Moto X: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

[Cozume]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

don't take many videos.

if you ever have kids, you will. Now these phones last 2 years, not much more so if you are not planning on having kids or none of your siblings are going to be having kids in the near future it is a non-issue.

 

[Cozume]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

don't plan on using it as my music player (have a Clip Zip for that),

I never planned on using mine as a music player, either. But it is so convenient to have your phone and your music player all in one device. I used to jog without my phone, but now it feels so unsafe to do so. If I were to get hurt or something suspicious were happening around me, I feel so much safer jogging with a phone on me and the Moto X is the right size for jogging.

 

[nfotiu]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

The math makes sense, but I listen to spotify on high quality at least 60-90 minutes a day, and according the usage meter, Spotify has never used more than 250 MB in a month.

I'd consider myself a pretty heavy user of my smartphones, but I use Spotify for music, auto upload my pics and videos, netflix is the only video watching I do. 16 MB is easily enough for me.

 

[Clocks]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

So if you work out 1 hour per day and stream music while you work out, that is 60MB x 30 days = 1800MB per month to stream music, which is about 1.75GB per month.

Google Music (if you use it) will automatically cache and store music on your phone that you listen to often (or you can manually select which albums to cache), which will somewhat limit your data usage if you listen to the same songs multiple times. In my experience it has cached about 500-600mb of music on its own.

 

[dmark44]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

Google Music (if you use it) will automatically cache and store music on your phone that you listen to often (or you can manually select which albums to cache), which will somewhat limit your data usage if you listen to the same songs multiple times. In my experience it has cached about 500-600mb of music on its own.

That kind of memory usage going on behind the scenes from the user was what was eating up the 16gb on board my HTC Rezound. There was also some bug that was causing a thumbnail data file grow to a bigger file size (3GB) than all of the thumbnails and photos on my phone combined.

Sent from my Moto X

 

[nfotiu]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

That's a lot of work! If I didn't already own so much music or if I didn't have an UDP it would be worth it, though. But I do already own a lot of music and I like owning it outright. I also run in areas where the 4G LTE signal is spotty.

I got to say that owning and managing music, especially if you like acquiring new music and like to listen to it on different sources, is a whole lot more work when compared to the convenience of Spotify or google all access. And spotify at high quality or extreme quality sounds very good to me.

 

[Cozume]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

I got to say that owning and managing music, especially if you like acquiring new music and like to listen to it on different sources, is a whole lot more work when compared to the convenience of Spotify or google all access. And spotify at high quality or extreme quality sounds very good to me.

you are probably right, it is just that I am used to doing it the old fashioned way and to learn all these new services takes more work for me. I tried Spotify's free trial and didn't like it, but I didn't really spend much time on it. That is what I didn't like - to get to use it to the full capacity I would have needed to spend time learning it.

 

[dmark44]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

I never planned on using mine as a music player, either. But it is so convenient to have your phone and your music player all in one device. I used to jog without my phone, but now it feels so unsafe to do so. If I were to get hurt or something suspicious were happening around me, I feel so much safer jogging with a phone on me and the Moto X is the right size for jogging.

Exactly! I use my phone for music, fitness tracking and the security of having a communications device with me when I run. Streaming music with a separate app while GPS tracking increased the chance of losing music to a lost signal or the possibility of an app crashing and is definitely more taxing on battery life. Also, using the built in music player on my fitness app ensures that the music quiets down properly for voice prompts so I hear them.

I'm sure the Moto X and Kit Kit probably perform more reliably than my old phones, but I like to know everything is just going to work when I start my workout!



Sent from my Moto X

 

[tdizzel]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

Those of us who don't have UDPs and a good signal all the time have to store music on our phones and that can take up a lot of storage space depending on how much music you have.

Fortunately for the OP he won't be using the phone as a music player so that's not an issue.

 

[Cozume]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

Fortunately for the OP he won't be using the phone as a music player so that's not an issue.

but he may change his mind after reading our responses that indicate why we do.

 

[mumfoau]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

I have the 16GB version but at the same time, I only download 20 or so apps and I'm done!

 

[Tom Westrick]

In addition to the (great) points made so far, I would also factor in how long you plan to keep the device. The extra $53 dollars may seem like a lot up front, but spread over 1-2years it's not much more than the 16gb (4 dollars/ month for 1 year, 2 dollars/month for 2 years).

I would bite the bullet and get the 32gb. In my mind, it's better to have the extra storage and potentially not need it than need the extra storage and not have it. But, it's your spending money so go with what you need.

 

[CutlaSS]

32GB

 

[cordoni]

I just ordered a 32 GB Moto X today. Debated the same thing, but when I looked at storage use on my 16gb Razr Maxx, I found I only have 1.3 GB left, and that was with all my pictures being stored on SD. For my use, 32gb was a no brainer at that point.

 

[GadgetGator]

Go for the higher storage option. You may feel that 16gb is enough now, but your life circumstances can change. How you use a device can change over time. Maybe you will start finding yourself in a new area with poor cell coverage and want to store music for some reason, maybe you will want to start taking more video. Better to have too much storage than too little.

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[ffejjj]

Did I read right? Are we talking about a 50$ difference? If so it's a no brainer.

Remember you're not just doubling your storage, you're increasing by almost 130%

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[mynameis]

I've got the 16gb version and I haven't ran into problems. I don't put much onto my phone and my photos also backup to Google+ via Photos. But you could also use a cloud service to store pictures etc.

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[Cozume]

Did I read right? Are we talking about a 50$ difference? If so it's a no brainer.

yeah, you read it right.

Remember you're not just doubling your storage, you're increasing by almost 130%

Let's do the math.

16GB - 5GB for OS/preinstalled apps = 11 GB storage
32GB - 5GB for OS/preinstalled apps = 27 GB storage

27/11 = 1.45

So more like 145%.

 

[ffejjj]

yeah, you read it right.


Let's do the math.

16GB - 5GB for OS/preinstalled apps = 11 GB storage
32GB - 5GB for OS/preinstalled apps = 27 GB storage

27/11 = 1.45

So more like 145%.

For basically the cost of dinner out you can add tons of free space. Like Gator said you never know what you may need in the future

My Evo lte Filling the shoes of my HTC One

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Re: Deciding between 16GB and 32GB, how much memory is enough (for apps, etc.)?

32GB.

Apps are getting bigger every day.

Plus, more storage space is better.