I'm about to order my second Moto G (16gb, US GSM) identical to the first one I pre-ordered. Unfortunately, my clumsy ass dropped my unprotected Moto G face first into the concrete cracking the screen. Not the G's fault...my stupid fault. My question is this: My first Moto G was from the first "batch" produced. Are there any minor differences between the first round of Moto G's released and currently shipping G's? Sometimes minor things will be tweaked from batch to batch like the display calibration or even very minor hardware changes from one vendor to another vendor. Just wondering if anything like that has happened that I should be aware of.
Nothing has changed really, you may get Sharp-made screen instead of the usual LG made one, but they both are good, so nothing to worry about.
Moto is using cheaper Hynix-made memory chips on the dual sim versions, instead of the usual Samsung ones which perform way better and less heat output.
Let's hope that these didn't make it to the 1032...
Other than that, everything else should be the same.
liveroy said:
Nothing has changed really, you may get Sharp-made screen instead of the usual LG made one, but they both are good, so nothing to worry about.
Moto is using cheaper Hynix-made memory chips on the dual sim versions, instead of the usual Samsung ones which perform way better and less heat output.
Let's hope that these didn't make it to the 1032...
Other than that, everytghing else should be the same.
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My dual sim 16 gb says toshiba .....and ram from samsung
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jaspreet997 said:
My dual sim 16 gb says toshiba .....and ram from samsung
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You seems to have one of the better versions of the XT1033, maybe a whole batch was made, no idea, but certainly there are ones with Hynix RAM chips.
The eMMC is made by Toshiba for all Moto G's that I've seen so far, altho they might have another suppliers for NAND flash storage.
liveroy said:
Nothing has changed really, you may get Sharp-made screen instead of the usual LG made one, but they both are good, so nothing to worry about.
Moto is using cheaper Hynix-made memory chips on the dual sim versions, instead of the usual Samsung ones which perform way better and less heat output.
Let's hope that these didn't make it to the 1032...
Other than that, everything else should be the same.
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jaspreet997 said:
My dual sim 16 gb says toshiba .....and ram from samsung
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You seems to have one of the better versions of the XT1033, maybe a whole batch was made, no idea, but certainly there are ones with Hynix RAM chips.
The eMMC is made by Toshiba for all Moto G's that I've seen so far, altho they might have another suppliers for NAND flash storage.
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How to check
imranaryan said:
How to check
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Yes, please. How to check?
imranaryan said:
How to check
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Yes, please. How to check?
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Power off the phone...then press power and volume down together to go into fastboot......on top of fastboot screen you can see ram and internal sd manufacturer name
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liveroy said:
Nothing has changed really, you may get Sharp-made screen instead of the usual LG made one, but they both are good, so nothing to worry about.
Moto is using cheaper Hynix-made memory chips on the dual sim versions, instead of the usual Samsung ones which perform way better and less heat output.
Let's hope that these didn't make it to the 1032...
Other than that, everything else should be the same.
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Recently bought an XT1032 and has Hynix memory
I have MotoG 16gb(black M)
Samsung and sandisk
Using dual sim XT1033 here with Samsung DRAM. :good:
Date (production date?) under Fastboot > Barcodes is 06-January-2014
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Power off the phone...then press power and volume down together to go into fastboot......on top of fastboot screen you can see ram and internal sd manufacturer name
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I read this like a 'learn to read' message Guess I can always blame the consumerist culture of today. Thanks!
Interesting thread..
My 1st pre order phone XT1033 16 GB had Toshiba+samsung ...
Now replacement phone have sandisk+hynix :x
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There are also some visual changes. The battery cover on my 16gb from USA is more rubbery, a little brighter, moto logo is silver color and when the screen is off, u can see that is more yellow than 8gb from Tesco which is more black-dark blue(but only when is off, otherwise no difference when on).
So inside difference:
Tesco 8gb: eMMC 8gb Toshiba DRAM: 1024MB HYNIX S4
USA 16gb: eMMC 16gb Toshiba DRAM: 1024MB Samsung S4
Toshiba 16gb with hynix module. Can't complain.
