Re: Nexus 6 available from TMobile November 12th
HD movies are only about 1GB each and i only own the 4 classics - i stream via Chromecast but even if i download all 4 of them to my phone i'd still have plenty of space. i have almost 3,000 contacts, a full calendar, but my music is streamed via Pandora and my Documents are on my PC and in the Cloud on Dropbox. and i'm not a Gamer.
That all depends on the compression. There's a big and noticeable difference in the quality (video noise, motion artifacts, etc) between a movie crunched down to 1GB vs one brought down to 3-3.5GB (what I usually go with). Also, if you plan on throwing 1440P videos on, those will be substantially larger. Of course, you mostly stream, so that may not be an issue for you. For me, this will be replacing my N7 as well, so it'll hold more video media content while I'm travelling.
My main thought was for media capture. Images at 13MP are a lot larger than at 8MB, and 4K video larger than 1080P. I took a week's vacation this past summer with my N5 (32GB) serving as my camera, and by the end of the week was a bit short on space. On the plus side, most of the content had mirrored to the cloud by then from the time I'd been on WiFi, but I can see the benefit of more internal storage (and yeah, in advance of the inevitable response "
that's why u needz microsd card!!1!eleven!!," I would prefer it, but not at the expense of all of the other benefits inherent to a Nexus device).
part of me thinks i should sell the Nexus 5 16GB and roll the money into my Nexus 6 purchase rather than just let it sit unused and depreciate and collect dust. again - mental accounting. i think i could get about $150 for it - i have a TPU case, box, charger, and it's in great shape. let someone else get use out of it and enjoy it. if i need a new emergency phone i could always order a new Nexus and just use a cheap A&T GoPhone for a few days until it arrives then return it for a refund.
thoughts?
I debated keeping it around till I remembered how I kept my Nexus 4 around as a backup and probably lost a lot of its potential resale value without ever once using it, until I loaned it to a friend who'd lost their phone in a cab, and that friend managed to lose my N4 two days later >.<. Definitely going to look to sell my N5 and N7.