What am i missing about storage? Why is onboard storage so "worth it" when you can just expand with micro sd? Not trying to be funny here, i really want to know the difference. Coming from an iphone i was relieved that i could just get a 16gb and add storage for a lot cheaper than having to buy a 64gb iphone. So what am i missing?
Good question. Touchwiz has A LOT of features and takes a lot of storage space. So on a 16GB internal storage device which is formatted to less space and then the OS take a great deal so you are left with 9 to 10 GB or storage on your device. I like to have all of my apps installed on internal storage. They run faster and some cannot be moved to the SD card. I use the SD card for Music, photos and video which with this camera will takes up a lot of space. I had the Galaxy S4 google edition with 16 GB and an SD card and then with the android 4.3 update it removed the ability for 3rd party apps ( such as a camera app) to write to the SD card. Major pain. I have since gone internal storage of 32GB. I currently have a moto x and nexus 5 32GB models and they have no sd cards. I also had an 32GB S4 and it was great to have 25 or so GB all for apps and games.
It is a matter of personal preference, but my minimum is 32GB or onboard storage regardless of sd card.
attached a screen shot of my S4 when I first got it! I loved all that storage lol!