How many Apps is Too Many?

[bold lover]

First time Android user and I'm wondering at what point will the device slow down in terms of running apps or installed apps? Coming from a blackberry, this was always a concern. If I installed more than 5 apps on my Blackberry Torch 9000 it would slow to a crawl. I'm wondering if there are similar limits with my Galaxy Nexus?

Also if I can't close apps, will it slow the device down just leaving them cached?

Thanks,

 

[NotJustAPhone]

Don't worry about it. I had over 200 apps installed on my Thunderbolt with no impact on performance. The way Android stores apps is very different from how BBOS handles it. I don't have as many apps on my Galaxy Nexus since I didn't transfer all my apps over.

Also, with the way memory is partitioned on the Nexus, you have 28 gigs available for apps (and everything else) on a new phone. So download to your heart's content.

You can close out apps by hitting the Recent Apps button and swiping on the app list icons.

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[anon(52425)]

Over 200 apps? That's nuts. I have like 25 and I think that is too much.

 

[DCoy82]

Over 200 apps? That's nuts. I have like 25 and I think that is too much.

I don't think it's possible to get through life with less than 25 apps!!! Lol

 

[NotJustAPhone]

Over 200 apps? That's nuts. I have like 25 and I think that is too much.

I got into the habit of trying almost every Amazon free app of the day. Even with that many apps, I still had about 1 gig of app storage left on my Tbolt. When I switched to the Nexus, I made an effort to get rid of stuff I wasn't using.

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[SHWELL]

200 apps. lol.. The GN is my second Android device, the first was a Droid X. and I have yet to see the number of apps have much of an impact. Having a lot open at the same time is a different story, but I dont see any reason why you would run a max number of apps.

 

[FrankXS]

I have about 90. The only thing I have seen it affect, as I've added apps, is boot time increases.

-Frank

 

[Channan]

Wow 200 apps is crazy! Haha I have 82 apps/tweaks installed (a lot being Google Apps) on my Galaxy Nexus and I feel that's probably a little higher than normal. On my iPhone I have 127 third party apps and I feel like that's a ton.

 

[bold lover]

I have 50 apps installed.

Running fine so far.

 

[Nexus6]

I have a total of 296 apps installed on my Evo 3D
7 movable
209 on SD card
78 on phone only
Info from App2SD Pro

I only have 50 apps installed on my Galaxy Nexus.
Some apps are still not compatible with ICS.

 

[razortaz18]

78. Anymore than that and your phone will implode. Or maybe that was fixed in the 4.0.2 update......Hopefully.

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[RUSH]

Whenever you start noticing a 'restart' takes way toooo loooong to come back on (that is back to the home screen).

 

[Stardate Tab 10.1]

That is a drawback on stock ice cream sandwich to have alot of apps and widgets. The launcher is very cumbersome to scroll through all those apps and widgets.

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