Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Hayes Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Upgrade and pay more for less Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 05:59:42 +0200 Organization: Khanya Publications Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: <87s5ljtnlcb9tnp0tt14g9aebu1uru5qt9@4ax.com> Reply-To: hayesstw@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:56:17 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7c4450909e972dddca0edeb3a95f9f4c"; logging-data="3015732"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Mr0m8YDXOkR2lmQnm0uwskGaZwvE6V6c=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:9ztJiucTZXLtWXqYM63zMXENF/4= X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 X-No-Archive: yes Bytes: 3519 On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 14:08:44 +0100, "Carlos E.R." wrote: >On 2024-12-06 13:44, Steve Hayes wrote: >> On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 11:57:47 +0100, "Carlos E.R." >> wrote: >> >>> On 2024-12-05 02:38, Steve Hayes wrote: >>>> On 4 Dec 2024 11:33:21 GMT, Frank Slootweg >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Chris wrote: >>>>>> Steve Hayes wrote: >>>>> [...] >>>>>>> The ones that I can afford offer 4-6 GB of storage, which is less than >>>>>>> the 16GB in the phone I have. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you post a link? 4-6 GB isn't enough to install Android so I find that >>>>>> hard to believe. >>>>> >>>>> The 4-6GB is clearly *RAM*, not (permanent) Internal Storage. I've >>>>> replied to Steve about that mixup. >>>> >>>> The terminology in the ads is not very clear, thank you for your >>>> clarifications. >>>> >>>> They refer to RAM and ROM. >>>> >>>> I assumed that the ROM contained the operating system and apps that >>>> were factory-installed, and that it would not be available for apps >>>> that are downloaded and installed later, since it is "read-only" and >>>> therefore could not be subsequently written to. >>> >>> I doubt the adds mention ROM. >>> >>> The link you posted does not mention ROM, for instance. >>> >>> It is RAM and Flash. Your advert doesn't even say flash, but it is flash. >> >> If the ad had said flash, I would have found it easier to understand. >> But it said ROM. > >I searched for the word "ROM" in the entire page > and it just does not >happen. > >> >> For example, it says the the Samsung A05s has 4GB RAM 64GB ROM > >Link, please. Can't be arsed. I'd have to take a photo of the paper catalogue, find somewhere to put it online, and then send you the link, and you probably wouldn't be able to read it anyway because of the poor definition. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk