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What high end android phone ships with 8? The only one I can think of is the old Nexus 4, but being a $299 phone it obviously had to cut corners somewhere. I w
by drzaiusapelord 12y ago
What high end android phone ships with 8? The only one I can think of is the old Nexus 4, but being a $299 phone it obviously had to cut corners somewhere. I wouldn't call it high-end either considering its weak battery and lack of LTE support.
I find a lot of phones and tablets are stuck at 16gb, as you mentioned, regardless of OEM. End users don't seem to be making space a priority, instead they just want thinner and sexier, which has led to the problem of low battary capacities, bending issues, and screens that are easily cracked.
I think think we're in the infancy of mobile and wearables. I suspect a big sturdy 6" phone will become the status quo soon enough with a smartwatch companion for notifications. I'm kinda doing this now with my N5 and my Moto 360 and its a great combo. Moving to the N6 with its massive battery and gorgeous screen is a no brainer. Also, constant 24/7 LTE or wifi makes storage much less of an issue, but I suspect it might be an issue for me as I migrate away from using a tablet to just using a phablet and then that 16gb limitation will be painful.
- post_break 12y agoMost Samsung devices are 16GB with 8GB left over for installable apps. And don't tell me "IT HAS AN SD CARD SLOT!!" because you can't install apps on them (especially big ones like games)
- pja 12y agoYes you can, even on stock Android. The developer has to set the option to allow it in the manifest when they submit the App however, which not all of them do sadly.
- post_break 12y agoI forgot to put the world always, you can't always put apps on the SD card.
- masklinn 12y ago> What high end android phone ships with 8? None, but they usually ship with 16, sometimes upgradable to 32, and these days often no SD slot. The Nexus 9 is 16/32 with no SD, the Nexus 6 is 32/64 with no SD. The Air 2 and 6's are 16/64/128 (though the 16GB is a bloody sham, especially when the next OS will most likely require even more available space than iOS8's already humongous 5GB for OTA) (it was really funny seeing the proud 47%-a-month-in graph when iOS7 was at 71% a month in: http://fortune.com/2013/10/15/mixpanel-apples-ios-7-hit-71-penetration-in-27-days/ http://fortune.com/2013/10/15/mixpanel-apples-ios-7-hit-71-p...)
- elithrar 12y agoNo SD I can live with, but max. 32GB on a tablet (where you are like to store larger apps/more HD media) is crazy. My 32GB iPad Mini can be a bit restrictive at times when travelling - 1.07GB TV episodes means I can fit a set of 720p TV w/ maybe enough room to spare for a couple of movies.