Lanhoj
Well-known member
I think it's a positive thing for 2 main reasons:
1) Pre-ICS OEM's seemed to rely on expandable storage releasing devices with internal storage as low as 150MB!
Now, since Apps can't move to SD, it forces OEM's to include a "decent" amount of internal storage.
2) Since only "real" media (pics / vids / music) can be moved to SD there's less chance to screw things up.
Can't count how many times my friends & family members with Android devices swapped SD's between devices & asked me why their game / App Data they had moved got screwed up!
Now that it can't move, hopefully it'll lessen those types of problems.
What's left is deciding the definition of a "decent" amount of internal storage.
Personally anything under 16GB shouldn't exist making 16GB the new "minimum" & hopefully 32GB will soon become the new "standard".
1) Pre-ICS OEM's seemed to rely on expandable storage releasing devices with internal storage as low as 150MB!
Now, since Apps can't move to SD, it forces OEM's to include a "decent" amount of internal storage.
2) Since only "real" media (pics / vids / music) can be moved to SD there's less chance to screw things up.
Can't count how many times my friends & family members with Android devices swapped SD's between devices & asked me why their game / App Data they had moved got screwed up!
Now that it can't move, hopefully it'll lessen those types of problems.
What's left is deciding the definition of a "decent" amount of internal storage.
Personally anything under 16GB shouldn't exist making 16GB the new "minimum" & hopefully 32GB will soon become the new "standard".