Re: Upgrade and pay more for less

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

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

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.

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

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

 
The terminology in the ads is not very clear, thank you for your
clarifications.
 
They refer to RAM and ROM.
 
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. 

  In this case, ROM is a dumb and incorrect term. It isn't Read-Only
Memory, because it's Internal Storage, so - besides the operating system
and factory-installed apps - is stores additional apps and data. (BTW,
also part which stores the operating system and factory-installed apps
can be written/re-written, so also that part is not 'ROM'.)

  Some people/sources call it flash-memory, but I think that's a bad
term as well, because it describes the technology, instead of what it
does/is.

  Your new reference (<https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_note_50-12799.php>)
says "storage" and "Internal". Those are the normally used terms, i.e.
"Storage" and "Internal Storage".

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