I am on the fence about a new cell phone. First, let me explain that I am not very familiar with smartphones. I have had mostly dumb phones for making calls. But sometimes, I sure would like to have Data available, and not just a couple of hundred gig. Enter Walmart $30 data plan (5 gig. of data and only 100 min cell and unlimited texts) This is what got me started. I don't use phone all that much.
Didn't want to buy an expensive phone, so decided on a Moto G (Made by Motorola) which for the money ($200) has decent specs and comes in 16 gb, but no SD card and only in 3G. Really wanted 4G Lte for internet browsing and internet speed. They are now coming out with a Moto G Lte this week. However, it only has an 8 gb. internal drive ($220). It has a slot for a SD card on this model (which the other one didn't. BUT, YOU CAN'T WRITE TO IT. The new KitKat operating system that comes with these Google phones, now will not let you write to your SD card, and the only thing allowed there are pictures you take, and possibly a movie (if you rent it from Google)
So my question is this. How restrictive do you think that 8 Gib internal drive is going to be. Your really only left with 5.2 after operating system and their applications. So any applications and data you want to download and use is going to have to go on that 5 gig remaining internal drive and not the SD card. I don't care about having music on it, but it would be nice to have a few audio books on it, and they take up some room and I don't think I will be able to put those on SD either.
Any comments and experience you can throw my way?
Didn't want to buy an expensive phone, so decided on a Moto G (Made by Motorola) which for the money ($200) has decent specs and comes in 16 gb, but no SD card and only in 3G. Really wanted 4G Lte for internet browsing and internet speed. They are now coming out with a Moto G Lte this week. However, it only has an 8 gb. internal drive ($220). It has a slot for a SD card on this model (which the other one didn't. BUT, YOU CAN'T WRITE TO IT. The new KitKat operating system that comes with these Google phones, now will not let you write to your SD card, and the only thing allowed there are pictures you take, and possibly a movie (if you rent it from Google)
So my question is this. How restrictive do you think that 8 Gib internal drive is going to be. Your really only left with 5.2 after operating system and their applications. So any applications and data you want to download and use is going to have to go on that 5 gig remaining internal drive and not the SD card. I don't care about having music on it, but it would be nice to have a few audio books on it, and they take up some room and I don't think I will be able to put those on SD either.
Any comments and experience you can throw my way?