lack of expandable memory and no removable battery is what drove me away from this device and finished concluding my mind set on the amaze.
I have a 32gb SD and I'm already over 16gb and too me, drop box is an inconvinience and really do not trust it.
My bother had the phone for 2 days. He work for tmobile. And it have great battery life. He went a whole day with usage and at the end if the he had over 30 something percent life. And he talk on the phone like a school girl. I myself have a 8gb card but since I have a mp3 It's never filled. I just use it for games and back up. so the phone is perfect for me.
The non-removable battery is a little off-putting, but I think I might overlook the 16GB storage limit. Music is what takes up most of my 16GB SD card, but I'm considering uploading my entire iTunes library to Play Music. And maybe every few days, I'll change up the albums I download to my phone. I only really use the music for working out so I just need a few hours worth of songs. Has anyone tried Play Music this way?
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lcambriz said:
The non-removable battery is a little off-putting, but I think I might overlook the 16GB storage limit. Music is what takes up most of my 16GB SD card, but I'm considering uploading my entire iTunes library to Play Music. And maybe every few days, I'll change up the albums I download to my phone. I only really use the music for working out so I just need a few hours worth of songs. Has anyone tried Play Music this way?
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Yup, I have over 2,000 songs on play and I stream it through my tablet instead of using the internal storage and sdcard. It's so much more convenient
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Yup, I have over 2,000 songs on play and I stream it through my tablet instead of using the internal storage and sdcard. It's so much more convenient
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I know Google advertises that you can upload 20,000 songs for free, but is that (for lack of a better word) a gimmick? My library sits at approximately 7000 songs, equivalent of about 40GB of music. So Google is just giving away about 120GB of cloud space for free? Seems too good to be true, but if it is, I'm on board.
I'll be at the one s hopefully
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I know Google advertises that you can upload 20,000 songs for free, but is that (for lack of a better word) a gimmick? My library sits at approximately 7000 songs, equivalent of about 40GB of music. So Google is just giving away about 120GB of cloud space for free? Seems too good to be true, but if it is, I'm on board.
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you guys ever check out Audiogalaxy? great app, look it up sometime
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Yup, I have over 2,000 songs on play and I stream it through my tablet instead of using the internal storage and sdcard. It's so much more convenient
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So you're saying that carrying your cell phone and an extra, bigger device with you to listen to music is more convinient than just having your music in an SD card in the one only, smaller device that fits in your pocket?
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So you're saying that carrying your cell phone and an extra, bigger device with you to listen to music is more convinient than just having your music in an SD card in the one only, smaller device that fits in your pocket?
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You totally missed the point.
It's more convenient that I can use the storage on my tablet for other things and still access my whole music library through the play music app...
You guys are a bunch of smart asses.
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lcambriz said:
I know Google advertises that you can upload 20,000 songs for free, but is that (for lack of a better word) a gimmick? My library sits at approximately 7000 songs, equivalent of about 40GB of music. So Google is just giving away about 120GB of cloud space for free? Seems too good to be true, but if it is, I'm on board.
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It appears so. Worth a try.
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I'm interested in seeing the Samsung galaxy s3. Its not really a friendly device for hacking though
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It appears so. Worth a try.
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It'll probably take me a good while to upload it all but I'll give it a shot. Probably a good idea to have an online backup of all my music, should my hard drive and iPod crash. If I really can upload my entire library, the 16GB strike against the One S has gotten that much smaller. The only con left I can think of is that it won't be compatible with T-Mo's 4G LTE network when it goes up in a year (according to a review I read on USA Today). But since my upgrade will expire well before that, I may as well pull the trigger.
By the way, has anyone heard about a $100 discount from T-Mo if you trade in your current 4G smartphone? I briefly heard something to this effect on the radio this morning but didn't pay close attention.
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I'm interested in seeing the Samsung galaxy s3. Its not really a friendly device for hacking though
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Especially since they have flash counters now, and I read that there's another counter for how many times you reset the flash counter as well.
