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[Q] Why No Micro SD?

So the rumor is no SD card slot on this baby? I'm wondering how much it will matter? I am not too worried about room. I will just buy the biggest one available in terms of internal storage and be covered there. I'm more worried about development. I have rooted and installed custom Roms on my current Samsung Continuum, thanks to the good folks on this forum, and every method involves flashing the rom from the SD card. How will this be different without one? Is installing custom roms/themes, etc more difficult? I've never owned a Nexus S or any other phone that didn't have the SD card, so I am not sure how that works. T

Its not a rumor. And flashing from internal memory should not be a problem.
I voided my warranty and your mum.

pukemon said:
Its not a rumor. And flashing from internal memory should not be a problem.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
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Yeah they do it from the touchpad for cyanogen.
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It matters to some people. Doesn't matter to me. Never filled up my 16gb. NAND memory is way faster than sd cards.
It won't matter to flashing roms.
It will shipped partitioned like the Nexus S. Nexus S has no issues with it at all.

The internal memory is partitioned I have the nexus s on the box it says 16gb( I know with all my hard drives on all OS that you never get full capacity)
They partition it off and whats left over is then made to look like the SD card for android's storage purposes. You will not miss a thing when it comes to flashing roms and such, since the storage part still mounts the same way.
I rarely need the storage but those one the fence dontgforget about google music(and other services) that will backup your music to teh marvelous cloud and let you stream and even download for offline play to your phone

BrianDigital said:
I rarely need the storage but those one the fence dontgforget about google music(and other services) that will backup your music to teh marvelous cloud and let you stream and even download for offline play to your phone
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That's exactly the error i made when purchased the old Nexus S
I was also a PRO preacher of cloud storage (combined i have aprox 70+ GB of free cloud storage among different services), until reality hit me in the back
all those space was useless the moment you lose reception with 3G or WiFi
basically if you are in a subway, or your work place is several walls away, don't expect to get a new batch of streaming music or whatever important file you needed to pull from the cloud.
the 14 GB space you get in the phone is no where near enough for anything, after install apps, and few good games, and couple of nandroid backups.

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the 14 GB space you get in the phone is no where near enough for anything, after install apps, and few good games, and couple of nandroid backups.
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The sgs2 has 11.5gb free space so im sure the gs will have the same, and your right this isn't enough especially with backups.

There will be a 32GB model, so there shouldn't be an issue.

I was really looking forward to this phone but the lack of sd card support just ruined it for me. It's not just the principle of it (charge 50-100 bucks more for a bigger ram chip that cost maybe $5) but I for one take advantage of having a swappable sd card.
It can especially come in handy on a phone that is soft-bricked.

I'm OK without one. I had two different SDcards from different manufacturers fail on me, causing me to loose my files.
I have not run into that issue using the internal memory in my phone.
My tablet does not have an SDcard, so I've adjusted quite well without one.
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I don't understand why people say having no sdcard is a deal breaker. It's the same damn thing. Big deal you can't swap out cards, all you have to do is mount usb mass storage then ZOMG you can change your data. People will complain about anything no matter what device comes out.

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I don't understand why people say having no sdcard is a deal breaker. It's the same damn thing. Big deal you can't swap out cards, all you have to do is mount usb mass storage then ZOMG you can change your data. People will complain about anything no matter what device comes out.
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I agree. I think it may still sell well without one. The iPhone doesn't have one, and they sell that phone by the millions.
As long as I can use a file manager, store any type of file type on it, and install custom ROMs if i so choose, then I'm good.
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i can understand how it can be a deal breaker. people who flash daily would rather use an expendable sd card whose write cycles are limited. and some people do have to move data frequently but i'm sure those have figured out how to do it wirelessly. and then you have your secret agents where being discrete with the passing of information is crucial. kinda serious with that. and then you have the peeps who just have to have their entire collection of music on them because the phones these days do more than double duty. i need to go through my phone again, but right now i'm using about 16gigs of data. approximately 10 gigs is music. then some books. a couple of backups. sync'ed data. maybe 1 gig of pictures. and videos can require lots of data and having a 32gig or 64gig sd can be a tremendous help.

why no Micro SD?
yeah, I'm sure other have posted this, so what. anyway, why would they not put one in to the Nexus phones? removable memory is an excellent feature to have, and can't be that expensive to add a reader if EVERY phone but the iPhone and Nexus has them. it's a total dealbreaker for me and many others.
the real problem is, if Google just made a little more effort to make the Nexus phones competitive by giving it this basic feature, more people would get them, and then there would be more pressure for OEMs to stop filling phones with bloat and their crappy unstable hacks (Sense, touchwiz etc.) that are dragging Google's platform down with fragmentation.

