I'm sure this is Amazon's response, that you don't need all the extra storage because it's all in the cloud, to be retrieved whenever.
I know some people feel like they have to have their entire library on the physical device, but really? If there are 5GB of system memory, and say half of it you want to reserve for ebooks, you've still got massive amounts of space. 90% or so of unillustrated ePub books are going to be less than 5MB in size.
I know, someone will come along and say "But I keep 5,000 picture boo
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Friday October 02, 2015 @03:52PM (#50647157)
And yet this is exactly the response that people rail against Apple for with the 16GB iPhones & iPads, and it has ~12.2GB of available space.
Actual numbers indicate that typical usage (not cherry-picked, theoretical 'typical' usage) puts average storage use at ~7GB on the iPhone, meaning that roughly half of people use roughly half or less of the available space on a 16GB model, but people still claim that having the entry-level iPhone start with 16GB is a huge error.
If storage use patterns are similar between the iPhone/iPad, and the Fire tablets, that indicates that 5GB of available storage may be a touch on the low side, depending where on the bell curve 2GB below average actually falls. (The availability of the SD card for other storage could certainly mitigate that, but for heavy e-book users, that may still not be enough if you can't keep your e-books on the SD card.)
Actual numbers indicate that typical usage (not cherry-picked, theoretical 'typical' usage) puts average storage use at ~7GB on the iPhone, meaning that roughly half of people use roughly half or less of the available space on a 16GB model, but people still claim that having the entry-level iPhone start with 16GB is a huge error.
Could it be that people are forced to modify their habits because of the limited storage space? I like to store my blu ray rips on my phone. If I had a phone that didn't have external storage, I wouldn't be able to, and the storage usage on that phone would be really low. Change blu ray rips to videos of any sort, music, apps, photos, whatever. People won't keep in on their device if they feel restricted by the storage space.
I'm not going to keep SOME of my shit on my phone and ALL of it somewhere else. I'm going to keep ALL of it on my phone or NONE of it on my phone (and all of it somewhere else). The fact that lots of people use 50% instead of 100% doesn't mean they don't need more space, it may mean that they don't have enough space to do what they want so they don't do it.
If you want more space on an iPhone, pay for the privilege. I keep a minimal amount of data on my 16GB iPhone and have 10GB free, as I use it for reading emails, ebooks and the Wall Street Journal while taking public transit. My roommate has a 128GB iPhone to watch movies while at work. Different strokes for different folks.
Things are always limited, salesmen who say it's "unlimited" are lying though their teeth. Whether they know it or not.
Maybe you just need a particular amount to do what you want and maybe you can find it. But you will tend to develop a need for more and you might as well realize that now so you are not surprised later.
Unless you can pay for new devices every time you hit the limits, you need to make a plan for "staging" your stuff. Put that off for now, if you want, but at least consider it so it does not
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what's the problem? (Score:5, Insightful)
all of your ebooks will be stored in amazon's cloud. why would they be on the SD card?
Re: (Score:4, Insightful)
I'm sure this is Amazon's response, that you don't need all the extra storage because it's all in the cloud, to be retrieved whenever.
I know some people feel like they have to have their entire library on the physical device, but really? If there are 5GB of system memory, and say half of it you want to reserve for ebooks, you've still got massive amounts of space. 90% or so of unillustrated ePub books are going to be less than 5MB in size.
I know, someone will come along and say "But I keep 5,000 picture boo
Re:what's the problem? (Score:0)
And yet this is exactly the response that people rail against Apple for with the 16GB iPhones & iPads, and it has ~12.2GB of available space.
Actual numbers indicate that typical usage (not cherry-picked, theoretical 'typical' usage) puts average storage use at ~7GB on the iPhone, meaning that roughly half of people use roughly half or less of the available space on a 16GB model, but people still claim that having the entry-level iPhone start with 16GB is a huge error.
If storage use patterns are similar between the iPhone/iPad, and the Fire tablets, that indicates that 5GB of available storage may be a touch on the low side, depending where on the bell curve 2GB below average actually falls. (The availability of the SD card for other storage could certainly mitigate that, but for heavy e-book users, that may still not be enough if you can't keep your e-books on the SD card.)
Re:what's the problem? (Score:5, Insightful)
Actual numbers indicate that typical usage (not cherry-picked, theoretical 'typical' usage) puts average storage use at ~7GB on the iPhone, meaning that roughly half of people use roughly half or less of the available space on a 16GB model, but people still claim that having the entry-level iPhone start with 16GB is a huge error.
Could it be that people are forced to modify their habits because of the limited storage space?
I like to store my blu ray rips on my phone. If I had a phone that didn't have external storage, I wouldn't be able to, and the storage usage on that phone would be really low.
Change blu ray rips to videos of any sort, music, apps, photos, whatever. People won't keep in on their device if they feel restricted by the storage space.
I'm not going to keep SOME of my shit on my phone and ALL of it somewhere else. I'm going to keep ALL of it on my phone or NONE of it on my phone (and all of it somewhere else).
The fact that lots of people use 50% instead of 100% doesn't mean they don't need more space, it may mean that they don't have enough space to do what they want so they don't do it.
Re: (Score:2)
Re: what's the problem? (Score:2)
Re: (Score:1)
Things are always limited, salesmen who say it's "unlimited" are lying though their teeth. Whether they know it or not.
Maybe you just need a particular amount to do what you want and maybe you can find it. But you will tend to develop a need for more and you might as well realize that now so you are not surprised later.
Unless you can pay for new devices every time you hit the limits, you need to make a plan for "staging" your stuff. Put that off for now, if you want, but at least consider it so it does not