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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Upgrade and pay more for less
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 08:10:57 -0000 (UTC)
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Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> On 4 Dec 2024 11:27:20 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>> [...]
>> 
>>> My current phone has 16GB storage, according to the specs, and a 16GB
>>> SD card.
>>> 
>>> It keeps telling me that it's getting full. 
>>> 
>>> I'm offered an "upgrade" of a phone with 4GB of storage for 2.5 times
>>> the price. 
>> 
>> I'm sure the 4GB is *RAM*, i.e. main memory (volatile 'storage') not
>> Internal Storage (permanent, non-volatile storage)!
>> 
>> So you're comparing apples with oranges.
>> 
>> Your current phone has 1GB RAM, so the upgrade has *4 times* that. So
>> you pay more to get more, not less.
> 
> Thank you. That is the kind of information I was looking for. The
> information in the catalogue is very sketchy. 
> 
>> See the "Memory and storage" section of your reference:
>> 
>> <https://www.phonemore.com/specs/samsung/galaxy-a2-core/sm-a260f/>
>> 
>> Anyway, post a link to the specs and price of the "upgrade" so we know
>> what we're talking about.
> 
> This one is just double the price of my present phone:
> 
> <https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_note_50-12799.php>

If you look closely it says it's available with 64/128/256 GB of storage.
At a minimum it has 4x the storage of your current phone. 

Unfortunately, it looks like inflation has made things much more expensive
in SA.