This question has been asked many times and I guess we'll never know for sure but it is Google who's ideology is to keep people online as much as they can. It makes sense to limit local storage and push people towards using cloud storage, particularly with the launch of Google Music where you can store all your music with Google anyway (which would free up a lot of space). Its a great idea, too bad 90% of us have capped data plans and streaming is not possible (unless carriers make it unmetered)

Keep in mind. We have a 32gb model available. With everything going to the cloud, I know that I rely much less on physical storage. Especially with Google Music. (I keep about 1k of my 4.5k songs locally on my phone)
The only thing I would need storage for would be apps, pictures, and a few movies. More than enough.

May be they rely on the USB Host mass storage feature.
developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/index.html
Hopefully, the Galaxy Nexus will support the USB devices listed on this page:
developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/usb/UsbConstants.html

I think it has to do with memory speed and performance. Removable memory is great, but personally in a smartphone I don't see the need. Once I activate a phone I never remove the SD card. If I need to xfer a bunch of files to or from my PC, I'll hook it up via USB.
How many of you remove your card on a regular basis to put in a different device? I guess its those people that would benefit from a removable card.
The rest of us should be happy with the extra speed and performance from using onboard memory.
Oh and 32gb is the limit on the microSD cards anyway so I don't see the problem of "limited" space on one's device.
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I'm annoyed there isnt any microSD slot! But I have been surviving with an 8gb microsd for years now and only use 2-3gb max..so I'll survive without it I guess.
Good thing is that the built in storage will be much quicker to save on!

chrisn0123 said:
I'm annoyed there isnt any microSD slot! But I have been surviving with an 8gb microsd for years now and only use 2-3gb max..so I'll survive without it I guess.
Good thing is that the built in storage will be much quicker to save on!
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Same here, my 8GB microSD has 2-3GB free and a fair chunk of it is for backups from messing with ROMS and Titanium backups, in addition to the usual app data, music, photos and videos.
Given it looks like for some odd reason we may only be getting the 16GB version in the UK, I think I'll be fine with the 16GB version.

[Q] How many people wanted removable storage on a Galaxy Nexus?

Like the title says, I'm curious to see how many people actually wanted this function. I was a bit disappointed when I heard about the lack of removable memory, but I lust after this phone. I do have a 16GB card that's near capacity. I haven't cleaned it out in a while, so I'll do that first. Hopefully 16GB will be enough for me. But I digress, this isn't a rant about how the Galaxy Nexus doesn't have removable memory. This thread is more about seeing the percentage of people who did want this function.

I did want it, just like I wanted it on the NS. But I understand that I don't NEED removable storage and will be buying the GN the first chance I get. And given the choice, I'll probably go with a 16GB version, because I still have about 4GB of free space on my NS.

I really wanted an sdcard slot on it. I will have to import the phone as the 32GB versions as there seems to be no current plans to sell that version in Sweden according to Samsung themselves. 32GB is minimum for me. I had hoped to be able to get a 32 GB version and then plug in my 32 GB microsd for even more storage.

Wanted it, but mostly because i got a 32GB MicroSD card already
All of my storage is wasted on nandroids anyway.

The lack of the card slot (which even my Nexus One has) is a real shame - it would only have cost a few pence to include a card slot unless there is something I have missed. The slot would have been preferred to the barometer by the vast majority of people - if we had to choose one or the other.

If they were releasing the 32GB in the UK i wouldn't have wanted an SD slot as that would be enough for me. But as we're only getting the 16GB for whatever reason i would want an SD.
As they're not doing either i'll have to stay with my GS2.

i know i'm having issues with my card slot and/or SD card on my Fascinate. It'll say my SD card is ejected when it's not. I'm starting to think the omission of a card slot isn't so bad.. less moving parts = less things to break? lol

Not too bothered about it at all, never take my card out of the current phone.
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dragonzsoul said:
less moving parts = less things to break
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Exactly!
I was a little upset about no SD at first, but then realized that I haven't taken the card out of my N1 since I first got the phone and used it to transfer stuff to the new phone...easy enough to do with a USB and 5 minutes.

