Re: Upgrade and pay more for less

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

I have a Samsung SM-A260F phone, and I've had it for 5 years now.
 
Specs here:
<https://www.phonemore.com/specs/samsung/galaxy-a2-core/sm-a260f/>
 
My service provider keeps nagging me to "upgrade" but it seems to me
that if I do so, I'll end up paying for for less.
 
I would have 2 reasons to upgrade:
 
1. To have a bigger/better camera (this one has 5Mp)
 
2. To have more storage for all the nagging to "download the app now"
when my phone keeps telling me "your phone is getting full" and
suggesting that I zip the app, rarther than download mre apps. .
 
But every phone in the catalogue that I can afford seems to have less
storage space than the one I already have.
 
What are the people who say "download the app" thinking?

  As Andy mentioned, 16GB Internal Storage is indeed very/too small
these days. And while a (Micro) SD-card helps somewhat, most apps can
not be moved to the SD-card or at best only partially. Sometimes even
the apps' data can not be moved to the SD-card.

  I have an old Samsung 10.1" tablet (with Android 5.0.2) also with
16GB (and SD-card), so I know where you're coming from.

  As to getting a new phone from your "service provider". I would never
do that. I would just buy the phone and have a SIM-only contract or
pre-paid. Or don't you have those options in your country (SA?)?

  As to which phone: As you have experience with a Samsung phone, I
would go for one of their A-Series phones which 1) you can afford and 2)
has 'plenty' of Internal Storage, 128GB or more, and preferably also a
SD-card slot.

  FYI, my current phone is a four year old Samsung Galaxy A51 phone with
128GB (of which 58GB still available), dual-SIM and SD-card slot.