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Mine XT1033 dual SIM variant is having SanDisk 16 GB eMMC but DRAM is from Hynix!! Can anyone tell me is there any drawback if we have DRAM from Hynix manufacturer?? Please reply soon!! I am worried about my moto G
liveroy said:
Nothing has changed really, you may get Sharp-made screen instead of the usual LG made one, but they both are good, so nothing to worry about.
Moto is using cheaper Hynix-made memory chips on the dual sim versions, instead of the usual Samsung ones which perform way better and less heat output.
Let's hope that these didn't make it to the 1032...
Other than that, everything else should be the same.
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Hey, Hynix-made chips are harmful? or is there any drawback in these chips? Please tell me man!! I am worried about my XT1033 as its having SanDisk eMMC and Hynix DRAM!!! If its not good then tell me asap so that I could get it exchanged from flipkart.
Interesting. My pre-order 16gb US GSM 'G' has Toshiba and Hynix. It'll be interesting to see if the components in my new phone are any different. If so, I'll duplicate everything on the new phone the best I can and see if it "feels" any different than the previous model as far as performance is concerned.
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I read this like a 'learn to read' message Guess I can always blame the consumerist culture of today. Thanks!
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We love our noobs
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---------- Post added at 07:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:16 PM ----------
Do not worry about hynix or sandisk or whatever
Any ram or emmc no matter toshiba or samsung can develop a fault
just a matter of chance
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liveroy said:
Nothing has changed really, you may get Sharp-made screen instead of the usual LG made one, but they both are good, so nothing to worry about.
Moto is using cheaper Hynix-made memory chips on the dual sim versions, instead of the usual Samsung ones which perform way better and less heat output.
Let's hope that these didn't make it to the 1032...
Other than that, everything else should be the same.
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Can you tell me, how to chek my screen forom which manifactur was made? I have got 2 moto g (16 gb) from tesco, but with different screen-off colors. One is more blue and the other is more purple-red.
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Can you tell me, how to chek my screen forom which manifactur was made? I have got 2 moto g (16 gb) from tesco, but with different screen-off colors. One is more blue and the other is more purple-red.
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Try with:
su
dmesg|grep -i panel
in a terminal emulator if you are rooted. Paste output here.I'm not sure tho if that's gonna work or not, Android is weird OS.
The only viable way to me is disassemble and check on the back of the panel.
If someone else can help with a better way to retrieve who the manufacturer of the display panel is, speak up.
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Hi, I'm trying to get a cellphone, between $100 - $175 dollars at the most but mostly with these specs, I don't need anything expensive right now, since this would be a gift:
RAM: 768 MB - 1GB
Processor: does not matter
Camera: 5MP at least
OS: Android
Could you recommend some models? I would appreciate the help, thank you!
I recommend you 1GB RAM, I have a galaxy ace 2 with 768mb of ram and you can notice the lack of ram.
Don't recommend samsung, makes a lot of models and left unupdated the old ones despite they are quite capable.
xiaomi red rice seems a good option although it seems a bit difficult to get nowadays. Jiayu phones are not bad and ZTE, zopo and THL W100 seems good options.
Hope this helps, may be if you had a list of the phones you are able to buy we cold help you more :angel:
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Hi, I'm trying to get a cellphone, between $100 - $175 dollars at the most but mostly with these specs, I don't need anything expensive right now, since this would be a gift:
RAM: 768 MB - 1GB
Processor: does not matter
Camera: 5MP at least
OS: Android
Could you recommend some models? I would appreciate the help, thank you!
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I recommend you 1GB RAM, I have a galaxy ace 2 with 768mb of ram and you can notice the lack of ram.
Don't recommend samsung, makes a lot of models and left unupdated the old ones despite they are quite capable.
xiaomi red rice seems a good option although it seems a bit difficult to get nowadays. Jiayu phones are not bad and ZTE, zopo and THL W100 seems good options.
Hope this helps, may be if you had a list of the phones you are able to buy we cold help you more :angel:
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I've looked these ones:
Lenovo A820
Huawei Ascen Y300
LG Optimus L5
Any idea? thanks for the suggestions!
My preferences are the order you wrote
The best option is Lenovo A820 : 1GB Ram, 8mp camera, better screen resolution
The other two only have 512mb Ram, and 5 mp camera. Huawei has better screen resolution than lg.