Only thing that bums me out is I basically can't get the 16GB because if I run out of space I'm hosed.

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Only thing that bums me out is I basically can't get the 16GB because if I run out of space I'm hosed.
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Use the cloud... everyones doing it heh.

Besides stuff that needs to be on the phone, almost everything (music, docs, photos) are in the cloud for me.
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fdm1 said:
Exactly!
I was a little upset about no SD at first, but then realized that I haven't taken the card out of my N1 since I first got the phone and used it to transfer stuff to the new phone...easy enough to do with a USB and 5 minutes.
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You are totally missing the point of the sdcard slot. The biggest advantage is being able to upgrade the amount of storage if you need it. The fact that it costs next to nothing now makes it even better. Also, a less used upside is the ability to read it even if your phone stops turning on at all.
To me, the best solution would be to have lots of internal storage but still have the option of an sdcard for extra storage for movies, lossless audio and other big files if the user wanted. I would be totally fine with it being used entirely for user storage. Any form of cache files that are currently stored on the sdcard probably belongs on the internal memory.

blunden said:
You are totally missing the point of the sdcard slot. The biggest advantage is being able to upgrade the amount of storage if you need it. The fact that it costs next to nothing now makes it even better. Also, a less used upside is the ability to read it even if your phone stops turning on at all.
To me, the best solution would be to have lots of internal storage but still have the option of an sdcard for extra storage for movies, lossless audio and other big files if the user wanted. I would be totally fine with it being used entirely for user storage. Any form of cache files that are currently stored on the sdcard probably belongs on the internal memory.
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Well you got a small screen so movies shouldnt be large in size and phones probably aren't the best devices to playback lossless audio to make a difference audibly.
I'm pro SD card though but really you just slap a large one in there and forget about it. I do use it as a quick medium to transfer custom roms and kernels to my buddies... pictures to my gf... etc. Seemed transfers were faster directly using the SD card vs going through the phone... but with the cloud and wireless transfer methods, its a mute point.
Most stuff can be in the cloud such as pictures and music and even nandroid backups (only need a few locally). I keep games/apps/wallpapers locally but those could even go to the cloud. As long as I can download them when I need them. And you don't need to have a whole movie collection on you at all times. Just a few throwbacks for travels.
My collection spans since my nexus one and its maybe 4-5gb minus music
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV

i got a good collection of 32GB that i parked since i got stuck with Nexus S, i was really hoping GN would have the SD slot
and just purchased a 64GB microSD, with no where to use it on the GN

what am I going to do with my class 10 MicroSD?

I did want it. But I guess its cool that they're selling a 32gb version, just hope it's not an outrageous price. But I've never modded a phone without removable storage before. Either way, I'm buying on launch day.ill be importing from the UK since T-Mobile hasn't said a peep about it and I don't feel like waiting another month or two or three
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still hope
Ummm my xoom has usb host with honeycomb , I'm guessing its in ics as well?.. just POP that micro sd into a usb adapter when needed if true

i dont care about SD suport.

streets814 said:
Ummm my xoom has usb host with honeycomb , I'm guessing its in ics as well?.. just POP that micro sd into a usb adapter when needed if true
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USB host in ICS is confirmed by google and many review on the net

why no card slot htc?

This was supposed to be the phone that compete with the galaxy s3 and I would have loved to buy this except what, no micro sd card lot? dang.... I love HTC phones and I'm so saddened that this phone doesn't have a card slot for me to expand its storage capacity. I just hate jumping over to the samsung side....
sorry if this was brought up before... but why didn't they put one in?

To get a unibody design with less slots and projections. If u are not happy with the design and prefer cheap plastic material with poor ergonomic design and aesthetic feel, go buy an s3. No one's stopping you.
ViperX Goodness

rohitbalan said:
To get a unibody design with less slots and projections. If u are not happy with the design and prefer cheap plastic material with poor ergonomic design and aesthetic feel, go buy an s3. No one's stopping you.
ViperX Goodness
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my point is i don't want a samsung, i love HTC phones. btw, i don't think the S3 is poorly designed.
well, hopefully HTC's next set of phones will have card slot. until then I'll have to keep my htc vivid which is actually a quite powerful phone, but the One X would have been faster and got a bigger screen.

