Pictures taking up a lot of space - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

Hey guys I have no idea how but it says my pictures are taking up to 2 gigs of space. Is this how it is for everyone else? The funny thing is all my photos are on my external SD card.
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Sounds like some app you have installed on your phone is using the internal memory for its photo storage...mines at just under 1GB....do you have any photo apps on your phone?
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I have a few but I wouldn't it say when I'm looking at my list of apps in order of largest sized apps? When I do that it says my gallery takes up like 800 mb

kench33 said:
I have a few but I wouldn't it say when I'm looking at my list of apps in order of largest sized apps? When I do that it says my gallery takes up like 800 mb
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That's a difficult question to answer without knowing how many pictures you have.
Most of my pictures run in the 3-5 MB range. 150 pictures would be about 800 MB.

Hm, weird all my photos except for maybe 50 are on my external sd card. It's no big deal I guess, I still have like 2 gigs of internal memory left.

You could try clearing the data in gallery and photo editor. Be sure to back up any pics you don't want to lose.

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EVO 3D's 4 GB a liability?

I'm trying to make sense of the real difference between the EVO3D's 4GB of internal memory and the Photon/Within's supposed 16+ GB of internal memory.
Is this difference really something to be concerned/though about?
The way I see it, we have been running with 1 GB in most phones in recent history, and most of us just touch the limits of the memory with apps, etc. With the extra headroom of 4GB, I'm not sure there is too much concern for running out of app space (crosses fingers).
So, what is the rest of the memory for? Media? I understand that the internal memory might be faster, but SD cards have already been shown to be fast enough for most purposes (and I believe the Green Hornet comes on the SD card). IIRC, it was quite an anomaly to have the Nexus S store media and other files on the internal memory when it came out.
So, does the 4 GB concern, given the ability to get 32 GB on SD? Or is it a real advantage for the competitors?
It might have something to do with recording in 1080p or 3d . The internal would be faster to record to . Just my thought
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Anytime you write/read to internal its always going to be faster than reading from a SD card. This also holds true with your desktop. Reading from your DDR2/3 Memory will always be faster than reading from your SSD/HDD. I think this is where the above poster actually gives some credibility about his claims.
I don't see the big deal. 4Gb is a decent amount of internal. How many people are going to actually need 16gb of internal space? I'm sure someone will reply and tell me they need it for this and this but I'm sure a large percent will do just fine with 4gb. People do just fine with 1gb.
If you download a lot of games then yes go with the SGS or photon.
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If you download a lot of games then yes go with the SGS or photon.
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My thoughts as well. Funny though, isn't Qualcomm (HTC's chip provider) the one thats going to do a gaming pack?
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If you download a lot of games then yes go with the SGS or photon.
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even with 4-8 times the storage on those phones, they are only using 2x as much for app installation, correct? 1GB v 2GB?
I would rather have a 4gb internal and my 16gb class10 sd card then to have 10gn internal w/ no way to use a sd card with it, but then again I keep my 8gb card that came with the evo set up fully as a back-up card, i have a nandroid back-up and main files i use on my sd card set up on my 8gb cardd so all i have to do it restore and go if anything happens and I have to get a new phone.
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If you download a lot of games then yes go with the SGS or photon.
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If you are looking for a phone to do gaming on you should chose Samsung Within due to terga2 over a phone with larger internal storage
jessejames111981 said:
If you are looking for a phone to do gaming on you should chose Samsung Within due to terga2 over a phone with larger internal storage
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It is not confirmed that the Within will have Tegra2, actually, it is highly likely it will have Exynos. The Photon is confirmed to have Tegra2. Also, the SGS2 is likely to have the highest amount of internal storage, with the Photon having the second largest.
I would have loved the 3D to have more internal storage but coming from the 4G it is still a considerable upgrade. Personally I never had an issue with the 1GB on the 4G so I don't consider the 3D's 4GB a liability.
The lower amount of storage on the 3D was probably a way to keep the final cost down given the other specs to make it affordable and I'm fine with that; $199 s a great price for what you get!
DCLocal said:
I would have loved the 3D to have more internal storage but coming from the 4G it is still a considerable upgrade. Personally I never had an issue with the 1GB on the 4G so I don't consider the 3D's 4GB a liability.
The lower amount of storage on the 3D was probably a way to keep the final cost down given the other specs to make it affordable and I'm fine with that; $199 s a great price for what you get!
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I agree we are getting a lot of phone for the money..I thought the same thing with the 4g..now we get a processor that more than twice as fast and four times the internal memory..I don't use a lot of games but my SD card has atleast 10 Roms and 4 full nandroid backups andive never run out of memory..mof I have at least 2 gb left..and that's with stock sd
I suspect there will be far less than 4g actually usable..
I got a low memory error one time so I went thru and unistalled a bunch of stuff I never used. No problem since. And I could probably delete even more stuff.
even 4GB's isn't a whole lot, I always end up with the issue of running out of space on my evo, I switch roms constantly, so Apps to sd doesn't really work for me, I'm hoping I can get away with tons of games installed on just 4gbs.
4GB's of internal on the 3D will be plenty for me. Only recently have I started to have issues with running out of space on the EVO. Ended up just moving a bunch of apps to SD card and all is fine again.
Samzebian said:
even 4GB's isn't a whole lot, I always end up with the issue of running out of space on my evo, I switch roms constantly, so Apps to sd doesn't really work for me, I'm hoping I can get away with tons of games installed on just 4gbs.
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the built in a2sd sucks for this, but the a2sd (like DarkTremmors) that allot of the guys put into their roms works very well with this. I got a 4gd ext3 partition on my sd for this and i NEVER run out of space to install apps (in fact i dont even use 1gb up w/ close to 200 apps)
I'm not going to complain as it is a 16-fold increase of storage for me. Mmm... increased internal storage...
Add my 16 gig sd card and I think I'm golden.
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more then enough. This is set aside for apps and OS I believe, and the photon will be the same. The internal space will be partitioned probably for apps and then most of it for storage.
4gb internal is more then enough.
I can see large storage making sense on devices like the nexus s 4g and iPhone because you have no option for an external form of storage but 16/32gb of storage on a device with a micro sd slot is a bit much. I'm not saying they shouldn't make phones with that much, the more the better but I just don't think you need that much. I think 4gb is enough to last us until we upgrade next year.
For the people who plan on having this phone for a second year the internal storage may become an issue in 12-18 months. Next years gen of phones will bring bigger apps, bigger files.

