Andy Walker / Android Authority
I wholeheartedly believe that 128GB of base storage on modern Android flagships should be a thing of the past. It’s just too little at this point when system files and updates already block a sizeable chunk of it, and the remaining is taken up by the ever-ballooning app sizes — God knows what kind of data they are storing, because Excel has no business running into hundreds of MBs (or sometimes GBs). And did you see what a clown the newly launched Pixel 10 series looked like a clown when the iPhone 17 launched with a minimum of 256GB storage across the board?
While Google does offer 256GB as base storage in a handful of markets, in most countries, including the US, the Pixel 10 still starts with 128GB of storage. And if you’re already stuck with the latter or cannot stretch the budget for a higher capacity, Google has a lifesaver built right into your Pixel phone.
Would you rather trust your phone’s storage or cloud backups? 46 votes Keep it all local 24 % Cloud all the way 33 % Hybrid (best of both) 41 % Portable HDDs is my way! 2 %
Blame those three cameras on the back
Ryan Haines / Android Authority
As the number of camera lenses peeping from our phone’s back has gone up, so has the number of photos and videos we take — add to that 8K video size and all the additional color and depth data that the phone stores for editing in post. While apps sure take up a lot of space, thanks to the amount of data they generate and store on disk, media remains among the biggest contributors for most people.
Even if 128GB looks fine right now, if you plan on using your phone for another four years, that storage will fill up sooner than you anticipated. That’s when you will have to desperately find ways to move your media to a portable SSD or rent more cloud space in Google One to back it all up in full quality. A simple yet smart solution to this very real problem has been around on iPhones.
iPhone’s storage optimization
Joe Maring / Android Authority
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