32gig inbuilt and 25gig with dropbox is more than enough for me
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Bro u hv got 25gigs usable on ur phone +25gigs on drop box. Dat makes it 50 gigs.... How much more u want
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Oh please, why do you need a bloody card slot? I have always used to use phones with one, starting with HTC blue angel with normal sd card, than HTC neo. I have had about 15 different phones, and each had a slot for a memory card. but I really appreciate HTC built hox like this. 32 gb is more than enough for me, I would even prefer 16gb if it would be cheaper.
I hated my Acer liquid and HTC Desire, because I needed a card for flashing roms.
HOX is really a perfect phone except of the battery. This is really the only point, why I suggest tu buy a new phone in the next to years (I hope HTC will follow Motorola in this case, so my next phone will be htc).
Really, HTC is the only major player, who makes phones with individuality right now. Iphone is boring, Sammy is good in making pieces of sh=t (galaxy s2 and original s were the only phones I adore) , LG is not available here in Germany and Sony is to Sony styled for me.
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You could buy the Sammy and you could buy a 64GB card and you'd get 14GB more than HTC give you (in practical terms). You could even buy a 128GB card for £100 but I wouldn't, I think you'll find failure occurs before 2 years is out, especially with the read write cycles generated by apps which use the SD as storage for data. Even then you'd have little advantage in real world usage and a pentile matrix AMOLED screen and nasty plasticy feel, cracks appearing in your battery cover and touch wiz.
The reality is, like it or not, storage is going in the cloud and HTC know it. I bet I could get 100GB of free storage in the next hour just by signing up with all the free services. Many of these have android apps as well so integration is almost seamless.

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Oh please, why do you need a bloody card slot? I have always used to use phones with one, starting with HTC blue angel with normal sd card, than HTC neo. I have had about 15 different phones, and each had a slot for a memory card. but I really appreciate HTC built hox like this. 32 gb is more than enough for me, I would even prefer 16gb if it would be cheaper.
I hated my Acer liquid and HTC Desire, because I needed a card for flashing roms.
HOX is really a perfect phone except of the battery. This is really the only point, why I suggest tu buy a new phone in the next to years (I hope HTC will follow Motorola in this case, so my next phone will be htc).
Really, HTC is the only major player, who makes phones with individuality right now. Iphone is boring, Sammy is good in making pieces of sh=t (galaxy s2 and original s were the only phones I adore) , LG is not available here in Germany and Sony is to Sony styled for me.
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i guess because I don't have a data plan. I put all my vidoes, podcasts onto my phone. I have a 64gb card in my phone that has 8gb usable internal and together i have about 10 gbs left.
i guess if i ever get a data plan then hte HOX would be almost enough.

i agree with these guys, all my phones had an SD slot, i put the SD in and never touched or took it out again, that said i have 2000+ songs leaving me with out 8GB SD save, more than enough for pictures.

slamming_sammy1 said:
i guess because I don't have a data plan. I put all my vidoes, podcasts onto my phone. I have a 64gb card in my phone that has 8gb usable internal and together i have about 10 gbs left.
i guess if i ever get a data plan then hte HOX would be almost enough.
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You'd better hope that 64GB card holds out! If you get a HOX on any network you'll get unlimited data. If you're PAYG then the reality is, with storage going cloud based you're going to find your choices dwindling fast over the next couple of years. Simple answer is that for the price of a 128GB card you could have data added to your plan.

slamming_sammy1 said:
i guess because I don't have a data plan. I put all my vidoes, podcasts onto my phone. I have a 64gb card in my phone that has 8gb usable internal and together i have about 10 gbs left.
i guess if i ever get a data plan then hte HOX would be almost enough.
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To be honest, I don`t prefer to have so much stuff on my phone, you can store stuff for 2 weeks non-stop awasomeness with 32Gb. Don`t say, You have no possibility to update Your library every two weeks (ok, music will last longer, but podcasts and films are usually deleted after watching\hearing)
But for such a video-maniac, I would advice to buy a tablet (n7 for example), it`s much more adorable to watch videos on the bigger screen, and the battery life on the last-gen phones is terrible for long-time video enjoy.
But as a tip, you can use flash drives with hox, because some kernels support USB-Host functionality.

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Nexus 5! More Images leaked!

