Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
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- 13 Apr 2023
Is it true that a large percent of internal memory is being used? example if i buy a samsung s23 ultra 256 gb, the 50+ gb was already deducted?i just saw a video in youtube telling the viewer that samsung deducted a large memory on their mobile
thank you
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- 13 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Come on sd is dead forever. Dead and dead. Good or not does... moreI have an Xperia, and my SD slot is one of the best things in my phone..
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- 13 Apr 2023
HT, 13 Apr 2023Sensitive data like banking belongs to internal storage obv... moreBuuuut.... again, it just comes down to making sure you back your data up. And if you have a large music or video collection, why wouldn't you have it backed it up or make sure you have it somewhere else (apart from their phone)? Just seems we're going 'round in circles... 😄
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- 13 Apr 2023
SteveUk, 13 Apr 2023IF your phone breaks, you mean... which is extremely unlike... moreAs you can see, not everyone is as lucky as you in this regard. In those cases, a MicroSD card safeguards against data loss.
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Anonymous, 13 Apr 2023It's ancient. Waste of space. Sim card > SD card. If your phone is stuck in a boot loop or bricked by an update, all of a sudden, MicroSD becomes the best possible use of physical space.
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- 13 Apr 2023
Kris17, 13 Apr 2023Hmm... I don't understand why you would insist that in... moreSensitive data like banking belongs to internal storage obviously. And presumably, a copy of them exists at home, so if the phone is broken, it is not lost.
A music collection and vacation photographs are not sensitive, but large in size, so they belong to MicroSD.
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- 13 Apr 2023
NeonHD, 13 Apr 2023You have a weird way of looking at things. Most SD card slo... moreIt's ancient. Waste of space. Sim card > SD card.
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- 13 Apr 2023
Kris17, 12 Apr 2023UFS4.0 memory is WAY faster than any SD card card out there... moreWell no sh*t it's better. That's like comparing an M.2 NVMe to a SATA SSD.
Valid point though obviously. It also depends on the USB speeds that the SD card reader on the phone supports, because there are SD cards (UHS-III spec) that can reach up to 624MB/s read speeds. However these cards are very expensive.
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- 6Fi
- 13 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 12 Apr 2023Good this phone does not have micro SD card slot in the 202... moreYou, too, have a weird way of looking at things. Most SD card "slots" are located on the SIM card tray, and if there is no SD card tray, then the tray will be used for a 2nd SIM. So your argument that an SD card takes up space inside a phone is completely misguided.
Try coming up with an argument that isn't full of holes next time.
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- 6Fi
- 13 Apr 2023
Anoynmous, 12 Apr 2023Thanks god. SD card is just a waste of space inside such ti... moreYou have a weird way of looking at things. Most SD card slots are located on the SIM card tray, and if there isn't room for an SD card, then it will be used for a 2nd SIM. So your idea that an SD card takes up space inside a phone is completely misguided. As if such a small card would anyway, lol.
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- 13 Apr 2023
HT, 12 Apr 2023MicroSD is still fast enough for 8K video and can be ejecte... moreIF your phone breaks, you mean... which is extremely unlikely (I've never had one break in all my years of using one). That pretty much seems to be the main benefit of a micro SD card. Sure, they can be handy - but at the end of the day, there's a reason why the top two phone brands stopped including them in their flagship models - they're simply not needed and the space/internal working can go to other things.
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- 13 Apr 2023
HT, 13 Apr 2023Never did I have a MicroSD card fail. However, I can not sa... moreHmm... I don't understand why you would insist that internal memory is more vulnerable than an SD card in terms of data integrity. But if you feel that way, you should just buy a new phone lol.
Technically, internal memory should always be more secure, because OS security policies are enforced in the internal memory partition. OS cannot enforce those policies on the ext card partition. Similarly, I wouldn't want to keep sensitive data on removable storage, then loose it somewhere. Remember, a phone cannot exist without internal memory.
Just use Google services to backup your data, depending on your internet speeds can be instantaneous. Recover anywhere. Android is Google anyways.
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- 13 Apr 2023
aaronwt, 13 Apr 2023I've been using cell phones since 1994. The only time ... moreNever did I have a MicroSD card fail. However, I can not say the same about intMem.
Indeed, only cloud storage or a home backup are helpful against theft. However, only the phone's internal storage and MicroSD can be written to in real-time, and out of the two, the former has more vulnerabilities.
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- 13 Apr 2023
HT, 12 Apr 2023You really enjoy losing your data, don't you?I've been using cell phones since 1994. The only time I have ever lost data on a cell phone, was from a micro SD. I have never lost any data from the internal storage on a cell phone.
I've also never had a broken phone or cracked screen. But I did have a phone stolen once. If that were to happen now, a lot of good an SD card would do when the phone is stolen. But all my data is also in the cloud. So I would still have access to it.
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- 12 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 12 Apr 2023I've never lost any data. If you have lost I'm so... moreThanks, though I have not broken any phone, however, a Media Transfer Protocol bug once wiped my internal storage.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/16e6kc/i_just_deleted_a_random_folder_in_my_internal/.compact
Data recovery software on a computer is ineffective on internal storage.
But feel sorry for the person in the video from my last comment.
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- 12 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 12 Apr 2023Good this phone does not have micro SD card slot in the 202... moreUseless? This guy learnt the the contrary the hard way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDYiJRhzXY0
His MicroSD-less phone got stuck on the boot screen and he had to hard-reset it.
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- 12 Apr 2023
HT, 12 Apr 2023You really enjoy losing your data, don't you?I've never lost any data. If you have lost I'm sorry for you.
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- 12 Apr 2023
Good this phone does not have micro SD card slot in the 2020s, because micro SD card slots are useless which takes up additional space on motherboard. Just buy a USB type-C SD card reader, if you want to relive nostalgia of the good old days.
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- 12 Apr 2023
Kris17, 12 Apr 2023UFS4.0 memory is WAY faster than any SD card card out there... moreMicroSD is still fast enough for 8K video and can be ejected when your phone breaks.
This benefit is undeniable, even if the internal storage UFS was a thousand times faster.
When your phone breaks, you will wish you had your data on "dated" technology that you can eject and read externally.
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- 12 Apr 2023
HT, 12 Apr 2023MicroSD is abundantly fast enough for 8K video, much faster... moreUFS4.0 memory is WAY faster than any SD card card out there. There is heavy bottleneck on SD card when you transfer 8K videos through USB Type C. It would be a waste of these high-speed technologies because of your old SD card. Besides, most people have dead SD cards stuck in their phones due to data corruption while incorrectly formatting it. We don't have worry about those issues anymore.
SD card is considered a dated technology. UFS is more expensive of course, but with good reason. This is a flagship device. If you want SD card functionality, opt for a mid-range device. They don't go well together anymore.