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lcambriz said:
It'll probably take me a good while to upload it all but I'll give it a shot. Probably a good idea to have an online backup of all my music, should my hard drive and iPod crash. If I really can upload my entire library, the 16GB strike against the One S has gotten that much smaller. The only con left I can think of is that it won't be compatible with T-Mo's 4G LTE network when it goes up in a year (according to a review I read on USA Today). But since my upgrade will expire well before that, I may as well pull the trigger.
By the way, has anyone heard about a $100 discount from T-Mo if you trade in your current 4G smartphone? I briefly heard something to this effect on the radio this morning but didn't pay close attention.
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Yea, i was smart to wait til I got back on campus to do mine. My download and upload speeds here are insane. I uploaded about 20gb of music over night. Opposed to my dad who's still probably uploading his. He can't do it during the day cause my brothers hog the bandwidth with their ipods, phones and consoles to stream netflix and play mw3. I hate my Internet at home. Lol
And t-mo does do that I think.
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I am looking to upgrade from iPhone 4 to AT&T HTC One X on Sunday. The fact that there is no removable battery does not bother me, coming from an iphone. What does in fact have me worried is that it is only 16GB (12GB to the user). Now if I take all my music out, I am well below that amount and can potentially stream.
Do folks think the 25GB of dropbox would help w/ this issue? I have not used it in the past and cuirous if that would fill most needs.
Not much of a question in this thread, my apologies. Just not wanting buyers remorse.
Thank you all.
Between Dropbox, Google Drive and Google Play, you should be fine.
Coming from a 32GB iPhone I know I'll be fine. My entire music library is on Google Play and other than that I'm good. I don't store videos on my phone and my pictures could not reach 10GB.
Even more icing on the cake they are including 25Gb of drop storage.
Yeah, you should be fine with the 25 from Dropbox. Also, it would also help you if you upload your music to Google Play, since you can make it available for streaming offline.
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This is where I stand on this topic which seems to irk a lot of folks. We have Google drive, for storage, Google music for of course music, Google plus for your pictures and 25 gigs of dropbox for two years. And this isn't counting the memory on the phone. There's no excuse to worry about memory and where to store it any longer. Even devs can't complain about needing to have an SD card because all Roms and the sort can be stored on drive or dropbox. So you see memory on phones is basically an afterthought. Whatever you have built in is plenty.!!
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Thanks all. I do have my music up on Google Play - I was unaware of the offline play!
I will be pickign up the HOX on Sunday. Worst case is I can always return it if I feel it does not meet my needs.
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This is where I stand on this topic which seems to irk a lot of folks. We have Google drive, for storage, Google music for of course music, Google plus for your pictures and 25 gigs of dropbox for two years. And this isn't counting the memory on the phone. There's no excuse to worry about memory and where to store it any longer. Even devs can't complain about needing to have an SD card because all Roms and the sort can be stored on drive or dropbox. So you see memory on phones is basically an afterthought. Whatever you have built in is plenty.!!
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Only in the U.S.A, in Canada we do not have access to google music.
If HTC released the 32gb version with 2 1/2 times the usuable storage like the international version (25gb versus 9.8) I'd be all over this phone like a fat kid on a brownie.
I know us Canucks are in the minority, and even then some Canadians don't care, but we have three year contracts up here. To keep my desire current my "developement" folder on my SD card alone is over 4.5gb of custom ROMs, nandroid backups, radios, rils, kernels etc. Something to consider, if you want (in the future) to play with your One X be prepared to always have a computer handy. One of the draws of android to me is it doesn't need a computer.
Some my complaints as a Canadian:
1. Can't use google music to stream, hence need local storage for music
2. Dropbox is for two years, our contracts are three.........nuf said, though google drive is a nice affordable alternative
I know this issue has been beat to death, but personnally I have decided to wait until the fall to see if HTC releases a One X2, or whatever with more storage options. I was waiting for the S3 to decide but dam that thing is fugly, and so heavily skinned, with Samsungs record of poor updating.........good luck seeing jelly bean on that thing, One X....definately.