Hope this helps.
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saman0suke1 said:
I've looked these ones:
Lenovo A820
Huawei Ascen Y300
LG Optimus L5
Any idea? thanks for the suggestions!
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My preferences are the order you wrote
The best option is Lenovo A820 : 1GB Ram, 8mp camera, better screen resolution
The other two only have 512mb Ram, and 5 mp camera. Huawei has better screen resolution than lg.
Hope this helps.
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I prefered the Lenovo phone as well, but, what do you know about this model or any Lenovo model? are good? I know Lenovo is a really good brand in Laptops, but what about phones? also, the flash does not have camera, so that keeps me thinking about that one :S thanks for the help!
What about moto g?
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Yeah! the only problem is that it has no flash but all the other specs are quite better. Yo could try moto G as says on the other message.
Lenovo is the biggest chinese laptop manufacturer, bought IBM and manufactures with their technology. I've read that phones are good
Which is your price limit?? maybe there are more options?? What about xiaomi red rice??
Bye
saman0suke1 said:
I prefered the Lenovo phone as well, but, what do you know about this model or any Lenovo model? are good? I know Lenovo is a really good brand in Laptops, but what about phones? also, the flash does not have camera, so that keeps me thinking about that one :S thanks for the help!
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Well, Moto G must be above $200 dollars, which is not an option, this is a gift that I will give in the meantime, while this person does not get her new phone from the provider, and she needs one now; I did not know about the Xiaomi one, but the price exceeds the limit, thanks for the suggestions!
saman0suke1 said:
Well, Moto G must be above $200 dollars, which is not an option, this is a gift that I will give in the meantime, while this person does not get her new phone from the provider, and she needs one now; I did not know about the Xiaomi one, but the price exceeds the limit, thanks for the suggestions!
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I've seen advertisements of it for 179$
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/11/29/moto-g-discounted-to-150-at-koodo/
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/12/buy-moto-g-from-amazon-now-for-179/
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I've seen advertisements of it for 179$
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/11/29/moto-g-discounted-to-150-at-koodo/
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/12/buy-moto-g-from-amazon-now-for-179/
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Thanks! I would prefer to get one from eBay, is the only one I use all the time, but the offer is really good :S
There are 3 threads devoted to discussions about devices, please repost your question in one of these three threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
Thanks!
Helo everyone! I'm between Nexus 4 and Moto G. BUT, I've been with no smartphone for half a year(sucks really hard). So, I'm thinking of buying a Moto G because the Nexus 4 is more expensive.
The thing is, is the Quad Core A7 cpu better or the same than a Dual Core A9 cpu at the SAME SPEED?(The S2 9100 has a 1,2GHz Dual Core A9)
Thanks guys!
The moto G is faster than the Galaxy S2. It's less powerful than a Nexus 4 because the Nexus 4 has twice the RAM though it comes close in some benchmarks because of the optimized ROM, nand storage filesystem, and CPU. In real world usage though an N4 will be much smoother and faster. Still the Moto G is a fine device. By the way, the Nexus 4 is no longer for sale. Perhaps you mean a Nexus 5? That kind of blows away a Moto G and most other smartphones. Though there is the price factor and the moto G is more than adequate.
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Thanks for the reply! I meant Nexus 4. I'm from Greece and I can find it in some stores and also on Amazon and ebay.
How fast is CyanogenMod 11 on Moto G? Is the stock ROM faster than CM11 or at least the same? I like flahing ROMs and kernels(as everyone else ) so I wouldn't want the flashed ROM to be slower than the stock ROM.
I used to have a nexus 4
Other than the price also consider the battery, the moto g battery life is better than the nexus 4 in my opinion and experience. So if you buy the moto g, you save some money and get the must have accesories like the meenova microsd card you can expand you memory and also the flip shell from motorola so that you can wake your phone without using the power button.
I have played MC4 in the moto g and in the nexus 4, in the nexus is used to get very hot the whole phone but the moto g does not do that much or at least not as the nexus did, that game is pretty heavy but no difference with the nexus , about the ram I have not felt any significant difference maybe others but my experience it works very well. However if you are into video and photography then the nexus is much better than the g, so consider that as well.
