What is the advantage of the 32 vs 16 if you are using an SD card?

rcyphermd · Oct 1, 2012

If you are using the SD card, what is the advantage of the 32 vs 16 G S3? I understand if you have more video/music than fits on the SD card. Other than that, are there any other advantages? Thanks in advance

thahim · Oct 1, 2012

I haven't found any advantage of SD card i have 16 GB GS3 and 16 GB SD Card.
My card is all empty because there is no option of moving anything to the sd card in device unless we use third party apps to move media on to the card.

32 GB has advantage over 16 that you can install more apps onto your device.

mrhomiec · Oct 1, 2012

thahim said:
32 GB has advantage over 16 that you can install more apps onto your device.

exactly.

if you are app download crazy, get the 32 GB. otherwise, the 16 GB will be enough.

i use my 32 GB Micro SD to store my photos and videos. but that's only because of "emergency" issues. where just in case my phone decides to stop working, i can just pop out the Micro SD to save my photos and videos. with that in mind, i've only used 1 GB, if that, out of the 32 GB available.

scooter1942 · Oct 1, 2012

if you dont mind rooting, there is also door #2

yes, there are other ways of installing apps onto your sd card, but this seems like the cleanest way to me. havent actually tried it though...

rjtim · Oct 1, 2012

thahim said:
My card is all empty because there is no option of moving anything to the sd card in device unless we use third party apps to move media on to the card.

Is this really true? If yes, then what app is suited for this?

davoid · Oct 1, 2012

rjtim said:
Is this really true? If yes, then what app is suited for this?

The best app I've found so far is Es File Explorer

As well as being able to move and copy files between internal and external SDCards you can also access shared files on your wifi LAN network. I use this feature to watch movies I have stored on my PC harddrive, streamed to my phone in bed.

Heisenberg123 · Oct 1, 2012

thahim said:
I haven't found any advantage of SD card i have 16 GB GS3 and 16 GB SD Card.
My card is all empty because there is no option of moving anything to the sd card in device unless we use third party apps to move media on to the card.

32 GB has advantage over 16 that you can install more apps onto your device.

My Files allows you to move Pictures, Music, Videos from the intetnal to the SD Card

rcyphermd · Oct 1, 2012

I have a loaner S3 16gb (had a 32). With about 200 apps, I still have 11 gb left. There is 3 gb being used under misc. files(audiko, gosms,polaris viewer,you version). Are these misc files apps or data?

rjtim · Oct 1, 2012

Heisenberg123 said:
My Files allows you to move Pictures, Music, Videos from the intetnal to the SD Card

Yep, this is what I found as well.

Mabashi · Oct 1, 2012

More space is better than less

hbryder · Oct 1, 2012

No app to sd supported on stock, if you like to play games, some are huge, you might consider the 32. I have the 16 and I'm almost out. I have less than 2gigs

MalikBear · Oct 1, 2012

***Best Reason***

Considering that you back up your pics every night like I do...

I save my pics and important (to me) docs on phone and just music and videos on sd. If I lose my phone or it get stolen, they can only access the sd by taking out of phone. Of course I use a pin lock as well.

TadeoNYC · Oct 1, 2012

I just used 16 out of the 32 gb buying a few of the 25 cent games. The dark knight game was like a 1.6 gb download.

GoldenDiamond · Oct 1, 2012

I bought the 16GB version cause I was cheap and didn't want to pay an extra 100 dollars for 16GB of storage.

barney_rebel · Oct 1, 2012

Store your pics and videos on your SD card. Those can use up valuable space as you on your main storage as they always don't get accessed.

davoid · Oct 3, 2012

It's true that games take up huge amounts of space, and I too downloaded TDKR in the sale... but... I came from a HTC Desire which had a couple hundred MB of app storage, and so for me 16GB is like a vast ocean of app storage space in comparison. 16GB is fine for me as I have a 64GB microsdxc

SUroot · Oct 3, 2012

MalikBear said:
***Best Reason***

Considering that you back up your pics every night like I do...

