Hi,
I have been wondering - why do people need over 16GB in a phone?
This is not Google Nexus 4 centric question - Nexus 4 just sparked my interest as this issue comes up here very often - it is more about "what do you really do with your smartphone, iphone, android-phone, whatever-phone".
Music: Yes, I have over 3TB of music in lossless formats (*.flac) and some in high quality ogg files, all connected to my home media system. I also have a portable mp3 player, 3x5cm, the best solution while jogging, rock-climbing, sailing etc., which carries my selection of mp3 files. It supports memory cards and all that jazz. I haven't ever used more than 4-5GB, which equals roughly 500 (1000 for all ya Amazon/iTune fans) songs - a nice handpicked selection for any situation and mood. I would add some songs or albums every now and then or delete those I haven't listened to for ages. Now, I understand that many of you need to constantly carry over 4000 songs as you manage to listen to all of them during your daily commute...
Videos: I know that Blu-ray disks take over 40GB. And I also know how disrespectful it is to take a great movie production and watch it on 4.7''. I realize that some people watch movies while commuting - and let's assume, arguendo, that I understand it. I just really feel bad for those hundreds of people who seem to have over 10h daily commute making it paramount to carry at least 3-5 movies at once. And if we are talking about flying - gentlemen, if you really have to - take your 10'' device and stop looking silly.
Games: I might be getting old, but I remember usually having 2-3 games installed on my computer - one I would generally play and the other I would switch to if I got frustrated with the first one. Why would you need to constantly carry 10-15 high-resolution games?
Books: I read relatively fast, but I yet have to see somebody going over millions of pages per hour.
E-mails, Calendar, ToDo tasks: My office blackberry, by now resembling some antique device from Mesopotamia, has been constantly managing to synchronize and compare the availability of 1000+ people and operate 5 mailboxes. I guess it didn't take more than a hundred MB.
Photos: I am sorry, but it is just sad. The quality of the lenses on the current phones is worse than in my 40y old Zenith camera. It might be fine to take some photos when you didn't expect to, but when you are traveling and sightseeing - do yourself a favour and invest in something which your grandparents wouldn't be ashamed of.
GPS: I understand that some of you are truck drivers who travel a lot. But why do most of the people want to constantly carry the maps of both Americas in high resolutions? I have been to some crazy parties but hey, I have never woken up on a different continent...
In summary: Reading these fora I feel like most of the people have really bad data management habits. Teenagers are used to 4TB drives and don't appreciate the importance of good data management which they will have to learn sooner or later. People do not really need, yet they do want to carry, their whole music collection for the sake of it - which usually means that it is either very unimpressive or in poor quality (even if taking dozens of GBs). The size of the phone storage acts mainly as ego-booster, a clearly comparable statistic, resembling 1990s when people would compare their RAM or HDD sizes which became a designation of their affluence and importance.
What do you think? How many GBs do people actually need in their phones? What are the special situations where you need more? What has changed in the last 5 years in the usage of smartphones that people are suddenly lacking space?
Discuss!
I have been wondering - why do people need over 16GB in a phone?
This is not Google Nexus 4 centric question - Nexus 4 just sparked my interest as this issue comes up here very often - it is more about "what do you really do with your smartphone, iphone, android-phone, whatever-phone".
Music: Yes, I have over 3TB of music in lossless formats (*.flac) and some in high quality ogg files, all connected to my home media system. I also have a portable mp3 player, 3x5cm, the best solution while jogging, rock-climbing, sailing etc., which carries my selection of mp3 files. It supports memory cards and all that jazz. I haven't ever used more than 4-5GB, which equals roughly 500 (1000 for all ya Amazon/iTune fans) songs - a nice handpicked selection for any situation and mood. I would add some songs or albums every now and then or delete those I haven't listened to for ages. Now, I understand that many of you need to constantly carry over 4000 songs as you manage to listen to all of them during your daily commute...
Videos: I know that Blu-ray disks take over 40GB. And I also know how disrespectful it is to take a great movie production and watch it on 4.7''. I realize that some people watch movies while commuting - and let's assume, arguendo, that I understand it. I just really feel bad for those hundreds of people who seem to have over 10h daily commute making it paramount to carry at least 3-5 movies at once. And if we are talking about flying - gentlemen, if you really have to - take your 10'' device and stop looking silly.
Games: I might be getting old, but I remember usually having 2-3 games installed on my computer - one I would generally play and the other I would switch to if I got frustrated with the first one. Why would you need to constantly carry 10-15 high-resolution games?
Books: I read relatively fast, but I yet have to see somebody going over millions of pages per hour.
E-mails, Calendar, ToDo tasks: My office blackberry, by now resembling some antique device from Mesopotamia, has been constantly managing to synchronize and compare the availability of 1000+ people and operate 5 mailboxes. I guess it didn't take more than a hundred MB.
Photos: I am sorry, but it is just sad. The quality of the lenses on the current phones is worse than in my 40y old Zenith camera. It might be fine to take some photos when you didn't expect to, but when you are traveling and sightseeing - do yourself a favour and invest in something which your grandparents wouldn't be ashamed of.
GPS: I understand that some of you are truck drivers who travel a lot. But why do most of the people want to constantly carry the maps of both Americas in high resolutions? I have been to some crazy parties but hey, I have never woken up on a different continent...
In summary: Reading these fora I feel like most of the people have really bad data management habits. Teenagers are used to 4TB drives and don't appreciate the importance of good data management which they will have to learn sooner or later. People do not really need, yet they do want to carry, their whole music collection for the sake of it - which usually means that it is either very unimpressive or in poor quality (even if taking dozens of GBs). The size of the phone storage acts mainly as ego-booster, a clearly comparable statistic, resembling 1990s when people would compare their RAM or HDD sizes which became a designation of their affluence and importance.
What do you think? How many GBs do people actually need in their phones? What are the special situations where you need more? What has changed in the last 5 years in the usage of smartphones that people are suddenly lacking space?
Discuss!