Samsung did one thing right, 16, 32 or 64gb options........hopefully HTC follows suite in their next series and this will be one issue that can be put to bed forever.
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Yeah. I know but I am gonna try it too. Only its approx 9.9Gb of usable space not 12Gb
msherman123 said:
Thanks all. I do have my music up on Google Play - I was unaware of the offline play!
I will be pickign up the HOX on Sunday. Worst case is I can always return it if I feel it does not meet my needs.
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Offline play will save it into your phone, so it will still take up space
Not sure if it supports it yet, but USB OTG.
Just plug your host cable into the phone and plug a jump drive / SD card / portable HD into it. I have a 32gb jump drive I plug into my phone when I want to transfer some movies.
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This is where I stand on this topic which seems to irk a lot of folks. We have Google drive, for storage, Google music for of course music, Google plus for your pictures and 25 gigs of dropbox for two years. And this isn't counting the memory on the phone. There's no excuse to worry about memory and where to store it any longer. Even devs can't complain about needing to have an SD card because all Roms and the sort can be stored on drive or dropbox. So you see memory on phones is basically an afterthought. Whatever you have built in is plenty.!!
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This would be fine if I didn't have a 2gb data plan with AT&T.
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Not sure if it supports it yet, but USB OTG.
Just plug your host cable into the phone and plug a jump drive / SD card / portable HD into it. I have a 32gb jump drive I plug into my phone when I want to transfer some movies.
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Can you elaborate on this some? It may be an option if we can utilize a thumbdrive on the go if needed. Would I need a USB Connector Cable (M/F on each end)? Would it then just show up as a mounted folder?
Would this phone support it anyone know?
Everyone seems to be forgetting about Data limits, these carriers are going to love us streaming our music, videos, pictures, etc. Imagine all the money they going to make by people going over their very small data limits.
I wish we had at least 32GB of storage.
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Everyone seems to be forgetting about Data limits, these carriers are going to love us streaming our music, videos, pictures, etc. Imagine all the money they going to make by people going over their very small data limits.
I wish we had at least 32GB of storage.
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I agree, though I am still on AT&Ts unlimited plan. That will be good until I get throttled at 5GB. Though I have not found anything better w/ another carrier. 5GB is a tough cap to hit though for standard use.
In short, SD card is too complicated. What?!
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Why don’t Nexus devices have SD cards?
Everybody likes the idea of having an SD card, but in reality it's just confusing for users.
If you’re saving photos, videos or music, where does it go? Is it on your phone? Or on your card? Should there be a setting? Prompt everytime? What happens to the experience when you swap out the card? It’s just too complicated.
We take a different approach. Your Nexus has a fixed amount of space and your apps just seamlessly use it for you without you ever having to worry about files or volumes or any of that techy nonsense left over from the paleolithic era of computing.
With a Nexus you know exactly how much storage you get upfront and you can decide what’s the right size for you. That’s simple and good for users.
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When galaxy nexus was launched, It was the perfect phone for me .after I discovered that it has no external SD ,it is not my concern anymore
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In short, SD card is too complicated. What?!
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The vast majority of people are not tech savvy so simple is better for Google and they will sell more. Same reasoning for the phone hybrid ui on the tablets.
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Happy to accept what google are saying, but if you wont offer the option of an SD card you probably need to up the max capacity from 16, to 32 and possible 64. Thats if you want the best product going anyway
I used to believe external SD card support is a must have. But in reality, I never needed it. And having everything in the ROM = Faster access.
TBH, I have yet to reach even 8GB let alone 16gb in my GNex.
16 gb are way to low for me. i am using my device as a mp3 player and i now have about 20 gb of music on my sd card. i seriously cant follow the arguments against an sd card slot
20gb of music? Wow...
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Hotte175 said:
16 gb are way to low for me. i am using my device as a mp3 player and i now have about 20 gb of music on my sd card. i seriously cant follow the arguments against an sd card slot
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You really need access to 20GB of music all the time? Why not use Google music to stream most of it and just keep your most listen songs on your device
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lol that's some insultingly poor marketing bs. Even Apple wouldn't make such a crappy argument to justify the removal of a very crucial and popular feature from one of their flagship devices.