[Q] A humble request...

So, I'm not eligible for an upgrade until 7/1. I know I could probably get it moved up to launch date, but I want to see what the general consensus is from the community before upgrading.
Anyhoo... on to my main point. One of the selling points for me is the 4GB of internal storage. Yet, one of the reviews I read pointed out that only a little over a Gig of that is what you have left to play with (I think it was the androidcentral hands-on vid, actually). Another review pointed out that some bloatware could be easily removed. To any of you getting your e3d on launch day (or really any time before 7/1 ), could you let the rest of us know how much space you are left with after removing some of the bloat?
I realize that I can install my apps to the SD card, which is what I'm doing now, but I really don't want to have to do that... Apps are always faster if run from internal memory.
Thanks in advance.
I think a gig of space is a pretty solid amount of app room (at least for me). I managed to happily enjoy my OG Evo with the space it gave me, without ever running into problems filling it up with apps. I guess I'm kind of a minimalist actually though. I don't like having 45-50 apps installed at once.
But I think once we can remove all the bloat, and streamline everything; the amount of available space on custom roms will be sufficient .
The guy I got the bootloader pics from said he had .98 gig after installing 35 apps.
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im sorry but this may just be me since i am coming from a hero.. but a gig is freaking huge.. the most i have ever been able to pull on my hero by altering things is like 170mb.. and i have a crap ton of apps installed, and dont fill that up.. i understand a gig would fill up with movies and potentially games (i dont play them really).. but for me, a gig will be more than enough for a long time, i will keep movies on sd..
I'm an app whore. I have 91 apps... I think.
It must have a lot of bloat (or a large swap area) to take up 3gigs considering how much the Evo 4G has to work with.
If space is really an issue for you, wait for SGSII. Coming from a Hero, 1GB for apps is HUGE. Replace that with a line from a Rob Schneider movie "HUGE *****" or VP Joe Biden "[email protected] Huge!", its enough for more than 200 apps
ballr4lyf said:
...I realize that I can install my apps to the SD card, which is what I'm doing now, but I really don't want to have to do that... Apps are always faster if run from internal memory.
Thanks in advance.
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Can you tell me where you got that information? Cuz I'm not sure I'd agree. Have you actually done a speed comparison? SD card read speeds are much faster than SD write speeds, so I don't see where any speed penalty would come from having my apps on the card (which I do).
oldjackbob said:
Can you tell me where you got that information? Cuz I'm not sure I'd agree. Have you actually done a speed comparison? SD card read speeds are much faster than SD write speeds, so I don't see where any speed penalty would come from having my apps on the card (which I do).
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I know one thing any app you install on the card doesn't let you use it's widget, takes an extra minute to show up as available whenever you boot your phone. I have a brand new 32gb micro sd class 10 sitting here for my Evo 3d though. 1gb should be plenty for apps.
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im sorry but this may just be me since i am coming from a hero.. but a gig is freaking huge.. the most i have ever been able to pull on my hero by altering things is like 170mb.. and i have a crap ton of apps installed, and dont fill that up.. i understand a gig would fill up with movies and potentially games (i dont play them really).. but for me, a gig will be more than enough for a long time, i will keep movies on sd..
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I'm coming from a Hero too, so 1 GB is fine. I also plan on keeping my Hero, and probably won't have the same apps on both phones.

