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[Nexus 7 General] vshun:
Thinking of going with 16G.

Last year a bunch of games came out that require gigs of space for installation. For example, GTA3 requires 1G, while MC3 (biggest space hog) was requiring even more space for installation. So do games like Shadowgun and Deadspace. Notice that after installation the game itself takes less space, but it still might be a constraint.

Going forward, i believe GS3 and OneX will allow combined flash+max sd card space from 48G and up, so game designers could probably target bigger graphics packs for download once these devices go mainstream.

Checked yesterday on our Asus transformer, after deleting all the photos and videos apps + OS takes 6.5G. So one can fit into 8G but it is going to be pretty tight.

OT, grabbed another Galaxy Nexus after price drop yesterday, while deliberating $200/$250 dilemma.
[Nexus 7 General] Goatblaster:
Switching up to 16GB

I bought the 8GB here in Canada, was $209.00 CA. A few hours later I decided to upgrade to the 16GB version for a little future-proofing as I'll likely be loading this thing up with an @$$-load of big games. Sent the googster an e-mail asking if I can upgrade it, awaiting reply, but should be able to.

This thing is gonna smoke my SGS1!
[Nexus 7 General] ky0nkyon:
I went 16 and started to sign up for cloud services like mad.

My life for Aiur
[Nexus 7 General] bone$:
can't hurt with a little more memory... 16gb :good:
[Nexus 7 General] ACCUSED24:
I ordered the 8GB yesterday and just changed it today >.< I wish it was mid July already.
[Nexus 7 General] DaveDesire:
I really wanted to go for the 8GB version but I just knew I'd regret it.

If you consider that 8GB would probably leave you with 5-6GB usable storage, and Shadowgun THD is 728MB alone!

I don't need a tablet at all. I can't afford one either. But I've just ordered a 16gigger

Damn you Google
[Nexus 7 General] veliksam:
Got the 16gb

Long live the One X
[Nexus 7 General] nolook:
paid 291 cdn for 16gb...

use the cloud alot and was fine with 16gb on my nook color
[Nexus 7 General] dlw666:
Rolling the 16g. Seems to be OK with my G-Nexus. Soon enough everything will be in the cloud and we won't be talking about onboard storage.
[Nexus 7 General] edgex:
As much as I want to pre order, I think I will wait to get one tax free from Amazon. But if I find I can't wait will probably go with 8gb,with my 50gb dropbox space and all my music on Google Music, would only be apps and pics.
[Nexus 7 General] jonnyg1097:
My reasoning right there pretty much.
[Nexus 7 General] hashibahoohaa:
I think most folks wouldn't use N7 for listening music - one can fit 20 decent quality movies into 5GB, if at that is the ask - Install 6-7 neat games in another 6GB - still enough GBs left and still open to utilizing dropbox, cloud, or google drive, lots and lots of storage in there!

My first PC had 640MB hard drive :good:
[Nexus 7 General] lathode:
20 decent quality movies in 5GB? I don't think so...

I went with the 16GB, it's not much more $ and I know I'd regret getting the 8. I'm a bit surprised 32 GB is not the standard for low end these days.
[Nexus 7 General] hashibahoohaa:
Haven't you taken ffmpeg for a spin yet? With x264 its all changed now. Give it a try, or mail me offline, I can walk you through.

I have been reading a few comments here and there and apparently "with 8gb GOOG is breaking even and they are earning profits of the additional 50 dollars charged on the 16gb" - this makes no sense to me at all
[Nexus 7 General] surprise123:
16 GB ，I need 16GB .
[Nexus 7 General] thebobp:
Don't think there's a real choice with the 8 and 16GB thing. What really bothers me about it, though, is: wasn't Asus planning on releasing a better $250 device before google stepped in? The "mere" memory increase really bothers me (it seems almost like a PR method to make up their margins).
[Nexus 7 General] jirkadus:
Well, but you will not be able to use all 8GB, but lets say something between 5-6, maybe less (since Galaxy nexus gives you 13.3GB out of 16) .. and then you are getting on limit... that's why I took 16GB.
[Nexus 7 General] miketoasty:
I went with 16GB because I plan on playing a lot of games which most are getting up to 1 or 2 GB in size now a days.
[Nexus 7 General] crachel:
8GB because of the cloud

