Re: Upgrade and pay more for less

Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

On 04.12.24 03:29, Steve Hayes wrote:

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 17:39:32 -0000 (UTC), Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
wrote:
 

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

I have a Samsung SM-A260F phone, and I've had it for 5 years now.
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Specs here:
<https://www.phonemore.com/specs/samsung/galaxy-a2-core/sm-a260f/>
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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.
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I would have 2 reasons to upgrade:
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1. To have a bigger/better camera (this one has 5Mp)
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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. .
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But every phone in the catalogue that I can afford seems to have less
storage space than the one I already have.

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How do you work that out? Your phone has a maximum of 16GB of storage
(excl. any SD card). I doubt there any new phone with that little storage
these days. 64GB is more typical at the low end.

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

 
I have serious doubts that there are smartphones offered with 4 GB main
storage.
 

We're not confusing main memory with storage space are we by any chance?

E.g. a current Samsung A15 model has 128Gb of **storage** and 4Gb of
**memory**.  (That's one priced at £149 here in the UK)


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Chris Green
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