Hope you get what you are looking for.
bye
Konstantinos said:
Thanks for the reply! I meant Nexus 4. I'm from Greece and I can find it in some stores and also on Amazon and ebay.
How fast is CyanogenMod 11 on Moto G? Is the stock ROM faster than CM11 or at least the same? I like flahing ROMs and kernels(as everyone else ) so I wouldn't want the flashed ROM to be slower than the stock ROM.
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I have had the N4, Moto G, and s2 (i9100). I like all of them but I find the s2 too slow for me. If the N4 and Moto G are the same price, I would pick the N4.
Right now, there are no custom ROMs for the Moto G based on CM11 or AOSP.
enrique097 said:
So if you buy the moto g, you save some money and get the must have accesories like the meenova microsd card you can expand you memory
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Recommend a good Mini Micro SD Card? ScanDisk ok?
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Recommend a good Mini Micro SD Card? ScanDisk ok?
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SanDisk microSDHC Ultra 32GB, class 10, UHS-I, 30MB/sec. + SD adapter, Mobile
Look for this one in Amazon it is on sale just £19 it was £50 I bought this one myself works nicely with the meenova
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SanDisk microSDHC Ultra 32GB, class 10, UHS-I, 30MB/sec. + SD adapter, Mobile
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I ordered the meenova but then read the 'fine print'...Moto G has to be rooted or else only can be used on read-access basis. Am trying to cancel order as have no plans to root the device. Too bad. Many thanks for your recommendation, appreciated
Last year I bought a Moto G 1st gen.
At the beginning it was very fast and responsive but now my will is to throw it at the wall
I'm thinking on buying a new phone so I looked at oneplus 2 specs and I like them a lot (64gb rom, 4gb ram, 1.8GHz, fingertip reader...).
At this moment Oneplus 2 64gb version is priced with 399€.
So do you think I should buy it or there are better options for lower/same price?
Thanks
Well, the moto g should still be a pretty fast and good phone. Have you tried a factory reset and updating it to the latest Android version.
CalculatedRisk said:
Well, the moto g should still be a pretty fast and good phone. Have you tried a factory reset and updating it to the latest Android version.
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It is on its last Android version, but I didn't factory reset it yet.
Give that a shot after backing up your data.
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Give that a shot after backing up your data.
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Ok, will do it
Joaosacramento said:
I'm thinking on buying a new phone so I looked at oneplus 2 specs and I like them a lot (64gb rom, 4gb ram, 1.8GHz, fingertip reader...).
At this moment Oneplus 2 64gb version is priced with 399€.
So do you think I should buy it ?
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Yes you should since there are not much better phones on that price range.
Other phones to consider are:
LG G3 ( 360€ ) and the Moto X Pure ( 399€ )
Elya_Dragon said:
Yes you should since there are not much better phones on that price range.
Other phones to consider are:
LG G3 ( 360€ ) and the Moto X Pure ( 399€ )
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I did the factory reset on moto G and it is like new now.
I will keep it for now
Joaosacramento said:
I did the factory reset on moto G and it is like new now.
I will keep it for now
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I'm happy to hear that!
Joaosacramento said:
Last year I bought a Moto G 1st gen.
At the beginning it was very fast and responsive but now my will is to throw it at the wall
I'm thinking on buying a new phone so I looked at oneplus 2 specs and I like them a lot (64gb rom, 4gb ram, 1.8GHz, fingertip reader...).
At this moment Oneplus 2 64gb version is priced with 399€.
So do you think I should buy it or there are better options for lower/same price?
Thanks
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Bro your decision is right
Go for One plus Two
You know what its a world best phone on that price augment .
Ukr its rom is cyanogen that means its consumes lite ram uses that makes it gives good performance . Its a best phone to buy now and i think its a future-ready phone. Go for it :thumbup:
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Rajaks said:
Bro your decision is right
Go for One plus Two
You know what its a world best phone on that price augment .
Ukr its rom is cyanogen that means its consumes lite ram uses that makes it gives good performance . Its a best phone to buy now and i think its a future-ready phone. Go for it :thumbup:
Please give thanks if i help you
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Thanks for your reply, but as I said above I did a factory reset on my Moto G and now it is almost as new
So I will keep it for now, maybe in future I'll oneplus 2.