If I need more, I'll gain root access and mount samba shares
[Nexus 7 General] this_is_nick6:
Definitely pre-ordered a 16GB model here in Canada :D. Apparently supplies are low now, so the shipping dates are no longer listed.
[Nexus 7 General] thebobp:
Can you elaborate? I might need this even for the 16GB version.
[Nexus 7 General] corroded:
Had to go with 16gb really... not worth the hassle of finding out I've not got enough space.

I've 25gb of free dropbox from my One X, so that'll do for now.
[Nexus 7 General] crachel:
I keep my music/videos/pictures/media on my Ubuntu server, so once kernels that support CIFS are out, I can simply mount my Ubuntu shares to /sdcard/mnt/MyMedia (or similar) and just use my servers abundant, cheap space and free up my Nexus 7's space for just games (which I don't have but a couple gigs worth currently).

This is also possible without root/CIFS by using AndSMB (you aren't technically mounting the shares though)
[Nexus 7 General] TidBit:
I went with the 16GB one. I didn't want to be kicking myself in the but for not getting the bigger capacity one.

All of my music is on Google Play and I transfer stuff to my HTC Flyer (on eBay right now) using AirDroid. So if I put a few shows and movies on it, I should have more than plenty of room.

I am excited for it to arrive!
[Nexus 7 General] Big_Den:
Originally had the 8GB version on order from the the play store for £170 inc p+p, but found a deal for £190 for the 16GB delivered! Well worth the £20 difference I think.
[Nexus 7 General] iridium21:
If you don't mind me asking, where was that from?
[Nexus 7 General] Big_Den:
Currys site, £200 but use code ABER5 for a £10 discount :)
[Nexus 7 General] iridium21:
Ah, wish I'd knew about that yesterday before I pre-ordered on the Play Store.
[Nexus 7 General] Big_Den:
Cancel it mate. I was in the same boat as you, but I thought it was worth the extra effort to re-order.
[Nexus 7 General] str8killinya:
Pre ordered 16gig figured always use a extra 8 lol

Sent from a G2x in Hell
[Nexus 7 General] SupaDupaFly24:
Pre Ordered the 16gb model!
[Nexus 7 General] GiSK:
I'm not pre-ordering, but —almost— definitely buying it... and getting the 8 GB version. I already have a tablet (a ****ty chinese one, though) and I've used less than 1 GB... so I think i'll be fine with 8 GB + 13 GB in dropbox + 5 GB in Google Drive + 25 GB in skydrive + Wuala + Box + Whatever :silly:
[Nexus 7 General] bongostl:
I went with the 16gb...this is going to be a Rom/android toy for me, and it's silly easy to fill 8gb with titanium, apps,nandroids, etc...
[Nexus 7 General] iso1600:
16gb, although i could have just as easily been good with 8gb. Just wanted to have as much on-device storage as possible for local music (Play Music, Spotify, etc) as there isn't a lot of wifi in west TX.
[Nexus 7 General] adamhlj:
I just wish we could get a white version.
[Nexus 7 General] ehuntley83:
I opted for the 16 gig. I couldn't get over the space that the OS will likely take up and plus, $250 is still a pretty sexy price :victory:
[Nexus 7 General] laz2336:
gone for the 16gb version, i intend to use it to travel with and given that it isn't lacking in horse power i don't want to go scrimping on video quality. i don't have the greatest data package with my phone and i'm not always near wifi access so i cant guarantee i'll have cloud access when i need it.
[Nexus 7 General] jabsys:
16gb for me, with the prices difference being so small it made sense to go with 16gb, if there was a 32gb option I would have got it.
[Nexus 7 General] Maverik18:
With 8gb it would only have like 1gb for apps and 5 gb for media (like the Nook Color, but I don't really now if Jelly Bean it will be 6gb for apps and media mixed like some ICS roms, I'm not sure) approximately, that's just to little if you don't have an sd card slot...
[Nexus 7 General] roltzje:
I went 8GB. This is somewhat constrained, but should be enough.

