Re: Upgrade and pay more for less

On 2024-12-10 17:59, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 6 Dec 2024 14:08:44 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
 

On 2024-12-06 13:44, Steve Hayes wrote:

On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 11:57:47 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
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On 2024-12-05 02:38, Steve Hayes wrote:

On 4 Dec 2024 11:33:21 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
wrote:
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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

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The ones that I can afford offer 4-6 GB of storage, which is less than
the 16GB in the phone I have.

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Can you post a link? 4-6 GB isn't enough to install Android so I find that
hard to believe.

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    The 4-6GB is clearly *RAM*, not (permanent) Internal Storage. I've
replied to Steve about that mixup.

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The terminology in the ads is not very clear, thank you for your
clarifications.
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They refer to RAM and ROM.
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I assumed that the ROM contained the operating system and apps that
were factory-installed, and that it would not be available for apps
that are downloaded and installed later, since it is "read-only" and
therefore could not be subsequently written to.

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I doubt the adds mention ROM.
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The link you posted <hayesstw@yahoo.com> does not mention ROM, for instance.
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It is RAM and Flash. Your advert doesn't even say flash, but it is flash.

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If the ad had said flash, I would have found it easier to understand.
But it said ROM.

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I searched for the word "ROM" in the entire page
<https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_note_50-12799.php> and it just does not
happen.
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For example, it says the the Samsung A05s has 4GB RAM 64GB ROM

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Link, please.

  Steve seems to have forgotten but his original link
https://www.phonemore.com/specs/samsung/galaxy-a2-core/sm-a260f/
 Says  RAM: 1GB
       ROM: 8GB / 16GB*

Right, it does, in the summary

 Of course phonemore is not Samsung or Gsmarena.  I don't know who pays
for it or why they have it.  I don't think they're getting rich on their
advertising.   For that matter, I don't know who pays for gsmarena.

A bit below the summary are the details:
Memory and storage
RAM memory         1GB LPDDR3
Internal storage 16GB (12GB available)  eMMC 5.1
External storage Until 256GB microSD, microSDXC (dedicated slot)
So it is not actually ROM.
They do print a lot of details in readable format, which is good.
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Cheers, Carlos.