- Jul 7, 2008
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Well, the phone isn't THAT bad, but it's storage space is ridiculously small. If the default, factory-installed apps keep updating at this rate, my memory will be completely filled up. Filled up by stock applications that I can't even uninstall in the first place (without hacking, that is).
To give you an idea: The Galaxy Precedent has a staggeringly-small 161MB of available storage space. Most of that is filled up by default apps that get packaged with the OS. Yesterday I had 26MB of free space. Today that dropped down to 16MB of space, simply because YouTube downloaded an update. I can't uninstall Youtube. (I guess I could uninstall the updates, but I'm not sure what kind of complications will arise from using severely outdated versions of apps.)
The only additional apps I've installed are Tapatalk, Reddit, and Swiftkey (none of which are exactly storage-hogs).
I'm disappointed. This is my first foray into smartphones, and I had to purchase the lowest-end Android phone possible. I should've actually done some research first before buying it... so I know I'm partially at fault here. If the phone was still within it's 30-day return period, I'd take it right back to Walmart. Unfortunately I've had the phone for ~3 months now, and by the time I realized how much it sucks, it was already too late.
So here I'm stuck with a severely mediocre phone. I'm tempted to cut my losses and drop the cash on a Samsung Galaxy SII or something. Maybe I could sell the Precedent on Craigslist or Ebay. It's a Straight Talk phone though, which would likely make it harder to get rid of.
I'm curious though: I wonder what would happen if I called my carrier (Straight Talk) and complained, saying "Hey, this phone is so lacking that I literally can't install updates anymore for the factory-installed applications. My memory is full after owning the phone for only 3 months. I can't even receive two text messages without getting an error saying I can't receive anymore and need to clear my inbox." Maybe they'd give me a discount on a new phone, or even better, take the damn thing back.
As for the rest of the phone's specs, they're... sustinent. Android 2.2. 800MHz processor. The phone struggles with basic tasks like browsing Facebook, and the built-in web browser. But the real killer is, by far, is the ridiculously meager storage space.
Sorry... I just needed somewhere to vent. What to do, what to do.
To give you an idea: The Galaxy Precedent has a staggeringly-small 161MB of available storage space. Most of that is filled up by default apps that get packaged with the OS. Yesterday I had 26MB of free space. Today that dropped down to 16MB of space, simply because YouTube downloaded an update. I can't uninstall Youtube. (I guess I could uninstall the updates, but I'm not sure what kind of complications will arise from using severely outdated versions of apps.)
The only additional apps I've installed are Tapatalk, Reddit, and Swiftkey (none of which are exactly storage-hogs).
I'm disappointed. This is my first foray into smartphones, and I had to purchase the lowest-end Android phone possible. I should've actually done some research first before buying it... so I know I'm partially at fault here. If the phone was still within it's 30-day return period, I'd take it right back to Walmart. Unfortunately I've had the phone for ~3 months now, and by the time I realized how much it sucks, it was already too late.
So here I'm stuck with a severely mediocre phone. I'm tempted to cut my losses and drop the cash on a Samsung Galaxy SII or something. Maybe I could sell the Precedent on Craigslist or Ebay. It's a Straight Talk phone though, which would likely make it harder to get rid of.
I'm curious though: I wonder what would happen if I called my carrier (Straight Talk) and complained, saying "Hey, this phone is so lacking that I literally can't install updates anymore for the factory-installed applications. My memory is full after owning the phone for only 3 months. I can't even receive two text messages without getting an error saying I can't receive anymore and need to clear my inbox." Maybe they'd give me a discount on a new phone, or even better, take the damn thing back.
As for the rest of the phone's specs, they're... sustinent. Android 2.2. 800MHz processor. The phone struggles with basic tasks like browsing Facebook, and the built-in web browser. But the real killer is, by far, is the ridiculously meager storage space.
Sorry... I just needed somewhere to vent. What to do, what to do.
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), and doesn't lag while doing basic tasks and light gaming?
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