I am so excited about this. Can wait for some specs. I know I will probably be drilled by this. But oh well this is general. More details hopefully coming soon.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/5/4699734/the-lg-nexus-5-with-lte-may-have-appeared-at-the-fcc
09/12/2013
An update from FCC Docs about the so-called Nexus 5. Thank you Ashtrix
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/09/1...y-give-us-multi-angle-images-of-new-lg-nexus/
9/16/2013
More images leaked of the Nexus 5.
http://www.androidheadlines.com/201...4-kitkat-startup-screen-whos-excited-now.html

marcusva79 said:
I am so excited about this. Can wait for some specs. I know I will probably be drilled by this. But oh well this is general. More details hopefully coming soon.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/5/4699734/the-lg-nexus-5-with-lte-may-have-appeared-at-the-fcc
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Liked the number of band it supports!

My question is would it (with a little bit of XDA love) work on Verizon? I see CDMA/EVDO rev. A support and LTE band 4 (and I know that Verizon is "switching on" that band later this year), but are the frequencies compatible? And if anyone happens to know, does Verizon have rules about these kind of things? I assume they do, they are soooooo strict -______-. I understand that this phone is not being marketed at the Verizon crowd, but what's the point of XDA if we can't ponder and tinker .
On a carrier-free note, I hope the battery is removable. I really like the ability to remove the battery on the GNexus. I would hope for an SD-Card slot, but that is a pipe dream.

marcusva79 said:
I am so excited about this. Can wait for some specs. I know I will probably be drilled by this. But oh well this is general. More details hopefully coming soon.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/5/4699734/the-lg-nexus-5-with-lte-may-have-appeared-at-the-fcc
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If it doesn't have a removable battery or a micro-SD expansion slot (one or the other, preferably both) then y'all can take it. Not interested.

battery's rumoured to be 2300mAH
with a full hd screen( i think it will be ) u need moar power

It's 835Mhz CDMA (Sprint), Verizon's is 800Mhz. The 5 also lacks support for Verizon's LTE band (13). It's not coming to Verizon.
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iCurmudgeon said:
If it doesn't have a removable battery or a micro-SD expansion slot (one or the other, preferably both) then y'all can take it. Not interested.
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that's the future..for now xD
no removable storage: less code to manage mount/unmount of the sdcard, and less problems
no removable battery: better elettric conduction between the battery and the phone
that's always how technology go on, it add some pro and add few cons
i'm waiting nexus 5 to sell my gnex

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So you only buy Galaxy S phones? Aren't those the only phones with both those things?
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So you only buy Galaxy S phones? Aren't those the only phones with both those things?
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That's right, I'm still using a Galaxy Note 2. Consider: each iteration of Android, from Donut to Jelly Bean and eventually KitKat, uses more and more internal storage, and yet somehow available storage is still pegged at 16 GB. With Jelly Bean only 10 GB of that is available to the user, thus making external storage even more important. Who knows how much KitKat will use? Then, when they start putting high-res cameras into those phones, like Nokia's 41-megapixel monster (and they will!), how many frames can you shoot before you run out of internal memory? Five? Six? That's why I won't ever buy a phone that doesn't support external memory expansion.
The other reason is backups -- who the hell thought backing up your internal memory to the same place was a good idea? Cloud backups, you say? Sure, if you have the time to tie up your phone like that and you have faith in its reliability (I don't -- I've seen cloud uploads fail too often). Face it, phones that don't have external expansion are taking you for a very expensive ride.
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Looks another article is out. This I think is a artists imagination.
http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/9/6/4701258/nexus-5-visualised
Still looks good.
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iCurmudgeon said:
That's right, I'm still using a Galaxy Note 2. Consider: each iteration of Android, from Donut to Jelly Bean and eventually KitKat, uses more and more internal storage, and yet somehow available storage is still pegged at 16 GB. With Jelly Bean only 10 GB of that is available to the user, thus making external storage even more important. Who knows how much KitKat will use? Then, when they start putting high-res cameras into those phones, like Nokia's 41-megapixel monster (and they will!), how many frames can you shoot before you run out of internal memory? Five? Six? That's why I won't ever buy a phone that doesn't support external memory expansion.
The other reason is backups -- who the hell thought backing up your internal memory to the same place was a good idea? Cloud backups, you say? Sure, if you have the time to tie up your phone like that and you have faith in its reliability (I don't -- I've seen cloud uploads fail too often). Face it, phones that don't have external expansion are taking you for a very expensive ride.
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I can agree with you bud. But I all I can see is that the future is here and the cloud is where companies want to go toward. That be awesome if it had a SD slot.
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marcusva79 said:
I can agree with you bud. But I all I can see is that the future is here and the cloud is where companies want to go toward. That be awesome if it had a SD slot.
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I can just see the xkcd cartoon of a wedding photographer now. "Shoot ... out of memory! Gotta upload to the cloud ... only a 3G connection? Hold that pose, folks! This'll only take half an hour! Keep smiling!"
heheheheh
mudge

