16gb or 32gb?

ArmageddonX · November 12th, 2012, 12:14 AM

The question that I'm sure every Tablet Forum sees, heh

Is there any reliable way to figure out if you need the 16gb or the 32gb? I can easily afford the 16gb. The 32gb might be a stretch.

I have an Evo3D and I have lots of free space. I'm thinking the 16gb would be enough for me, but I'm so unsure of myself with Tablets.

I plan on using it for Apps, Games, & Web Browsing.

I will not be using it for Music or Movies.

What does everyone think?
Do you have any advice?
Are there are guidelines to help you pick between the two?

Thanks.

~ ArmyX

Hadron · November 12th, 2012, 02:43 AM

How big are the sort of games you are interested in, and how many will you want on it at a time?

If you aren't keeping music or movies on it then my guess is that HD games will be the biggest potential user of storage.

Dizzle1 · November 12th, 2012, 03:19 AM

If you plan on getting gameloft games, and electronic arts Inc games ( any apps with 1gb+ adding packs) get a 32gb otherwise a 16gb version should be fine for all your basic apps, like 30 albums which would be maybe 2.5gb and occasional downloads from the web.

Atma · November 12th, 2012, 05:59 AM

I'll get the 32gb but only because I'm buying from Walmart so I can easily and quickly return or exchange if I need to. I think 16gb would be enough for me. If I like a movie good enough to buy it, I will buy it on Blu-ray. If I play a game, I only play one game at a time. I've had my Galaxy S2 about 9 months and I still only use about 6gb of space even with nandroid backups.

Of course, having the 32gb, I know I will be future proofed.

ArmageddonX · November 12th, 2012, 11:14 AM

I do not plan on playing any 3D "shooter" type of games. I play mostly stuff like Where's My Water, Angry Birds, Cut the Rope.... stuff like that.

~ ArmyX

The_Superhoo · November 12th, 2012, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atmazzz

I'll get the 32gb but only because I'm buying from Walmart so I can easily and quickly return or exchange if I need to. I think 16gb would be enough for me. If I like a movie good enough to buy it, I will buy it on Blu-ray. If I play a game, I only play one game at a time. I've had my Galaxy S2 about 9 months and I still only use about 6gb of space even with nandroid backups.

Of course, having the 32gb, I know I will be future proofed.

I'm ONLY getting the 32gb because if I order the cheaper 16 GB (which I'd prefer) from Google, I'd have to pay shipping and possibly taxes on it, whereas since I work in DE I can walk into a Walmart tonight, pay a little more and get it NOW, with NO shipping and NO taxes and NO wait.

Atma · November 12th, 2012, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Superhoo

I'm ONLY getting the 32gb because if I order the cheaper 16 GB (which I'd prefer) from Google, I'd have to pay shipping and possibly taxes on it, whereas since I work in DE I can walk into a Walmart tonight, pay a little more and get it NOW, with NO shipping and NO taxes and NO wait.

I'm only buying the 32gb from Walmart because the last time I sent a Nexus 7 back to Google it took 2 months to get a refund. Otherwise I think I would go with the 16gb.

ArmageddonX · November 12th, 2012, 09:01 PM

Well, I plan on picking up the 16gb at some point tomorrow. I hope I've made the right decision. Thanks all.

~ ArmyX

FussBoss · November 21st, 2012, 12:26 PM

I have the same thing to decide but I will be using this for movies for travel. But that leads me to my next question, are movies all cloud-based and you ahve to stream? I know on the ipad you can buy and download, or get the digital copy actually ON the ipad. From what I can tell everything on Android is cloud based and streaming. This really bit me in the rear when I got a good amount of music on the Google play store and tried to play my music while driving thru an area that I had no service on and could not play my Google play music... So ifI am on an airplane I need to be able to watch my movies. Is there options on the Android where I can actually download to my Nexus? If there is I would prob get the 32gb, if not then its the 16gb - if I even get it at that point.

idic · November 22nd, 2012, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FussBoss

I have the same thing to decide but I will be using this for movies for travel. But that leads me to my next question, are movies all cloud-based and you ahve to stream? I know on the ipad you can buy and download, or get the digital copy actually ON the ipad. From what I can tell everything on Android is cloud based and streaming. This really bit me in the rear when I got a good amount of music on the Google play store and tried to play my music while driving thru an area that I had no service on and could not play my Google play music... So ifI am on an airplane I need to be able to watch my movies. Is there options on the Android where I can actually download to my Nexus? If there is I would prob get the 32gb, if not then its the 16gb - if I even get it at that point.

Yes, just click the icon that looks like a push pin. It appears in various places: the Gallery, GMusic, GBooks, GFilms. Any photo albums, songs, books and films you select will be downloaded to the device for offline use.

On a phone YouTube will precache new videos from your subscriptions, but I don't think this works on tablets just yet.

randomhero180 · November 23rd, 2012, 02:20 PM

Wondering the same thing. Thinking about 32gb for movies and such. But I do have a lot of cloud storage, so 16 may work for me. Still deciding.

Anyone use cloud storage a lot with their tablet like box.net or Dropbox?

Imfubared · January 18th, 2013, 10:22 AM

Just and FYI, on the 16 gig Google uses 3 gig right out of the box so you really only get 12 gig of storage, typical with any hard drive, you don't get to use it all.

ArmageddonX · January 18th, 2013, 12:54 PM

FYI, I ended up getting the 16GB and even with all my content on the Device I still have 10GB left.

~ ArmyX