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The Galaxy S5 is a proven, reliable platform for years now but now and then we receive interesting reports of problems. We discussed some of these issues below. For those interested to visit other #GalaxyS5 issues, please go to our index page. Galaxy S5 discrepancy in Storage readings | Galaxy S5 unable to update apps
#Samsung has just announced a new 256GB UFS 2.0 storage module, which could change the course of the mobile industry. While we currently see phone storage options maxing out at 128GB, this could mean that devices with 256GB of internal storage could soon be a reality. Of course, since Samsung is coming out with this
#Acer has just announced the #LiquidJade2 smartphone at the ongoing MWC 2016 event in Barcelona. The handset is your usual flagship grade offering from Acer, but with an attractive twist. The company mentions that the phone comes with up to 1TB of user accessible storage for music, videos, photos as well as apps. The company
#Microsoft recently decided to bring down the free storage for #OneDrive users from 15GB to 5GB. Naturally, this didn’t go down well with a lot of users out there. Now, responding to the criticisms, Microsoft has mentioned that users can get back their 15GB of free storage back, but only if they claim it. This
Google has just announced massive discounts on its Drive storage subscription prices. The 100GB per month plan which usually costs $5 is now down to $2. The 1TB plan is now down to $10 from $50, which is an 80% discount from the asking price. Customers willing to get extra storage, say for example 10TB
When Samsung announced the Galaxy S5 last week, there was plenty of buzz and excitement, given some of its marquee features like the fingerprint sensor and the heart rate monitor. However, during the demonstration, some attendees were aware enough to check the actual internal storage of the smartphone, which was revealed to be a measly 8.4GB
There is one thing that gets me bothered when it comes to kids and devices, and it’s storage space. Storage — or the finite aspect of it — seems to be a concept alien to kids at a certain age. For example, I gave my old Samsung Galaxy S3 to my 9-year old and she can’t seem to stop taking videos, photos, screenshots and screen recordings, to the extent that multimedia would fill up the internal storage in less than a day.
Owners of the Lenovo Ideatab A1000 should check their tablet for a system update now, as Lenovo has rolled out an update to fix the internal storage mishaps that many early adopters have been experiencing. Out of the box, users were reporting that they only had 512MB of available internal storage, something that shouldn’t