I agree, I would love an SD Card slot... But we aren't getting it with the Nexus line.
I figure the 5 will come in 16 and 32 GB, much as apple doubles iPhone storage every now and then.
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iCurmudgeon said:
If it doesn't have a removable battery or a micro-SD expansion slot (one or the other, preferably both) then y'all can take it. Not interested.
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I highly doubt you will EVER see a Nexus device with SD slot.

I just hope the phone supports OTG. If this phone is "based" off the LG G2, it "should" support USB OTG. I would have no problem carrying around a 32gb flash drive. They are about half the size of my pinky finger.
The non-removable battery is not a big deal. I wish it was around 2600 mAh, but it should get about 2.5 hours of screen time, which would be perfect for me, and most general smartphone users.

horst0815 said:
I highly doubt you will EVER see a Nexus device with SD slot.
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And the reason for this is Google Drive

iCurmudgeon said:
If it doesn't have a removable battery or a micro-SD expansion slot (one or the other, preferably both) then y'all can take it. Not interested.
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What's with all this crying? MicroSD is unnecessary anyway with the ease of access to cloud storage and I can't understand why anyone would need 32 gig+ on their phone.
If you really need extra storage for media you can always use USB otg..

Have to say it looks good, but I really like the size of the Moto X better.
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Sdobron said:
What's with all this crying? MicroSD is unnecessary anyway with the ease of access to cloud storage and I can't understand why anyone would need 32 gig+ on their phone.
If you really need extra storage for media you can always use USB otg..
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Two words: data limits.
I'll use usb otg, if supported, but until carriers go back to unlimited data (it will happen at some point in the future), cloud storage is not a way around the problem.

tokuzumi said:
Two words: data limits.
I'll use usb otg, if supported, but until carriers go back to unlimited data (it will happen at some point in the future), cloud storage is not a way around the problem.
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One word (if you're in the US) T-Mobile

Nexus 5X storage

I have had my 16gb nexus 5x for about 3 months now and i was wondering if it was worth getting the 16gb option? i bought my device off amazon and the total cost of the device was $2700TT and the 32gb version was about $3300TT ($100 US more as compared to the 16gb! using my exchange rate ($6TT=$1US)) of course this includes all the shipping and handling to my country (as this device is NOT available in my country, only way to get it was to import it) and due to living in Trinidad...in the Caribbean........ as i did not want to shell out the extra $600 (because i did not have it ) i settled for the 16gb model. It has become apparent... 3 months after that the 32gb option would have been the better choice and i should have saved a bit more as 10gb (yes the 16gb is only 10gb usable) seems rather unusable in my case. I have done research on the device and knowingly bought the 16gb version *facepalm* .
I just want to know, is the 16gb version popular among the community? and do any of you regret your decision of getting the 16gb instead of the 32gb?
I know it's a useless question and all but I'm just curious, I want to know if other people have had similar thoughts as me.
Thanks.

Take advantage of streaming services and Google Photos backup to free up space on local storage. You can also try clearing your storage cache as it tends to build up a lot over time Settings > Storage > cached data then reboot.

niklus101 said:
I just want to know, is the 16gb version popular among the community? and do any of you regret your decision of getting the 16gb instead of the 32gb?
I know it's a useless question and all but I'm just curious, I want to know if other people have had similar thoughts as me.
Thanks.
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I don't know about the popularity in this community but in my hometown, almost every 5X is 16 gbs, as people buy it as a budget phone, they try to cut down the price for the less storage.
I am also kind of regretting this 16 gb phone. The fact that it doesn't has expandable storage, making backups are pain in the ***. I can keep multiple Roms zips in my phone. I can hardly pull any nandroid backup.
On the other hand, if I don't mod my phone, I can live with it. I remember that there is a law (or phenomenon) that whatever the storage size you'll get, your data will always expand and fill it up. Aand I've experienced and witnessed it enough to believe it.
The only solution I've discovered is either using cloud services and cutting down my data. And I was also thinking of getting a usb type c flash drive (as I'm upgrading my laptop too). So I'll get expandable storage on the go and can pull backups on it.