Over two months later, is it worth it to wait/hope for a Nexus 4 32GB?

[Ry]

Over two months later, is it worth it to wait/hope for a Nexus 4 32GB?

 

[badbrad17]

Don't hold your breath. I doubt that we will see it until spring. If ever.

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[donm527#IM]

lol... with no mention that it was even a thought by anyone at LG, Google, or even down to the cleaning staff there, why would anyone even assume that they were going to?

 

[greydarrah]

Nobody can answer this for you. Personally, I don't think they will, but even if they did, it would probably 6 months or more from now. At that point, you only have to wait another 2 or 3 months for the next Nexus to come out.

 

[Ry]

lol... with no mention that it was even a thought by anyone at LG, Google, or even down to the cleaning staff there, why would anyone even assume that they were going to?

People here assumed that because Google went from 8/16 to 16/32 on the Nexus 7, it would only be a matter of time that the Nexus 4 would make that same shift.

I laughed at that notion, but here we are, 2 months later and people still think that's going to happen.

 

[yfan]

And here we are, 2 months later, and there is no 32 GB version. It was a mistake to compare it with the Nexus 7 in the first place. The better comparison would have been Galaxy Nexus which is the only other unlocked phone Google has released. The Galaxy Nexus , as released by Google, never had a model with more storage then 16 gigabytes.

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[Ry]

And here we are, 2 months later, and there is no 32 GB version. It was a mistake to compare it with the Nexus 7 in the first place. The better comparison would have been Galaxy Nexus which is the only other unlocked phone Google has released. The Galaxy Nexus , as released by Google, never had a model with more storage then 16 gigabytes.

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Correction, the Galaxy Nexus wasn't the only other unlocked phone Google released.

 

[badbrad17]

And here we are, 2 months later, and there is no 32 GB version. It was a mistake to compare it with the Nexus 7 in the first place. The better comparison would have been Galaxy Nexus which is the only other unlocked phone Google has released. The Galaxy Nexus , as released by Google, never had a model with more storage then 16 gigabytes.

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The times they are a changin. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. After 2 months would seem a bit quick IMO. But 32 is the new normal now. Not sure why they bothered with the 8gb at all on the Nexus 4 or 7.

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[yfan]

The times they are a changin. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. After 2 months would seem a bit quick IMO. But 32 is the new normal now. Not sure why they bothered with the 8gb at all on the Nexus 4 or 7.

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They bothered with the 8 gigabytes on the Nexus 4 after releasing the unlocked galaxy nexus only as a 16 gigabyte model. That indicates that when it comes to phones, Google is not looking to expand on board storage. Instead, it is looking to expand the use of cloud storage. It also seems to be more interested in keeping the price low to appeal to the broader market even if they have to be done at the expense of greater storage capacity.

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[donm527#IM]

i imagine because nexus devices were considered more developer devices? in that case why need so much memory? and you had a relatively small following of nexus fans.
its clear google fell into a winning brand name this year with the nexus line. they got the OS really good and they got the hardware to be competitive with the best and now its mainstream and not a small niche of fans. boy it's gonna be tough getting the next years phones i bet.

The times they are a changin. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. After 2 months would seem a bit quick IMO. But 32 is the new normal now. Not sure why they bothered with the 8gb at all on the Nexus 4 or 7.

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[gone down south]

Google wants you to store your stuff online. How hard is that to grasp?



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[Hubertsng]

No rumors of it appearing lately about a 32 gb that i know of. Just speculations. Well google is trying to make this phone rely on the cloud more so than actual storage so i dont think you should wait, if itll ever come out

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[6tr6tr]

Google wants you to store your stuff online. How hard is that to grasp?



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While I agree this is Google's thinking, they seem to forget the #1 selling apps are always games and most games are 1GB or larger and require being stored locally on the device. Until google can change that, bigger storage is required.

 

[Hubertsng]

While I agree this is Google's thinking, they seem to forget the #1 selling apps are always games and most games are 1GB or larger and require being stored locally on the device. Until google can change that, bigger storage is required.