[Q] Only 1 gig of internal storage concerns...

How come the EVO 3D only has 1 gig of internal storage? I'm really wanting this phone this worries me. My Asus Transformer has 32 gigs of internal storage and with all the apps and everything I have on it, I'm well above 18 gigs used. And that's not including movies (stored on MicroSD).
So with that said, with 1 gig of internal storage, this device is VERY limited to how many programs you can load onto it right?
And I know there is App2SD but not all apps are compatible doing that. How do you guys fare with such limited internal storage?
Even on the OGVO I never had issues, but then again, I don't download the entire market.
When they start releasing roms I'm sure it will free up a couple more gb of internal storage BC were suppose to have 4. I think but I'm not sure a lot of rom was used for sense and the security they used to lock the phone.
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No problems here. I haunt even used a third.. there is no need to have hundreds of apps..
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* Pre-Honeycomb Android versions have a space limitation on installed apps.
* Froyo and Gingerbread grants the ability to move applicable apps to external media (microSD).
* Honeycomb takes advantage of all available space for application installation while removing the ability to move apps to external media.
ThaiM said:
How come the EVO 3D only has 1 gig of internal storage? I'm really wanting this phone this worries me. My Asus Transformer has 32 gigs of internal storage and with all the apps and everything I have on it, I'm well above 18 gigs used. And that's not including movies (stored on MicroSD).
So with that said, with 1 gig of internal storage, this device is VERY limited to how many programs you can load onto it right?
And I know there is App2SD but not all apps are compatible doing that. How do you guys fare with such limited internal storage?
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You do realize that you are confusing the storage mediums, right? The 32gb of storage on your transformer is the same as the 8gb of storage on the SD card that comes with the Evo 3D. You can always install a 32gb card if you want. The Asus only has 1gb of "internal storage." in the way you are lookig at this.
You really are not going to find many phones with more internal storage unless they are sealed and have no MicroSD slot (aka iPhone).
Well I was really worried to owned a EVO and only had like 400 mb left. And the Thunderbird like 2.5 gb free (out of the 8gb internal that they say it has) anyways most apps over 10mb will let you moved to SD card , I download a lot apps and games are the only ones with the big space , I was amazed the most 10 mb + in iPhone were only like 3mb in Android, so don't worry you'll be ok
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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You do realize that you are confusing the storage mediums, right? The 32gb of storage on your transformer is the same as the 8gb of storage on the SD card that comes with the Evo 3D. You can always install a 32gb card if you want. The Asus only has 1gb of "internal storage." in the way you are lookig at this.
You really are not going to find many phones with more internal storage unless they are sealed and have no MicroSD slot (aka iPhone).
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Isn't the 16/32GB on the transformer internal (with the ability to add up to another 32GB via microSD)? (I'm not sure, hence the question)
Dude 1GB is like a godsend for me. My OGVO had >300MB when it was bone stock, I'm very thankful for my 1GB and you should be too. But I also try not to load up my phones with bull**** I never use and usually have like 2-8 apps downloaded, max. I'd just get a bigger SD card if it bothers you that much, 32 gigs is like $40.
A lot of the 4gb is the ROM and security features. Once we can install custom ROMs we will get a couple gigs back. I don't know why I just said that. A previous poster said that. LOL I fail at forums. ;P
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empiire said:
Dude 1GB is like a godsend for me. My OGVO had >300MB when it was bone stock, I'm very thankful for my 1GB and you should be too. But I also try not to load up my phones with bull**** I never use and usually have like 2-8 apps downloaded, max. I'd just get a bigger SD card if it bothers you that much, 32 gigs is like $40.
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+1 on this.
jj14 said:
Isn't the 16/32GB on the transformer internal (with the ability to add up to another 32GB via microSD)? (I'm not sure, hence the question)
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It's internal in the sense that it is built inside the unit, but its more like a SSD setup. Another way to think about it is like the 16/32 you are talking about is a MicroSD and you can add a second MicroSD. I mean it's not, but for conceptual reasons, that is one way to understand it.
You are correct....however...this 1g is for sense...apps and memory management file and the 3vo has plenty unless you are going to load 600+ apps SD another user here does...600 hundred...my god...
I was a bit concerned at first coming from a Droid x. That thing was the king of space when it came out. I think apps to SD was just coming out then. Now almost all apps are s2d. I've got 50+ apps using 300mb on phone, a couple gigs app usage on SD. I don't think its an issue any more.
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[Q] What is taking up 10GB of storage?

