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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Upgrade and pay more for less
Date: 10 Dec 2024 18:45:53 GMT
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micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 6 Dec 2024 14:08:44 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >On 2024-12-06 13:44, Steve Hayes wrote:
[...]
> >> 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 
> ><https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_note_50-12799.php> and it just does not 
> >happen.
> >
> >> For example, it says the the Samsung A05s has 4GB RAM 64GB ROM
> >
> >Link, please.
> 
> Steve seems to have forgotten but his original link 
> https://www.phonemore.com/specs/samsung/galaxy-a2-core/sm-a260f/
> 
> Says  RAM: 1GB
>       ROM: 8GB / 16GB*
> 
> Of course phonemore is not Samsung or Gsmarena.  I don't know who pays
> for it or why they have it.  I don't think they're getting rich on their
> advertising.   For that matter, I don't know who pays for gsmarena. 

  As I have said before, the phonemore.com page for the Samsung A2 Core
(SM-A260F) indeed says "ROM: 8GB / 16GB*", but it *also* and very
*clearly* says:

"Memory and storage

 RAM memory 		1GB LPDDR3

 Internal storage	16GB (12GB available)
			eMMC 5.1

 External storage	V Until 256GB microSD, microSDXC
			(dedicated slot)"

  So someone who pays a tiny bit of attention, sees that the phone has
16GB of Internal Storage. Never mind incorrect/misleading terms like
"ROM", "flash", etc..

  BTW, Carlos looked at a different site (gsmarena.com instead of
phonemore.com), a different brand (Realme instead of Samsung) and a
totally different category of phone.