Eh, top 16 paid applications are less than 100 MB i think. Didn't check it manually but i'm just guessing but yeah storage is pretty important. Reason i got the 16gb. good for media and everything I need. Store the rest onto my 50 gb box account and google drive

 

[Ry]

While I agree this is Google's thinking, they seem to forget the #1 selling apps are always games and most games are 1GB or larger and require being stored locally on the device. Until google can change that, bigger storage is required.

Let's crunch the numbers -

The top-grossing app downloads list is here: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...O1ljJ_fZk&feature=top-grossing&token=WjMcaDpY

Of the top 25, 23 are games.

Rage of Bahamut 16
Candy Crush Saga 32
MARVEL War of Heroes 8
Dark Summoner 14
Slotomania - slot machines 26
Blood Brothers (RPG) 19
The Hobbit: Kingdoms 30
Slot City - slot machines 11
Live Hold'em Poker Pro 13
Minecraft - Pocket Edition 6
Zynga Poker 26
Shipwrecked 25
Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle 28
Modern War 28
Bingo Bash 28
DoubleDown Casino - Slots 13
Legend of the Cryptids 40
Age of Empire 18
DragonVale 25
BINGO Blitz by Buffalo Studios 26
Ruzzle 17
Subway Surfers 22
TurboTax SnapTax 12
HellFire 37
FoxFi Full Version Key 0.5

The number next to each app is their download size.

That's about 520.5MB worth of stuff, averaging to about 20.82MB per download. Of course, this doesn't take into account if any of those apps require additional data downloads after install.

You're right, most of the top grossing apps are games. But the 1GB per game seems to be off the mark.

 

[yfan]

While I agree this is Google's thinking, they seem to forget the #1 selling apps are always games and most games are 1GB or larger and require being stored locally on the device. Until google can change that, bigger storage is required.

I really don't think the Nexus 4 - or for that matter the Nexus line of products - is meant to be primarily a gaming device. It's meant to be a pure Android experience with Google services, much of which increasingly rely on the cloud. It's meant to be that device with a sweet price tag. For those who want a device to load a whole bunch of games, Nexus 4 is not the phone for them. There are plenty of other Android phones to choose from that have both more internal storage and SD card expandability.

 

[6tr6tr]

Let's crunch the numbers -

The top-grossing app downloads list is here: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...O1ljJ_fZk&feature=top-grossing&token=Ru_s56Uc

That's not a good way to judge. The captain america game (https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ils?id=com.marvel.capinstaller&token=y7t-HIrF) says it's 22MB, but when you install it and start it up it says it needs to download additional data which bloats it to 800MB.

 

[Ry]

That's not a good way to judge. The captain america game (https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ils?id=com.marvel.capinstaller&token=-L6-NCW9) says it's 22MB, but when you install it and start it up it says it needs to download additional data which bloats it to 900MB.

But not every game is like that. Assuming one game requires 900MB of extra data isn't a good way to judge either.

That's about 520.5MB worth of stuff, averaging to about 20.82MB per download. Of course, this doesn't take into account if any of those apps require additional data downloads after install.

I'm looking at Candy Crush Saga on my Nexus 7. The app is taking about 32 MB of space, 9 MB of data.

 

[donm527#IM]

i dont think that storage is an issue to most. and i think google understood that the phone wont fit everyones needs by not including sd card slot when it could have been easy since its an optimus g board which the g has. they wanted a phone that met their requirements for development imo and they got it... and people that want different options have other phones to go to... i just dont think they thought this phone would be talked about alongside the best of the phones at the time. will be interesting how this will effect future nexus phones.

But not every game is like that. Assuming one game requires 900MB of extra data isn't a good way to judge either.



I'm looking at Candy Crush Saga on my Nexus 7. The app is taking about 32 MB of space, 9 MB of data.

 

[Ry]

The issue I see complained about the most here is not that it doesn't have expandable memory. It's the fact that there are only 8GB and 16GB versions available. 16GB isn't enough for those people. If feels like they want the Nexus 4 to start at 32GB, minimum.