First reason was price, I simply cannot justify $50 for 8GB of data! Really, I just cant.

Second was because I have 10GB on Google Drive and 25 GB on Dropbox. More than enough cloud storage, although admittedly not as convenient, I figure that most of the time I will be on Wifi of some sort, so it'll be okay. I'm not big into Movies either. The only situation I can think of would be a plane flight, but I could probably squeeze a few movies onto the memory if I had to, I dont fly often either.
[Nexus 7 General] VonLaserface:
I went for the 8gb. I plan on using mine mainly for gaming, emulators, reading and browsing. I won't be using it for music or storing video on it at all.

I know I could easily fill up the 16gb with games but I couldn't get over paying 50$ for an extra 8gb. I'll be forcing myself to be choosy about what I have installed and when.
[Nexus 7 General] Zpithika:
I went 16. Cloud storage is great but there will definitely be times where I will have music or other things synced for offline use. Plus games getting bigger in size I figured I might as well go for the 16.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus 7 General] kanzlerin:
I won't be getting it until August anyway. So I'll wait and see whether the OTG thing works out. If yes, then I'll be getting the 8g version.
[Nexus 7 General] armyboy11b:
I ordered the 8g...I have other means of storage anyway lol :)

They charged me also...I thought they don't charge till it ships.anyway I want it now !!!!!!!!!!! Grrrr
[Nexus 7 General] veliksam:
The cloud is your friend, embrace it :D

Long live the One X
[Nexus 7 General] Maverik18:
Like most of you have said, it hurts to pay $50 for only 8gb of storage, but I'm always on the move, no wifi spots, only wifi in the house and I go everywhere with my tab (work, university, friends, girlfriend, etc) in my bag. I carry like 3gb of music, like 2gb of apps and games installed and like 4gb of reference books in many formats (some technical pdf's are 300mb large), plus like 2gb of backup files (latest rom backup and apps from titanium, always ready to install anything on my Nook :cool: ). Can't live with only approximately 6gb of user memory. Going to have to sacrifice $50 for only that +8gb if I'm going to buy this tab... :(
[Nexus 7 General] sempersi:
Thank you!!! That made this one purchase I could not resist... Roll on July!
[Nexus 7 General] fitterdave:
gonna sound Strange

Pre-ordered the 16gb because sometimes I end up putting work PDFs on it and the 7" size will be a sight easier then pulling out a laptop to bring up some tech memo that needs to be looked at while in the field.

I do think google wants to expand on the personal network wonders that can be set up with in a normal home or office. I work construction, having easy access to cloud storage is not the easiest thing to do on a job site.

These reasons are why I went 16gb.

I am sure it won't be too long till someone figures a way to up the storage.
[Nexus 7 General] jonsmith709:
Just ordered the same.....can't wait, should supplement my S3 nicely ;)

---------- Post added at 10:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 AM ----------

It's very annoying here in the UK, but let's be realistic, what else can we buy for the same price appart from the Playbook or Samsung tab 7....

Amazon missed out big time not releasing the Kindle fire here...
[Nexus 7 General] ctpan23:
will go for 16 if available in my county:)
[Nexus 7 General] Bullfrog1337:
I choose the 16GB. There are times when I will want to DL a few movies for the kids to watch offline on those long road trips.
[Nexus 7 General] rmm200:
I went 16GB just because of no SD slot, and I am not at all sure Google has not crippled the USB connector.

