Interesting:
From 2009, but still relevant?
Daring Fireball Linked List: Droid Limited to 256 MB of Storage for Apps
"This is another one of those things where I simply don’t understand why Motorola doesn’t follow Apple’s lead and provide ample built-in storage rather than relying on removable SD cards. I just checked, and I have about 1.8 gigabytes of apps installed on my iPhone. Many of the top iPhone games weigh in at 50 or even 100 MB each. My two biggest games alone (Texas Hold’em and Need for Speed Undercover) weigh in at just over 256 MB combined. Just two games. Did Motorola even look at the size of popular apps in the App Store before releasing this?"
And this:
Google fails to address app storage issue with Droid and Android 2.0 – Android and Me
"The Droid ships with a 512 MB ROM which contains only 256 MB available for app storage.
...
Have you seen all the awesome iPhone and iPod Touch games? Hardly any of them would fit on an Android phone. It is not uncommon for popular titles to easily exceed 100 MB. For example, the game Myst takes up a whopping 727MB."
From 2009, but still relevant?
Daring Fireball Linked List: Droid Limited to 256 MB of Storage for Apps
"This is another one of those things where I simply don’t understand why Motorola doesn’t follow Apple’s lead and provide ample built-in storage rather than relying on removable SD cards. I just checked, and I have about 1.8 gigabytes of apps installed on my iPhone. Many of the top iPhone games weigh in at 50 or even 100 MB each. My two biggest games alone (Texas Hold’em and Need for Speed Undercover) weigh in at just over 256 MB combined. Just two games. Did Motorola even look at the size of popular apps in the App Store before releasing this?"
And this:
Google fails to address app storage issue with Droid and Android 2.0 – Android and Me
"The Droid ships with a 512 MB ROM which contains only 256 MB available for app storage.
...
Have you seen all the awesome iPhone and iPod Touch games? Hardly any of them would fit on an Android phone. It is not uncommon for popular titles to easily exceed 100 MB. For example, the game Myst takes up a whopping 727MB."
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