16GB Storage on the Galaxy Nexus

[inicophone]

Hi,

I am thinking of buying myself the Galaxy Nexus to replace my old non-Android smartphone. A very quick question to those who own this phone is - is 16GB of storage enough for apps?

I would have at the very most - 100 apps installed. Would this be enough? I don't keep music or photos on the phone so I think that's good to keep space available.

I'd be really grateful to hear experiences with 16GB storage!

Thank you.

 

[mathiasjk]

A quick question = A quick answer:
16 GB will be enough, since you won't have music and movies on it.

 

[murphious]

I have a Nexus running currently about 120 apps. I also have a movie and a few albums of music. My phone says I have 1.3GB left in memory off the 13GB.

Initially I didnt think it enough cause i was on 32GB Nokia N900 but i really wanted the Nexus! You can make it work! 16GB is enough

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[jpr]

It will be enough for your apps since you won't be keeping media on it. I have 168 apps and 8GB free. I don't have music, movies, and only have 5 pictures on my phone. I do have several work documents on it however but I use small memory filetypes like txt, pdf, etc for files I will keep on my phone. Now apps are different sizes of course and yours could be more or less, but you won't run out of memory from 100 apps - only if you download other large files on your phone. Most people run out of room because of large media files.

 

[anon(847090)]

more than enough. I have 92 apps and10 Gb free

 

[inicophone]

Thank you for your replies!
It seems that I'll be fine with the storage I'm pleased!

I don't think I'd have more than 100 apps at the very, very most installed so I think I wouldn't even come close to using all the storage up.

 

[sting7k]

Hi,

I am thinking of buying myself the Galaxy Nexus to replace my old non-Android smartphone. A very quick question to those who own this phone is - is 16GB of storage enough for apps?

I would have at the very most - 100 apps installed. Would this be enough? I don't keep music or photos on the phone so I think that's good to keep space available.

I'd be really grateful to hear experiences with 16GB storage!

Thank you.

Most apps are only a few MB in size. There is plenty of storage. Unless you are installing dozens of games, they can be several hundred MB or over 1GB in some cases.

 

[randyw]

I was kind of worried about the storage myself coming from an Inspire with a 32GB SD card. But as long as you do not get carried away with to much Music and Videos as well as apps you will be fine. I have about 180 apps and 5 or 6 music albums and a couple of Videos on mine and still have over 5GBs of storage left.

 

[efyoiphone]

I have the Sprint GNex. 32gb storage space.

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[Lanhoj]

I've got 120 Apps installed plus another 16 games, a couple episodes of TV shows & a bunch from Google Music saved for use offline - I've got roughly 3GB left so you should be fine.

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[Younjulius]

For me in iOS world music took so much space. With Play Music player, I don't need much space. I don't watch movies on my phone. I want big screen for that.

 

[Chex313]

I am suffering with my 16GB, but you would have to pry it out of my cold dead hands before I would give it up for anything other then a new one(Preferably with 32GB+sd)

Its just enough for me to get by, just need to clean out my home vids and pics every month.

Its well worth the trouble.

 

[inicophone]

Thanks everyone for your replies! Yeah I think it will do me very well considering I don't use music and photos on my phone!

Also, with jelly bean installed, what is the total amount of space available?

Thanks!

 

[jpr]

Thanks everyone for your replies! Yeah I think it will do me very well considering I don't use music and photos on my phone!

Also, with jelly bean installed, what is the total amount of space available?

Thanks!

You'll have 13.33GB to use.

 

[anon(847090)]

Thanks everyone for your replies! Yeah I think it will do me very well considering I don't use music and photos on my phone!

Also, with jelly bean installed, what is the total amount of space available?

Thanks!

approximately 13 Gb

 

[dwaynewilliams#WN]

When you buy movies and music through the Google Play Store, are they stored in the cloud? Meaning, are they stream only?


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[markabele]

I too have 32gb. I didn't realize until after I had bought it. Are they shipping all new ones with 32?

 

[Andrew Martonik]

I too have 32gb. I didn't realize until after I had bought it. Are they shipping all new ones with 32?

The Verizon and Sprint model have 32GB. The GSM has 16GB.

 

[Insp_Gadget]

When you buy movies and music through the Google Play Store, are they stored in the cloud? Meaning, are they stream only?


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No, they are not stream-only. You have the option to leave them in the cloud (and stream them) or view/listen offline (for times when you don't have a connection/wifi). If you choose to listen offline (hit the push-pin icon), the movie/music will download in the background until it is resident on your phone. You won't find the file anywhere (it's kept in a hidden/encrypted location). You will notice your available space will decrease accordingly (even though you can't find the downloaded files).

You also have the option to set the music/movies app to limit downloads/streaming to wifi-only, so you don't burn up your data allowance (if you're not on an unlimited plan).

 

[jean15paul]

Are you planning on rooting. I've found that nandroid backups and app backups with Titanium Backup take up a lot of space. Althought if you don't store a lot of media, I suspect that you'll be fine.