Samsung's stubbornness with 4GB of storage for its wearables

With Samsung offering a phone with half a terabyte, it is frustrating to see the company continue to play cheapskate with its wearable devices.

Galaxy Gear (2013): 4gb

Gear S (2014): 4gb

Gear S2 (2015): 4gb

Gear S3 (2016): 4gb

Gear Sport (2017): 4gb

Gear IconX 2018 (2017): 4gb

Galaxy Watch (2018): 4gb

Considering apps, software updates and offline music downloads, 4 gigabytes of storage is bread crumbs at best. Samsung has not upgraded the storage for its watches for FIVE years now. In comparison, the base Galaxy Note 9 has quadruple the storage of the Galaxy Note 3 from 2013. Come on Sammy, step your game up.

Edit: I run a lot, and all my music is stored offline. Another thing to note is advertised storage vs actually available storage. My Gear S2 only has 2.2gb free even after a factory reset.



Submitted September 29, 2018 at 05:08PM by Koresung https://ift.tt/2Rdt9r8 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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