If you backtrack and stop supporting something that people used to take for granted with your product, you better have a damn good reason.
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You really need access to 20GB of music all the time? Why not use Google music to stream most of it and just keep your most listen songs on your device
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Seriously?
1) capped, expensive data plans.
2) 3G/wifi are not a given for many users and usecases.
3) take longer to play a song that you already have a local copy of (why?)
4) Google Music does not have a public API and the official app sucks.
And for the record I definitely "need" at least 20 GB worth of music at any given time
It sounds like a statement Apple would issue. My old "dumb" phone had a setting for whether to save camera pics and videos on internal memory or external microSD. Is is really that hard Google, or would you rather take the Apple approach.
Here are my reasons why phones should have SD slots:
-You can get tons of cloud storage for free, but using that storage will cost a lot if you don't have unlimited data. It will also be slower to access than locally stored files.
-Programs, especially games are getting bigger. Its not uncommon to have a single game want a GB of space for its files these days. They will only continue getting bigger and that phone you just bought is stuck with the same amount of memory. It may be enough space now, but what about in a year?
-The price to buy a device with larger internal storage costs much more in $ per GB than a microSD would. Its $50 more to go from the 8GB Nexus 4 to the 16GB. Meanwhile I've seen 64gb microSDXC cards go on sale for $50.
-The memory is not stuck in one device. If I invest in a 64gb card I can take it to my next phone without paying more.
-Its very cheap for an OEM to add a microSD slot, were not asking for a lot of hardware.
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16 gb are way to low for me. i am using my device as a mp3 player and i now have about 20 gb of music on my sd card. i seriously cant follow the arguments against an sd card slot
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Dude 20GB is a LOT of music. It's probably a few days 72 hours worth of music. Don't keep it on your phone, keep about 14 hours, that's the plane ride from USA to China (halfway across the world). I can't even begin to justify the need of so much music.
I only have maybe 4 hours or so of music, that's enough for me. I don't care if a few songs repeat, it's like the radio.
EDIT assuming each 10MB file is 3 mins long, then you actually have 100 hours of music.
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When the argument becomes about how much space a consumer really needs, then the answer is obvious: let the consumer decides.
But if you are willing to concede and let the maker make the choice on storage capacity, at a time when storage has become so dirt cheap, then a good option is to buy a product whose name begins with i.
That is one weak argument from google.
Why not make the nexus 8 or 16gb as it is AND keep sd card support?
dxppxd said:
That is one weak argument from google.
Why not make the nexus 8 or 16gb as it is AND keep sd card support?
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They had reasons about being secure and faster data transfer before too, but those were also pretty weak arguments.
I would like SD cards, but that's the tradeoff for owning a Nexus, I guess.
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Yeah it's too complicated. 16GB internal storage is perfect for me.
Nexus one.
Removable battery
Sd slot.
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amandez said:
Nexus one.
Removable battery
Sd slot.
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Nexii had a removable battery until the Nexus 7, that is relatively new.
And the N1 had an internal storage of what? 300mb? If it didn't have microSD it would be one messed up phone
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Your Nexus has a fixed amount of space and your apps just seamlessly use it for you without you ever having to worry about files or volumes or any of that techy nonsense left over from the paleolithic era of computing.
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Frankly, that's almost insulting to assume that we are that stupid. i chose Android over iOS why? Because I am not stupid, I do not want to be spoon-fed technology like a drooling infant. I chose android because I have a choice- I can choose what to do with my device, how I do it, everything like that. I can choose the software I want to install--and I can chose where I get that software from. I can even choose the operating system, or write one myself, if I want. That's what makes Android such a great platform. Choice, scaleability.
To just write that off as "too complicated" is absolutely...dumb. And makes me question just what the future of the android platform will be.
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Dude 20GB is a LOT of music. It's probably a few days 72 hours worth of music. Don't keep it on your phone, keep about 14 hours, that's the plane ride from USA to China (halfway across the world). I can't even begin to justify the need of so much music.
