Google won't let cheap Android phones and tablets ship with only 16GB storage anymore
Google won't let cheap Android phones and tablets ship with only 16GB storage anymore
Any general purpose consumer device should probably have 64GB or more.
But I don't see the point in disallowing <32GB, as that can still be enough for using tablets for lots of uses like e-readers, smart home displays, kiosks, etc.
In practice, this just means that low end devices will stay on older versions of Android even more than they do already.
We have little work laptops for staff and even with just like 3-4 programs and a 5gb limit on cloud files stored locally, 64gb is hardly even anoigh to update Windows. Need to get them with at least 128gb.
Could they just have a microsd card slot instead?
I don't really see the need for 64GB of storage. 32 is about the sweet spot for me.
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.
Starting with Android 15, devices must ship with at least 32GB of storage, 75% of which must be allocated to the data partition.
Still not enough
16 gigs before losses to OS size is like 5 megabytes after the fact. I had to get my porn in ANSI just to make due
Based on their 75% mandate, 32gb only leaves 8gb for the user. How anyone can argue that's enough is insane.
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I think 128GB should be the minimum. A lot reserved for the operating system and the rest for storage hungry applications. At least save local map data and some music
16?? Make it 64
Can fully understand for phones&tablets, but what about smart TVs or maybe watches? I don't see them needing that much storage with just a few apps installed. Sounds like a waste of resources to me...
Not much difference between a 16gb chip and a 32/64gb anymore. In fact, i think it could cost more to do the 16gb variant as request is considerably lower.
That's shit. The only way to wipe these storages safely is to overwrite them a few times.
We need smaller storage for security. We should be able to overwrite unused storage several times per day without having to wait for hours. The smaller the storage, the better this is.
E-waste manufacturers will continue to produce android 9 phones with 4gb of storage
Android 7 is end of life so manufactures can't officially license it.