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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Upgrade and pay more for less
Date: 5 Dec 2024 11:31:16 GMT
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Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> On 4 Dec 2024 11:33:21 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
> >Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> 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.  

  In this case, ROM is a dumb and incorrect term. It isn't Read-Only
Memory, because it's Internal Storage, so - besides the operating system
and factory-installed apps - is stores additional apps and data. (BTW,
also part which stores the operating system and factory-installed apps
can be written/re-written, so also that part is not 'ROM'.) 

  Some people/sources call it flash-memory, but I think that's a bad
term as well, because it describes the technology, instead of what it
does/is.

  Your new reference (<https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_note_50-12799.php>)
says "storage" and "Internal". Those are the normally used terms, i.e.
"Storage" and "Internal Storage".

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