I really want to be able to play movies from removable media...
[Nexus 7 General] dgattenb:
got a 32GB phone , plus dropbox and google drive... so i went for the 8GB
[Nexus 7 General] Kaessa:
8gb. Everything I need is in the cloud. I just need space for a few apps and some books.
[Nexus 7 General] RMXO:
As an owner of an 8gb, you are left with 5.58GB out of 5.92GB of storage. This is stock out of the box so I would recommend you getting a 16gb version.
[Nexus 7 General] chuckf1:
Mighty minds must think alike because that's the exact reason I went with 16GB. Better to have a bit more than you need than to have less. :highfive:
[Nexus 7 General] danny8:
I went with the 8 GB model, ultimately choosing the lower price. With tax and shipping, it comes to $230 US. The extra 8 GB would put it up around $285.

The harder decision is whether I'll root it. I don't like DRM, but I refuse to steal or pirate. I want to be able to watch movies on the thing.

If for some reason my lifestyle changes and I have to fly or travel extensively, I might regret not having the larger memory.
[Nexus 7 General] danny8:
I like how we're charged $14 for two-day shipping on an item we'll be waiting three weeks to be released. I rather have ten bucks and wait a few days more.
[Nexus 7 General] armyboy11b:
Hey guys I live in the states and IM hearing about apple getting the nexus devices banned in u.s ....so does that mean my order for the nexus 7 won't get delivered to me ?
[Nexus 7 General] Arkish:
Gone for the 16GB version, I like to copy over a few movies when I am away and have no cloud
[Nexus 7 General] Futan21:
8GB. Will only really be used for app development. :x
[Nexus 7 General] Arkish:
Only affects the galaxy nexus, and apparently it's still shipping in USA. Nothing to worry about
[Nexus 7 General] The_Tech_Ninja:
I'm order 16. Remember you'll end up with 1-2 gb used from system. Then when you install games that add 300-700 of data. I dont want to be the nanny of my data. I'll just spend the 50 bux and get double the space.
[Nexus 7 General] DerekChas:
With the lack of SD card support, I went with the 16GB version just to be safe. The 8GB would've probably sufficed though...
[Nexus 7 General] rcrd-pt:
8gb FTW. with usb otg i'll just connect a pen drive to it.
[Nexus 7 General] untilcomplete:
Definitely a 16GB. Overall cost about 277 including shipping and taxes.
[Nexus 7 General] chuckf1:
Apple stopped the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone not the Google Nexus 7. I don't have enough posts to place an outside link but if you Google Nexus and Apple, you'll find articles about this situation.
[Nexus 7 General] rwb2073:
I went 8GB, as I'm not interesting in games. In terms of music, obviously Play Music will work but I'm not sure if the cloud storage will (officially) work for those outside the US by the time this thing ships. In terms of video, Plex works fine on my Amaze, so I see no reason why I won't be able to stream thru the Plex server to the Nexus 7. Also, theres a few file managers (ES File Explorer and others work via SMB) that should work with a simple market download - no rooting or anything required. So besides some pinned music and videos for viewing when I'm away from Plex, I think books will be the only thing requiring storage?

That's my plan... shouldn't that all work?
[Nexus 7 General] Random Select:
I went with a 8GB model. I have a lot of cloud storage space and don't plan on loading a lot of movies or music on the tablet. No games for me.

I plan to use the Nexus 7 more for casual browsing, reading books, etc.

I'll use my Galaxy Nexus if I want to listen to music.

Sent from a Delorean using the Flux Capacitor
[Nexus 7 General] jaymesbry:
originally pre ordered the 8gb first day it went online, but once i saw it for sale at gamestop, i figured i might as well save shipping from google and use that money towards getting the 16gb instead at gamestop instead.

now hopefully we can get enough preorders so they'll do a midnight release.. hah fat chance on that though.. :p
[Nexus 7 General] rmc25i:
16g all the way!

Had to go with the 16g. The 8g would be full a few minutes after turning on the tablet!
[Nexus 7 General] expertzero1:
16 gb is enough. A few movies, songs, bunch of apps, roms.

