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Hear Hear: google just entered the subsided device game! just like microsoft tried to kill competition by taking a loss on xbox. google via the acquired motor

by gcb0 13y ago

Hear Hear: google just entered the subsided device game! just like microsoft tried to kill competition by taking a loss on xbox. google via the acquired motorola mobility is probably taking a loss to sell you a 720p screen phone with NO SD CARD. the info site tells you in 7 different places that you get 50GB of free google drive. google wants your data pretty bad.

intrazoo 13y ago
It seems logical that they would want your data, but: 50gb is pretty much free for them (storage gets cheaper over time, for one) and maybe a good selling point, no sd card makes file system easier and phones thinner, and in addition to wanting all your data, they would want to have android users have the nice automatic expedience of having all their music in one place on all devices, for example. Want your users to have great simple experience. You want this for business reasons, and I am not saying they are not also data hungry.
yapcguy 13y ago
True but for any discerning techie, root it and you can have nandroid/titanium backups, pushed to the cloud, or pulled via wireless adb, or even bittorrent sync (in lieu of an open-source solution for now). The Moto-G is nice except for the lack of LTE and micro-SD. Meanwhile the $150 Galaxy Light has both LTE and micro-SD but a low res screen. Trade-offs hmmm....
- gcb0 13y ago
  not having a SD card nowadays is crazy. Ask ANYONE who has the galaxy nexus S (maybe i have the wrong model... the only nexus without SD slot) you can't install swype, firefox, google voice and skype on the same phone! and that is a 2 year old model.
  - techsupporter 13y ago
    I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus (which has no SD card slot) with Swype, Firefox, Google Voice, and Skype all installed on my phone. According to the Storage page, I have 7.92GB of space left, out of 13.33GB total available, after my apps, some music, and pictures.
  - tapoxi 13y ago
    You're referring to the Galaxy Nexus, the Galaxy S has an SD card slot. The Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 also lack SD card slots. As a Galaxy Nexus owner (it was my first Android phone) it was never an issue, as it has 16 GB of internal storage. I could install plenty of apps (including the four you mentioned) and cached a decent amount of music from Spotify. I now own a Moto X, which doesn't have an SD card slot either.

by gcb0 13y ago

intrazoo 13y ago

It seems logical that they would want your data, but: 50gb is pretty much free for them (storage gets cheaper over time, for one) and maybe a good selling point, no sd card makes file system easier and phones thinner, and in addition to wanting all your data, they would want to have android users have the nice automatic expedience of having all their music in one place on all devices, for example. Want your users to have great simple experience. You want this for business reasons, and I am not saying they are not also data hungry.

yapcguy 13y ago

True but for any discerning techie, root it and you can have nandroid/titanium backups, pushed to the cloud, or pulled via wireless adb, or even bittorrent sync (in lieu of an open-source solution for now). The Moto-G is nice except for the lack of LTE and micro-SD. Meanwhile the $150 Galaxy Light has both LTE and micro-SD but a low res screen. Trade-offs hmmm....

gcb0 13y ago
not having a SD card nowadays is crazy. Ask ANYONE who has the galaxy nexus S (maybe i have the wrong model... the only nexus without SD slot) you can't install swype, firefox, google voice and skype on the same phone! and that is a 2 year old model.
- techsupporter 13y ago
  I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus (which has no SD card slot) with Swype, Firefox, Google Voice, and Skype all installed on my phone. According to the Storage page, I have 7.92GB of space left, out of 13.33GB total available, after my apps, some music, and pictures.
- tapoxi 13y ago
  You're referring to the Galaxy Nexus, the Galaxy S has an SD card slot. The Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 also lack SD card slots. As a Galaxy Nexus owner (it was my first Android phone) it was never an issue, as it has 16 GB of internal storage. I could install plenty of apps (including the four you mentioned) and cached a decent amount of music from Spotify. I now own a Moto X, which doesn't have an SD card slot either.