I only have maybe 4 hours or so of music, that's enough for me. I don't care if a few songs repeat, it's like the radio.
EDIT assuming each 10MB file is 3 mins long, then you actually have 100 hours of music.
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maybe it is a bit offtopic but imo 20gb of music is not much. i still use a mp3player (much better than using the smartphone) and there i got 8gb & 32gb (sd card).i really like to have discographies on the go of my favourite bands.
also: not everyone is using .mp3 - people also use .flac which takes a lot of space.
regarding the topic: sounds a bit stupid to me. probably the production is just cheaper this way and it makes it more difficult to put custom roms on it.
I think the google android chief is brilliant, that philosophy should be applied everywhere:
-4 doors in the car? Too confusing for the user, seal 3 doors, that way we always know how to get in and out.
-6 windows in the house? Make it just one, so we don't look out through the wrong one.
-who needs cable tv? Block all channels but one, so we don't get confused as to what's on tv.
-you have 2 kids? Send the other one to google, keep just the 1. That way you'll always know who failed their math test, or who fed the hamster to the cat.
It's a marketing strategy to get more $$$. That way they can sell very expensive gb of internal space.
Currently I own an HTC One with 64GB of storage. Bought it back in April the first day it came to the U.S and its the first android phone I've ever owned. Loving it but, The nexus 5 has been very interesting to me. I like the idea of stock UI, quick updates, near perfect optimization of hardware. The problem is if there isn't a 64GB storage option, selling my One and buying the nexus 5 won't be able to happen. Many people tell me to move my ever expanding library of music (currently 25gb) to the cloud, but with 2gb of data and how often I listen to music using google play music to stream my music just isn't possible. So is there any recent rumors, or possibly any type of speculation someone could make that might point to there being a 64gb version? Trying not to get my hopes up because most likely, the highest possible storage will be 32 like last year but still, a small sliver of hope isn't bad right?
TL;DR Will the nexus 5 possibly have a 64gb storage option?
xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Currently I own an HTC One with 64GB of storage. Bought it back in April the first day it came to the U.S and its the first android phone I've ever owned. Loving it but, The nexus 5 has been very interesting to me. I like the idea of stock UI, quick updates, near perfect optimization of hardware. The problem is if there isn't a 64GB storage option, selling my One and buying the nexus 5 won't be able to happen. Many people tell me to move my ever expanding library of music (currently 25gb) to the cloud, but with 2gb of data and how often I listen to music using google play music to stream my music just isn't possible. So is there any recent rumors, or possibly any type of speculation someone could make that might point to there being a 64gb version? Trying not to get my hopes up because most likely, the highest possible storage will be 32 like last year but still, a small sliver of hope isn't bad right?
TL;DR Will the nexus 5 possibly have a 64gb storage option?
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I think this is very unlikely, as
- the 16GB version is practically confirmed,
- there were always 2 storage options for Nexus devices (+ possibly 3G/LTE tablet variant), and
- the 2nd storage option was always twice as big as the 1st (afaik).
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I think this is very unlikely, as
- the 16GB version is practically confirmed,
- there were always 2 storage options for Nexus devices (+ possibly 3G/LTE Tablet variant), and
- the 2nd storage option was always twice as big as the 1st (afaik).
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Well the Nexus 4 did ahve a 8gb version as well. Making it 3. Though that was quite some time after the initial release. The 32gb version is practically confirmed as well because of the leaked manual. So either I'm thinking an 8gb version will be coming out or a 64gb version. Most likely the former, rather than the latter though if it follows the nexus 4. :/ Really hoping a miracle happens though and a 64gb version appears.
xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Well the Nexus 4 did ahve a 8gb version as well. Making it 3. Though that was quite some time after the initial release. The 32gb version is practically confirmed as well because of the leaked manual. So either I'm thinking an 8gb version will be coming out or a 64gb version. Most likely the former, rather than the latter though if it follows the nexus 4. :/ Really hoping a miracle happens though and a 64gb version appears.