I save my pics and important (to me) docs on phone and just music and videos on sd. If I lose my phone or it get stolen, they can only access the sd by taking out of phone. Of course I use a pin lock as well.

Yes but those if you who don't backup nightly, factory reset will wipe all this data and it will be gone forever.

I suggest using an app like foldersync to auto backup or encrypt your sd card if you're this concerned about privacy

Ballymoss · Oct 3, 2012

thahim said:
I haven't found any advantage of SD card i have 16 GB GS3 and 16 GB SD Card.
My card is all empty because there is no option of moving anything to the sd card in device unless we use third party apps to move media on to the card.

32 GB has advantage over 16 that you can install more apps onto your device.

I have a 32GB card and I just copied my entire photo collection (6,500 photo's) onto it and it still has 25GB free. I honestly can't imagine how I could ever fill it up unless I transferred lots of video there. In any case if I want to watch a video I do it in the comfort of my home.

SUroot · Oct 3, 2012

I've got 6 games on my phone that between them take up 7GB of space. Not moving them to SD would mean I'd have to be more precious over what I install. With an sd card and root I can alleviate this. Then however, not so much space for offline music. 32GB card in my 16GB device would definitely be an advantage

Heisenberg123 · Oct 3, 2012

Ballymoss said:
I have a 32GB card and I just copied my entire photo collection (6,500 photo's) onto it and it still has 25GB free. I honestly can't imagine how I could ever fill it up unless I transferred lots of video there. In any case if I want to watch a video I do it in the comfort of my home.

yup ill never fill by 32GB card, even if I did add a few movies for a plane ride or long trip, most of my 720p movie rips are under 1GB

blenky · Oct 3, 2012

barney_rebel said:
Store your pics and videos on your SD card. Those can use up valuable space as you on your main storage as they always don't get accessed.

Yes and set it up so they automatically get uploaded to your 50GB drop box account. Sorted.

davoid · Oct 3, 2012

SUroot said:
Yes but those if you who don't backup nightly, factory reset will wipe all this data and it will be gone forever.

I suggest using an app like foldersync to auto backup or encrypt your sd card if you're this concerned about privacy

Yes, remember a couple of months back some poor guy had his wedding photos on the internal sdcard and his phone suddenly wouldn't boot. Samsung offered to replace his phone but he couldn't retrieve his irreplaceable photographs. External sdcard is more secure in that sense if you don't back up.

I simply have my pics automatically uploaded to dropbox.

Heisenberg123 said:
yup ill never fill by 32GB card, even if I did add a few movies for a plane ride or long trip, most of my 720p movie rips are under 1GB

Most of my 720p movies are 2.5GB - 4.5GB. Under 1 gig @ 1280x720 is too low quality for my liking.

Heisenberg123 · Oct 3, 2012

davoid said:
Yes, remember a couple of months back some poor guy had his wedding photos on the internal sdcard and his phone suddenly wouldn't boot. Samsung offered to replace his phone but he couldn't retrieve his irreplaceable photographs. External sdcard is more secure in that sense if you don't back up.

I simply have my pics automatically uploaded to dropbox.

Most of my 720p movies are 2.5GB - 4.5GB. Under 1 gig @ 1280x720 is too low quality for my liking.

even on a 4.8" screen

mine are fine even on my 40" TV and anyone I give a copy of a movie too says wow to the quality

than again I torrent all my movies so maybe they are only WOW compared to the usual 680x480 crappy AVIs some people post

davoid · Oct 3, 2012

Heisenberg123 said:
even on a 4.8" screen

mine are fine even on my 40" TV and anyone I give a copy of a movie too says wow to the quality

than again I torrent all my movies so maybe they are only WOW compared to the usual 680x480 crappy AVIs some people post

Yeah I probably wouldn't download them at such high quality if they were only for viewing on the phone. But they do look stunning

... and I don't see any point in converting them down for the phone.

Noxian · Oct 3, 2012

I put all my music on a 32GB SD card, and leave the on board 32gb for everything else, works great for me since my music library is 28GB.

What is the advantage of the 32 vs 16 if you are using an SD card?

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