But 8 gb is tiny. Dont want to be hassled with other usb storage options.
[Nexus 7 General] Supermaster34:
Ordered the 16GB model just now. If I bought the 8GB within a month I would have used up all of the space and I would be cursing myself for getting the 8GB. You can never have too much space, but you can have too little...
[Nexus 7 General] jpxdude:
I went for the 16GB, it helped that here in the UK, it was selling at £189.99 at Currys online, which strikes a nice balance between the RRP for 8 and 16gb straight from the play store.
[Nexus 7 General] Aerys:
Ordered the 16GB! Can't wait to get it.
[Nexus 7 General] Supermaster34:
I believe Currys also give free shipping. I might be wrong though. I was in too much of a hurry when ordering :D
[Nexus 7 General] patrickgerry:
ordered the 16GB for nandroid backups.
[Nexus 7 General] Pawnty:
I ordered the 16GB simply because 8GB is NEVER enough. I have a feeling that Google left out the microSD card slot so they can direct people to using Google Drive more :P
[Nexus 7 General] morell2:
16 gb is enough. A few movies, songs, bunch of apps, roms.

But 8 gb is tiny
[Nexus 7 General] nandihno:
I ordered the 16 gb although all is in the cloud but games aren't
[Nexus 7 General] bpye:
I'm going with 8gb. I'll tether with my phone to effectively get 3g internet, I use Google Docs for documents, Netflix for video and rarely listen to music. I generally don't have a huge amount of apps, just a few better ones.
[Nexus 7 General] Huey85:
16gb for me!
[Nexus 7 General] jonnyg1097:
I initially got an 8GB version but then I was having regrets for not getting the 16GB since on my galaxy tab 10.1 I already am using 6GB of apps and since apps are only going to be getting bigger in size (especially games) it only made sense for me to get the bigger size. So I cancelled my order and got a 16GB version.
[Nexus 7 General] nismofreak:
there's only 1 option for me... the biggest they offer. no internet = no cloud. if they had a 64 or 128 gb i would have been happy to pay more and gotten the biggest they offered. sucks it's only 16gb. thank goodness for usb otg.
[Nexus 7 General] saadi703:
8 GB is too small for games. I want this tablet for games and even 16GB is not good enough for games but there is no version bigger than 16GB so I bought 16 GB. I had no other choice. Being an owner of kindle fire, I know 8GB is too small of a storage as only 5GB or so is available for actual use.
[Nexus 7 General] revmra:
That was my thought too. Even though $50 is a pretty steep price for an extra 8G its still a very good deal overall. I hope to make this last a good long time, so I don't want to go back and say, "I wish I would've . . ." I figure that I won't come close to filling it, but I learned long ago never to say that I never will.
[Nexus 7 General] mwalt2:
I initially ordered the 8 gb version as well. Now I think I'm going to cancel my google play order and get the 16 gb from gamestop. I'll trade in an ipod touch 3rd gen that I got for free (and never use) and not pay the $14 shipping, so I imagine my price with the gamestop 30% trade-in value deal will be lower than the 8 GB Nexus 7 from play store.
[Nexus 7 General] sparksco:
I went with the 8GB for price.
[Nexus 7 General] maggard5:
16GB for me. First tablet...didn't want any regrets so I went all out.
[Nexus 7 General] haloimplant:
16 for me. The price is still pretty good. I have to say getting that much power into the 8GB for $200 is impressive for those on a budget though.
[Nexus 7 General] danny8:
I did not realize the 16 GB Nexus 7 could be pre-ordered from Gamestop until reading it here. I had already ordered the 8 GB from Google.

Assuming it can be bought from Gamestop without sales tax and figuring $10 shipping the 16 GB model can be had for $260. Only $30 more than I'm paying for the lesser model. No regrets though.