Good to hear man. Enjoy the phone.
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I want the Nexus 5 has a larger memory, currently it only has 16GB. Too little
I understand there are two ways to upgrade the memory device :
1. Insert a Memory Card
2.Rather Chip Me 32-64-128Gb
What plan should I choose : 1 or 2
3. Buy 32GB version.
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Currently in Vietnam there is only 16GB
consolation said:
3. Buy 32GB version.
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Currently in Vietnam there is only 16GB
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its 2016! still 16gb Wow!.... go for emcc chip 32gigs!
When changing the memory to 32 GB have i to do any system modifications, programming the chip ? or only replace the memory. [emoji54]
You would have to change the motherboad to increase the memory to 32 gb. You cannot replace the memory chip yourself.
Edit: I am wrong because it looks like you can replace the memory chip.
http://www.xda-developers.com/nexus-5-hardware-modded-to-64gb-internal-storage-by-replacing-emmc/
Actually you can... if you have some decent soldering / reflowing skills and can purchase a compatible 32GB eMMC... there's a thread or two around about a guy upgrading a 16gb one to 64gb (but had to do some partition manipulation etc because there's no offical 64gb version.)
I'd love to see how someone replaced the chip because those solder points are so fine. I could never find any threads where someone was successful. Also, I could not even find anyone that successfully replaced a damaged sim slot.
Edit: yup, looks like it can be done.
http://www.xda-developers.com/nexus-5-hardware-modded-to-64gb-internal-storage-by-replacing-emmc/
I need to study more, not as simple as I thought
Hey all, was considering upgrading to S7 flat. Was wondering if there was any difference in compatibility of ROMs etc. between 32 and 64 GB versions?
Australian, so most likely going to be 930F.
Eggleston11 said:
Hey all, was considering upgrading to S7 flat. Was wondering if there was any difference in compatibility of ROMs etc. between 32 and 64 GB versions?
Australian, so most likely going to be 930F.
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Hi mate
No difference....other than the size of the memory chips , all roms that work in one should work in the other
Fantastic, thank you!
Eggleston11 said:
Fantastic, thank you!
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But i will recommend 64gb version
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takerhbk said:
But i will recommend 64gb version
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any particular reason?
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any particular reason?
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32gb is not enough especially with vr content
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There is no 64gb version.
Actually is not really 32gb, is much less than that, but gladly we can use microsd to expand the memory as much as 200gb
Djuganight said:
Actually is not really 32gb, is much less than that, but gladly we can use microsd to expand the memory as much as 200gb
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24gb to be exact, once you start adding vr stuff the space quickly disappears, plus you can't move vr stuff to the sdcard which sucks.
You can always emulate the sdcard to work as the phone internal storage.
https://www.xda-developers.com/enable-adoptable-storage-for-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge/
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There is no 64gb version.
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Isn't there? GSM arena told me there was. http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7-7821.php
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Regarding the VR, that shouldn't even be allowed as it completely trash our eyes and also affects our brain, causing headaches etc. It's nice to try out, not to use regularly.
Djuganight said:
Regarding the VR, that shouldn't even be allowed as it completely trash our eyes and also affects our brain, causing headaches etc. It's nice to try out, not to use regularly.
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I dont plan to use it much - i reckon it's a bit of a gimmick
Eggleston11 said:
Isn't there? GSM arena told me there was. http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7-7821.php
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They lied, the only 64gb ones are the fake ones.
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They lied, the only 64gb ones are the fake ones.
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Guess I have no choice (although I was probably going to get the 32 anyways). And now I know that all 930F will be supported. Thanks for clearing this up!
I dont think 64 is better then a 32 because wit hthe nougat update you can push all apps to the sd card so get the 32gb and a fast sd card and you good to go.
Djuganight said:
You can always emulate the sdcard to work as the phone internal storage.
https://www.xda-developers.com/enable-adoptable-storage-for-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge/
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I don't think it works with nougat.
peachpuff said:
There is no 64gb version.
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new black pearl model colour is 64 or 128 gb
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