So I need more storage space for my games so I bought a micro SD card thinking I could just insert it into the phone and format it and boost my storage capacity. But after ordering the card and reading some articles it seems I can't insert it without having to remove my SIM card. Worse still even if I could most games can't be placed on the card either because S9 doesn't support adotable storage or because the S9 can't format the card as internal storage. Not sure which it is but that all means the micro SD card is a wash, I need to cancel the order on Amazon. So I am back at square one. How do I boost storage space so I have more space for games? Do I have an other options open to me.

 

I don't take photos or use my camera much so I won't be able to claim any space that...

I was reading an article about connecting an external HDD to a laptop (I assume a desktop also works) and then turning on wi-fi hotspot on the phone and then accessing the drive as if it was a network drive. Would this allow the phone to use the HDD as storage space? I'd connect the HDD directly to the phone but I hear that's a great way to fry a phone due to the stress and heat an HDD would generate for the phone. My phone supports USB OTG because that's basically would my charger cable is supposedly. I'm new to phones I normally do PC gaming.

 

I didn't know that. When I got it from T-Mobile they never mentioned that so the 64 GB of internal storage I thought was the device default.

My storage is 99.9% games I very, very rarely use my camera I can actually name all non-game downloads I have so few they are.

 

Azur Lane, Illusion Connect, Princess Connect Re Dive, FAP CEO, Forge of Empires, Shop Titans, TerraGenesis, ReBless Zwei R, College Life, Goetia X, Versus Tales R, Tavern of Sins, Lewd Soccer League... Goddess I have no shame. Those are the main ones I am playing. what kills storage is the fact they get regular updates over time Azur Lane is my flagship main and it eats up a crapton of space. The rest of my games probably wouldn't clear two gigs.

 

Well for now I guess I really have no choice but to make some sacrifices... But in the long term, actually probably soon, I plan to buy a new phone for mobile gaming. I love my Galaxy S9 and I'd buy it again actually but then it's a phone that's a few years old so end of life is worrying me, also while it seems to support Android 10 since that's what the phone lists the OS as I worry about future software support. Then there's the storage issue. So I have two options I can buy the S9 again and this time get the 256 GB version or I can buy a new phone with new features the problem I see is even when measured against phones like ASUS ROG Phone 3 and Red Magic 5G the other phone has overall better hardware but the S9 seems to come ahead with better pixel density, resolution, and sometimes CPU. But the newer phones have software/hardware features I really want. So what should I do?

 

The comparison in which the S9's CPU pulled ahead wasn't the one with the ROG 3 I compared the S9 to several ones on a few websites the S9's CPU beat I think it was the Black Snake or something I can't remember the name. Though that was one of several criteria I was looking at.

As for the Pixel Density now that I am used to the S9 won't I see the drop in picture clarity. I want the superior hardware of the newer generations but I also want my images to look good for reasons...

I ended up with the realization of getting a newer phone and getting better hardware but less sharp images, or getting the 256 GB S9 and getting a better image sharpness at the expense of better hardware and relying on a old phone that is in the beginning of end of life since it doesn't look like Samsung is releasing anymore major updates for it just security patches.