Well I have calcualted that I have 32 GB of my 64GB used personally with music/pictures/videos. But i seem to have around 10GB of data unaccounted for, any ideas?
From root ( using folder size chart to get folder size's)
Folders by size ( not sure but 3 seem to be duplicates )
MNT: 31,905.4 MB
SDcard: 31,905.4 MB
Storage: 31,905.4 MB
System: 842.32 MB
ECT: 28.6MB
Vendor: 18.4MB
everything else blow that isnt worth listing ( in the low KB-MB range )
Total: ~ 32.02 GB ( assuming MNT/SDcard/Storage, are all pointing to the same data)
Phone default storage:
39.96GB of 64GB and its break down is:
apps 388MB
Music: 26.93GB
Pics/Videos: 1.15GB
Downloads: 1GB
Other: 10.52GB
Available: 24.04GB
Any ideas on what the mysterious 10GB of "BS" is? Considering I just rooted/formated/rom-ed my phone it should be at closer to 32GB not 39.96GB.
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nattan920 said:
Well I have calcualted that I have 32 GB of my 64GB used personally with music/pictures/videos. But i seem to have around 10GB of data unaccounted for, any ideas?
From root ( using folder size chart to get folder size's)
Folders by size ( not sure but 3 seem to be duplicates )
MNT: 31,905.4 MB
SDcard: 31,905.4 MB
Storage: 31,905.4 MB
System: 842.32 MB
ECT: 28.6MB
Vendor: 18.4MB
everything else blow that isnt worth listing ( in the low KB-MB range )
Total: ~ 32.02 GB ( assuming MNT/SDcard/Storage, are all pointing to the same data)
Phone default storage:
39.96GB of 64GB and its break down is:
apps 388MB
Music: 26.93GB
Pics/Videos: 1.15GB
Downloads: 1GB
Other: 10.52GB
Available: 24.04GB
Any ideas on what the mysterious 10GB of "BS" is? Considering I just rooted/formated/rom-ed my phone it should be at closer to 32GB not 39.96GB.
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The other might be sd data for apps/games. That's all I can think of.
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It has to be something to do with the phone software because I started with 55gb of storage after unlocking bootloader so I don't know what's taking up all that room bit I had the same thing. I'm not worried about it yet as I still have 30 gb left but when that runs out that extra 10 gb could cone in handy of I ever need it
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It could be music if you save your music to your phone using google play music. Sense doesn't see those songs as songs because they're encrypted and not a .mp3, so it counts it as other. I'm pretty sure aosp handles this correctly though.
If it's not music, I suggest using SD Maid to find out what it is.
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It could be music if you save your music to your phone using google play music. Sense doesn't see those songs as songs because they're encrypted and not a .mp3, so it counts it as other. I'm pretty sure aosp handles this correctly though.
If it's not music, I suggest using SD Maid to find out what it is.
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They aren't encrypted, although they are hidden but fairly easy to get to.
In a directory on your sdcard where its located there's a file called .nomedia that tells apps not to look there for media files.
You can still use a file explorer to pull the files out or delete the file
The songs aren't named but just download an app to auto name them and your golden
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Maybe Nandroid backups? I have 5 of them and it takes up 9.27gb. Check your TWRP folder properties.
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Maybe Nandroid backups? I have 5 of them and it takes up 9.27gb. Check your TWRP folder properties.
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well i have my android back ups calculated in the "personal" data section since they were in my clocworkmod>backup folder. which were 2Gb
I am starting to think that the issue lies with the phone showing up as 55GB when connected to pc and 64 GB when looking at the phones internal settings
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Did you check Android/ data it can get pretty large, and although it will slightly slow down things such as the amount of time it takes to load album art and map caches, you can safely delete it on occasion to see of that helps.
When I first got my HTC One X+, I immediately checked the storage and found that 9.xx GB was taken up completely. This is pretty fair to me because, other 64GB devices I have owned in the past have said that I've only had, say, 52GB available, so at least the phone takes into account actual capacity. But yeah, 10GB wasted. I mean, I can't really argue, 64GB is a LOT of space, but I really doubt Android and HTC Sense take up more than 3 gigs.
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sandsrules said:
When I first got my HTC One X+, I immediately checked the storage and found that 9.xx GB was taken up completely. This is pretty fair to me because, other 64GB devices I have owned in the past have said that I've only had, say, 52GB available, so at least the phone takes into account actual capacity. But yeah, 10GB wasted. I mean, I can't really argue, 64GB is a LOT of space, but I really doubt Android and HTC Sense take up more than 3 gigs.
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new HOX+ today, same thing. i cant complain, since i came from the 16gb One X xD
The 9/10GB in question, are the other partitions on the nand. It does not matter how much space Android & Sense take up, as the partitions are set sizes.
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[Q] which version to buy - 64gb or 32gb

