# New phone: iPhone 6S or Samsung Galaxy S7?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-iphone-6s-or-samsung-galaxy-s7/757608>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 17, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-iphone-6s-or-samsung-galaxy-s7/757608 "2016-06-17T15:10:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-iphone-6s-or-samsung-galaxy-s7/757608/41 "2016-09-09T07:54:33Z")

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16G is the standard for Android?!? Is that because of the carrier?

8G is the maximum my carrier allows. I got a micro SD card for my Samsung only to discover that Samsung and micro SD cards don’t particularly get along as in “apps have a way of disappearing and reappearing at will if the app’s on the SD card”.

Then again it could be our carrier…?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-iphone-6s-or-samsung-galaxy-s7/757608/42 "2016-09-09T08:46:03Z")

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> [@kiz](#):
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> 16G is the standard for Android?!? Is that because of the carrier?
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> 8G is the maximum my carrier allows. I got a micro SD card for my Samsung only to discover that Samsung and micro SD cards don’t particularly get along as in “apps have a way of disappearing and reappearing at will if the app’s on the SD card”.
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> Then again it could be our carrier…?

I don’t believe any carrier has restrictions on an Android phone’s internal memory. 16 and 32 Gb phones are becoming pretty common. Samsung even has a 128 Gb model.

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**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-iphone-6s-or-samsung-galaxy-s7/757608/43 "2016-09-09T20:07:27Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> I don’t believe any carrier has restrictions on an Android phone’s internal memory. 16 and 32 Gb phones are becoming pretty common. Samsung even has a 128 Gb model.

Huh. Must be my phone, which is a basic Samsung.

I’m due for another phone anyway. I just can’t wrap my head around spending $$$ for one. My husband spent close to $500 on the latest Galaxy a couple of years ago. He got maybe a year’s use out of it before it kerfluffled. He needs the larger GB because of his work. I’d just like to be able to download stuff without the phone itself eating up most of the memory 😛

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-phone-iphone-6s-or-samsung-galaxy-s7/757608/44 "2016-09-09T20:27:07Z")

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Just ordered an iPhone 6S-plus. Going from the teeny 5s to the bigger 6splus.

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