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Google won't let cheap Android phones and tablets ship with only 16GB storage anymore
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this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2025
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32gb? What exactly do you use your devices for? For android 15, there already needs to be 12-13gb reserved, then you have only 20ish gb, that in 2025 frankly aren't a lot even for spotify/whatsapp/telegram/organicmaps's cache, and thats if you dont use social mndias. If it's a device you plan on using for more than 2 months, you're bound to run into problems.
32 GB is enough for phone calls, messaging, internet (social media, email, browsing), banking, 2FA, news, shopping, calendar, weather, podcasts, music and video streaming, navigation, basic camera usage, etc. I used an XZ1 Compact with Android 14 for a large chunk of last year and only used 23 GB of the 32 GB with all of this and more.
32gb is not enough. We can discuss all day, but at the end of it, a bigger chip doesn't cost that much more. Let's stop defending companies that make a shit ton on money selling inflated value phones.
Let's stop making strawman arguments. Nowhere did I "defend companies", I talked about my own experience using a 32 GB phone. It is enough for me. Nothing you say can will change how I use my phone or what I require out of it.