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Nexus 4 was available with 8GB and with 16GB. That's 2 storage options by my calculations.
I really doubt Google will release a device with 3 storage options. I think only 16GB and 32GB will be released.
JUMPhil said:
Nexus 4 was available with 8GB and with 16GB. That's 2 storage options by my calculations.
I really doubt Google will release a device with 3 storage options. I think only 16GB and 32GB will be released.
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Oh yes you're right, was getting that 32gb mixed up with the N7. Makes sense to do 16 and 32 I guess then. Its a shame. Will probably be missing out on it then.
xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Oh yes you're right, was getting that 32gb mixed up with the N7. Makes sense to do 16 and 32 I guess then. Its a shame. Will probably be missing out on it then.
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You could consider something like this for your music, assuming the nexus 5 will have otg support
http://www.meenova.com/
Nbsss said:
You could consider something like this for your music, assuming the nexus 5 will have otg support
http://www.meenova.com/
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Ah yes I was considering this, I should probably ask someone with personal experience but how well would that work? Would my music application of choice immediately recognize the music? How much time would it take to recognize the music? If it works well I won't completely rule out the nexus 5. It would definitely mess up my way of syncing. I use bittorent sync to wirelessly sync music from a folder on my PC to a folder on my HTC One. Not being able to do that isnt a deal breaker but I want to make sure that selling my One for a nexus 5 won't be a regret.
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xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Ah yes I was considering this, I should probably ask someone with personal experience but how well would that work? Would my music application of choice immediately recognize the music? How much time would it take to recognize the music? If it works well I won't completely rule out the nexus 5. It would definitely mess up my way of syncing. I use bittorent sync to wirelessly sync music from a folder on my PC to a folder on my HTC One. Not being able to do that isnt a deal breaker but I want to make sure that selling my One for a nexus 5 won't be a regret.
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I think it'll work fine.
I should get my kickstarter edition before the nexus 5 arrives, so i'll let you know
wish to have
Even I wish to have 64GB version, I have right now 32GB which I feel the memory is not much enough..
jacksparao said:
Even I wish to have 64GB version, I have right now 32GB which I feel the memory is not much enough..
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Yeah, if you're a music, games & movie type of person then 32GB is not enough. My 32gb is almost full. oh myyyyyy :cyclops:
alicepattinson said:
Yeah, if you're a music, games & movie type of person then 32GB is not enough. My 32gb is almost full. oh myyyyyy :cyclops:
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For me its just all music. Really sucks when you're part of the user base being ignored.
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On that http://www.meenova.com web site, check the List of Compatible Android Smartphones & Tablets. It has a line that says:
Google Nexus 4 doesn't support USB-OTG, it is NOT compatible.
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Just make sure the Nexus 5 supports that before taking the plunge.
dashrendar said:
On that http://www.meenova.com web site, check the List of Compatible Android Smartphones & Tablets. It has a line that says:
Just make sure the Nexus 5 supports that before taking the plunge.
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hi @all
i think so that the nexus 5 supports now usb mass storage and otg.....no more MTP:good::good::good:
this weekend i will order one of this from the meenova site.:fingers-crossed:
then i will buy me an Nexus 5(16Gb)...+ my 32 Gb micro sd......= 48Gb i think that is enough for my personal use:laugh::laugh::victory:
yes sure....i know, i cannot wait till i can root the nexus 5
cheers
danmaman said:
hi @allthen i will buy me an Nexus 5(16Gb)...+ my 32 Gb micro sd......= 48Gb i think that is enough for my personal use
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Too bad the N5 probably won't have the option to use an external sd-card..
Donnie Sins said:
Too bad the N5 probably won't have the option to use an external sd-card..
