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Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report by ams6110 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:27AM (#16966840)
Yeah I'm sort of boggling at this. I have a 16GB Android phone that I've used for about 2 years, and it's only half full.
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Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report by wilsonnb on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:50AM (#16966992)
Android itself takes up 9GB on my Pixel 2. 4.7GB is taken up by the apps and whatever they are storing (Chrome takes up the most, with 1GB). I also have 4GB in music.

I don't consider myself a heavy storage user but 16GB is a really easy bar to cross.

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Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report by laken on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:39AM (#16967956)
I've noticed on my iOS devices that the more storage available, even with the same amount of apps and data, more storage is taken up.

I believe it's due to the fact that apps don't clear caches as often if there's plenty of space left.

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Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report by wilsonnb on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @12:20PM (#16968456)
That would make sense. I believe many apps, including Chrome and Firefox, do the same thing with RAM. If it's there, might as well use it.
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