Does anyone know of retailers besides Gamestop selling it? Did Gamestop ever carry the 8 GB model?
[Nexus 7 General] demandarin:
16gb for me. wish there was a 32gb model though. so i bought the largest size available.
[Nexus 7 General] Caliyork:
Got the 8 then called Google a day later and had then cancel so I can reorder the 16. Quick question for anyone willing to chime in. What's the point of this device having GPS? It doesn't have mobile data, so how could it be useful? When I've got just wifi on, I get locks accurate to 30 meters or so. Just curious.
[Nexus 7 General] sym_richard:
Went for 16GB since it only cost £10 more in UK using Currys offer
[Nexus 7 General] danny8:
I am not expert, so take this with a grain of salt. The reason you get an accurate position with just wi-fi on is that Google knows this from simply knowing your IP or network SSID. Scary, huh?

The reason your Nexus tablet needs its own GPS is for maps. Google cannot always know coordinates for your IP such as when you're tethering.

Your tether source may have its own built in GPS, but it doesn't pass that info to the tablet. Just IP packets.
[Nexus 7 General] demandarin:
you can still tether a smartphone GPS signal to it. works very well and same accuracy as phone alone. apps like Bt to GPS work well. uses bt to connect phone GPS chip to tablet.

But even with the tabet by itself, GPS should work well with offline maps.
[Nexus 7 General] tony1208:
I ordered the 8GB version first but after thinking about it I went and canceled that and I'm going to order the 16GB as soon as I get the cancelation confirmation email that it was canceled ok. I plan on using it for school so it might get full on 8 gigs.
[Nexus 7 General] jmoore2:
8gb for me... All im really planning on putting on it is some news apps, maybe some magazines for on the train. And then just notes (Mostly PDF's) and an app to annotate them and an office app for at uni to save me carrying my laptop around.
[Nexus 7 General] TonyHoyle:
8gb for me.. both my galaxy nexus and asus transformer have less than 1gb used - couldn't justify £50 for an extra 8gb I'd probably never use.
[Nexus 7 General] galaxyjeff:
I got the 8gb to save money for other things. I'll probably regret it but I guess some movies and music can be on a cloud and apps and games can be on the internal storage. This will be my first tablet and the first android device I've had since froyo was fairly new.
[Nexus 7 General] calvin4001:
8gb for me. With all of my music, movies, books, magazines, and tv shows in the cloud; I only need the 8gb for games. The stock apps cover all of my app needs so I don't need apps and if I fill up on games, I can just delete the ones I don't play anymore.
[Nexus 7 General] Dirtbound:
16GB Just in Case

Went with the extra storage... just in case.
[Nexus 7 General] Caliyork:
Finally got my cancellation email from Google and just reordered the 16gb model. Took about a day for the order to be canceled, in case anyone is interested. Though, now it says it'll ship in 3 to 4 weeks instead of 2 to 3. Oh well.
[Nexus 7 General] n2fracture:
I'll make it work

I went with the 16 gig. I'm always out in the bush where there is no wifi and I can't count on a data connection.

The storage limitation should be a deal breaker in my case. But it's just so freakin' cool I have to have it.
[Nexus 7 General] ulrih78:
I cancell my 8GB to order 16GB and have to wait 3-4 weeks :-(. So sad for me
[Nexus 7 General] Jordanooo:
Cancelled my order saturday, now tuesday and still waiting for the email. Maybe they dont do weekends?
[Nexus 7 General] jirkadus:
Guys, it is not caused by the fact, that Nexuses would run out, but because 8GB version will be released mid July, but release date of 16GB version is 27th July. So don't worry :)
[Nexus 7 General] ulrih78:
Even if try to order 8GB one it's 3-4 weeks.
[Nexus 7 General] jirkadus:
Ok, I didn't know that.. but still, it is not that bad ;) Then it is one more reason to order 16GB instead of 8GB :)
[Nexus 7 General] DagsJT:
Saying 2-3 weeks again now.
[Nexus 7 General] fishingfon:
I ordered the 16gb yesterday :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
[Nexus 7 General] CiDhed:
Ordered the 16gb model the second the page went live. Wish I would have seen the case though, might have saved on shipping.