Hi,
I'm considering to buy the Samsung galaxy s6 edge. today I have the s2. I have a big problem with the s2 - I don't have enough space to update and install applications.
my question is if I want to avoid this problem with the s6, do I have to buy the 64gb version, or will the 32gb version would be enough? I don't need much space for pictures, songs etc.
thx
sharonsa said:
Hi,
I'm considering to buy the Samsung galaxy s6 edge. today I have the s2. I have a big problem with the s2 - I don't have enough space to update and install applications.
my question is if I want to avoid this problem with the s6, do I have to buy the 64gb version, or will the 32gb version would be enough? I don't need much space for pictures, songs etc.
thx
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64gb will save you aggravation in the long run. Keep in mind no SD slot so you cannot upgrade later.
sharonsa said:
Hi,
I'm considering to buy the Samsung galaxy s6 edge. today I have the s2. I have a big problem with the s2 - I don't have enough space to update and install applications.
my question is if I want to avoid this problem with the s6, do I have to buy the 64gb version, or will the 32gb version would be enough? I don't need much space for pictures, songs etc.
thx
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Get the 128gb, everything is bigger now, apps, photos, videos, might as well get the top end
Go with 64gb.
The camera images and videos are big in size because of high resolution.
There is no option to upgrade later as no sd card is supported.
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Get the 128gb, everything is bigger now, apps, photos, videos, might as well get the top end
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Go with 64gb.
The camera images and videos are big in size because of high resolution.
There is no option to upgrade later as no sd card is supported.
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thx for the replies. as I wrote, I don't need much space for media, and my only concern is for apps. i don't want to pay more for 64gb or 128gb if i don't really need it. the device is as expensive as it is. do u think the 32gb will solve the problem of not being able to install and update apps, or do i have to buy the 64gb?
I have the 64gb version.
I don't have much music on my phone (I stream with Spotify instead but do keep a few tracks locally stored for offline music). I don't have any videos installed so my storage is pretty much used solely for photos and apps. If I had purchased the 32gb version I'd be out of storage now as I've only got 33gb free space left. So yeah, get the 64gb version!
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dlotters said:
I have the 64gb version.
I don't have much music on my phone (I stream with Spotify instead but do keep a few tracks locally stored for offline music). I don't have any videos installed so my storage is pretty much used solely for photos and apps. If I had purchased the 32gb version I'd be out of storage now as I've only got 33gb free space left. So yeah, get the 64gb version!
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thx.
do u have a lot of photos?
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thx.
do u have a lot of photos?
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Not really. I've used up about 2.5gb in photos. 16.5gb worth in apps and app data (a couple of big games like Hearthstone for example) and about 4.5gb worth of Helium backup data. There is over 9gb dedicated to Samsung/Google system files there too.
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I'd go for the 64GB one. I have an S5 now, with a 64GB SD card and it's less than 50% full, although I have loads of videos, apps, photos etc on it.
I had the same issue you have with your S2, fortunately my phone was rooted and I could delete 3GB of junk in the logs folder. Crazy!! Nowaday's (with my S5) I use the Clean Master to clear cache and junk and I have always space left.
My husband has got himself an S6 edge with 64GB. Just waiting for it to arrive.
As a rule of thumb I'd say go with the 64GB version for peace of mind later on. The 32GB version only has around 22GB of free memory so be careful. The 128GB is just useless unless you plan to watch DVD rips on a 5.1" screen or install 300 apps.

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