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Hi Donnie
look at this link
http://www.meenova.com/
i ment this....with the 48Gb....
and if the N5 based on LG G2....it is possible to mount as usb mass storage....and with a little app helper from the store--called...."stickmount" from chainfire
cheers....and so on:laugh::good:
danmaman said:
Hi Donnie
look at this link
http://www.meenova.com/
i ment this....with the 48Gb....
and if the N5 based on LG G2....it is possible to mount as usb mass storage....and with a little app helper from the store--called...."stickmount" from chainfire
cheers....and so on:laugh::good:
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Never heard of this. If it works, that would be great. Thanks
xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Currently I own an HTC One with 64GB of storage. Bought it back in April the first day it came to the U.S and its the first android phone I've ever owned. Loving it but, The nexus 5 has been very interesting to me. I like the idea of stock UI, quick updates, near perfect optimization of hardware. The problem is if there isn't a 64GB storage option, selling my One and buying the nexus 5 won't be able to happen. Many people tell me to move my ever expanding library of music (currently 25gb) to the cloud, but with 2gb of data and how often I listen to music using google play music to stream my music just isn't possible. So is there any recent rumors, or possibly any type of speculation someone could make that might point to there being a 64gb version? Trying not to get my hopes up because most likely, the highest possible storage will be 32 like last year but still, a small sliver of hope isn't bad right?
TL;DR Will the nexus 5 possibly have a 64gb storage option?
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On the music issue I understand you dont want to use your data but have you considered streaming your own music on wifi or loading up a playlist the night before and then taking it with you? I do that with Subsonic server (free) and Dsub client, 2$ but worth much more imho. You do have to have your tunes on a computer connected to the net while you stream or load but I love this setup so much i ditched my ipod and doubletwist. I have a days worth of tunes I chose the night before or just a jukebox shuffle of whatever. Takes about 5 mins to load after i have selected whatever i want, goto bed and good to go the next day. You can choose how much you want to cache and Dsub uses only that but you get a fresh supply everyday. Sheesh, i sound like a shill but im not. just really like Subsonic
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp
Thanks for the Meenova idea too, I grabbed a duo of them, great idea
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ZooBaAr said:
On the music issue I understand you dont want to use your data but have you considered streaming your own music on wifi or loading up a playlist the night before and then taking it with you? I do that with Subsonic server (free) and Dsub client, 2$ but worth much more imho. You do have to have your tunes on a computer connected to the net while you stream or load but I love this setup so much i ditched my ipod and doubletwist. I have a days worth of tunes I chose the night before or just a jukebox shuffle of whatever. Takes about 5 mins to load after i have selected whatever i want, goto bed and good to go the next day. You can choose how much you want to cache and Dsub uses only that but you get a fresh supply everyday. Sheesh, i sound like a shill but im not. just really like Subsonic
http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp
Thanks for the Meenova idea too, I grabbed a duo of them, great idea
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When it comes to it I might hit you up and see if I can get this working. Only thing is I hate taking the time out of my day to have to load music on my device and all that. I might be able to get used to it though. Worth a try when I get my nexus 5.
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You can do the same with Google play music. Upload everything from your PC to the cloud, when you are under wifi open the app and select what to keep offline... If you have wifi coverage you can change the whole offline library multiple times a day if you like...
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xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
When it comes to it I might hit you up and see if I can get this working. Only thing is I hate taking the time out of my day to have to load music on my device and all that. I might be able to get used to it though. Worth a try when I get my nexus 5.
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KoRRo89 said:
You can do the same with Google play music. Upload everything from your PC to the cloud, when you are under wifi open the app and select what to keep offline... If you have wifi coverage you can change the whole offline library multiple times a day if you like...
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Glad to help if you need, Destructions are prettly clear, if you can root and rom a phone you can sure stream subsonic :fingers-crossed:
really it takes only 5 minutes for me to setup and then load whatever im going to listen to the next day then i goto sleep.Music is there in the mornin.
Yes google play is an option but why up your entire collection then stream when you can just stream it yourself? its redundant i think,
2,306 artists
7,293 albums
85,490 songs
979.08 GB
6,679 hours
not bragging but im not putting all that in the cloud and it sounds like xXxG0dzRAgexXx has a serious collection too so play is not really an efficient option for most ppl. I also think that if ppl knew they could stream themselves easily, Play would BE redundant .
It is nice to have choices tho
Zoo