Is anyone else starting to notice that 128GB of storage isn't enough?

Cromulent · 31 May 2019 at 16:31

I never thought I'd be in a situation where I needed more than 128GB of storage on a mobile phone, but my OnePlus 6 is slowly filling up with data (mainly ebooks and recorded video). I'm getting to the stage where I am thinking of upgrading my phone, not because of any new features or speed increases but to get more storage space.

Is anyone else in this situation?

lltfdaniel · 31 May 2019 at 16:38

I tend to avoid anything that takes up to much storage.

I only take pictures not video unless I have to.

As for me I stream YouTube or my music collection on Amazon music using my home WiFi or using my unlimited everything data calls and text when I am away from home.

If I need more data storage I will buy one of those what is it, sd card?

That is all,

Dan

Cleisthenes · 31 May 2019 at 16:47

Since switching to Spotify and using Google Photos I have no storage issues what so ever.

I clear off the photos every now and then so they're cloud basd (could do this with video too) and I just save spotify playlists or albums as and when I want to listen to them. Surely ebooks take up practically no space?

Cromulent · 31 May 2019 at 16:50

Cleisthenes said:
Surely ebooks take up practically no space?

My ebook collection is 23GBs.

Cleisthenes · 31 May 2019 at 16:55

Cromulent said:
My ebook collection is 23GBs.

I guess the question then is why do you need 23GB of books on you at any one time? That must be hundreds if not thousands of books?

I used to think I needed my entire FLAC msuci collection to carry around with me but I soon realised I was being a wally and given I can afford Spotify it was a no brainer.

Rimsy · 31 May 2019 at 16:55

Cromulent said:
My ebook collection is 23GBs.

There’s your problem then. I listen to an ebook then remove it from storage... don’t really see the need to have shedloads of them saved unless I was working offshore for weeks on end.

Cromulent · 31 May 2019 at 17:04

Cleisthenes said:
I guess the question then is why do you need 23GB of books on you at any one time? That must be hundreds if not thousands of books?

I used to think I needed my entire FLAC msuci collection to carry around with me but I soon realised I was being a wally and given I can afford Spotify it was a no brainer.

416 books. They are all technical with the vast majority of them being programming books of some sort or other. The thing is they are great reference material so if I come across a specific problem I need to solve I want to ensure that I have them all there as I'm not sure what I'll be working on day to day.

Rimsy said:
There’s your problem then. I listen to an ebook then remove it from storage... don’t really see the need to have shedloads of them saved unless I was working offshore for weeks on end.

I need them for reference purposes.

IvanDobskey · 31 May 2019 at 17:53

Never used all of my 64gb on my old s8, so have no idea what to do with the 256gb on my new OnePlus 7 pro

Hades · 31 May 2019 at 18:06

I doubt I'd need more than 32gb on a phone. As long as it has an SD card slot then I just pop in a 128gb card too. But everything I watch and listen to now is streamed.

Grandmaster Fap! · 31 May 2019 at 18:42

Im on 32gb and its not filled, am i weird!?

ninezerofive · 31 May 2019 at 18:45

I'm constantly short of storage. Phone, PC, Portable.

vanandjuanunited · 31 May 2019 at 18:54

Why not use cloud storage for the ebooks and video??

kona786 · 31 May 2019 at 19:01

For phone use I mainly stream media. 128GB is ample for now. Have 50 GB free.

Main use is from camera and video. I compress all old pics from old phones down to high quality but 2mp jpegs.

oggiet · 31 May 2019 at 19:10

Get a NAS and create cloud on it.

AndyCr15 · 31 May 2019 at 19:14

vanandjuanunited said:
Why not use cloud storage for the ebooks and video??

This is what I would ask. Do people live in areas that really don't have even 3G? A book is such a small file surely it wouldn't take seconds to reference the one you need?

neoboy · 31 May 2019 at 19:55

Stream most of my content and don't take a lot of video so doing alright.

TheVoice · 1 Jun 2019 at 16:05

Nope. My phone has half of its 51GB storage free and my 128GB SD card is only 9% used.

Run CCleaner or manually go and clear some app caches, you'll probably free up a good few GB just by doing that.

james.miller · 1 Jun 2019 at 16:17

cloud storage is cheap these days. or buy a phone with an SD slot.

Flibster · 1 Jun 2019 at 23:21

128gb hasn't been enough for me in a very long time.
Cloud storage isn't an option as a few places I go doesn't have a data signal, so it's a no go immediately.

Currently have a 512gb mSD with about 50gb free on it.

matt100 · 2 Jun 2019 at 00:03

Cromulent said:
I never thought I'd be in a situation where I needed more than 128GB of storage on a mobile phone, but my OnePlus 6 is slowly filling up with data (mainly ebooks and recorded video). I'm getting to the stage where I am thinking of upgrading my phone, not because of any new features or speed increases but to get more storage space.

Is anyone else in this situation?

No, you have a hyper specific personal problem.

Cromulent said:
416 books. They are all technical with the vast majority of them being programming books of some sort or other. The thing is they are great reference material so if I come across a specific problem I need to solve I want to ensure that I have them all there as I'm not sure what I'll be working on day to day.

I need them for reference purposes.

Which is this.