How much memory should I buy?

I bought the MPX220 smartphone. I'll be downloading (and deleting) tons of themes/ringtones/etc. I'll also have at most 20 word documents varying from 1-100KB and at most 2 spreadsheets at most 5MB. I won't be using any video, and I may take oh.. 10 pictures before getting to a computer and downloading them.

So how much memory will be enough for that? I'm new to cell phones, so I really can't make an educated guess.

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full song averages 4MB, pics about 500kb each (guessing, I didn't look up the megapixel stats).... I'd say a 128 would always be full, a 256 card would be 'plenty big enough' and everything above that will be glitzy ...I, personally, like unpretentious glitz

Originally Posted by jeaniesing

full song averages 4MB, pics about 500kb each (guessing, I didn't look up the megapixel stats).... I'd say a 128 would always be full, a 256 card would be 'plenty big enough' and everything above that will be glitzy ...I, personally, like unpretentious glitz

I'm with jeanie on this one: 256MB would probably be plenty, but if you want a ridiculous amount of files, go as big as your budget will allow. does this phone play videos? if you can play videos you'll want a 512mb or 1gb...

I predict that I'll be upgrading the phone before I ever get around to playing videos

Originally Posted by ghen

I bought the MPX220 smartphone. I'll be downloading (and deleting) tons of themes/ringtones/etc. I'll also have at most 20 word documents varying from 1-100KB and at most 2 spreadsheets at most 5MB. I won't be using any video, and I may take oh.. 10 pictures before getting to a computer and downloading them.

So how much memory will be enough for that? I'm new to cell phones, so I really can't make an educated guess.

You should first see what your phone will support. A friend of mine bought a 1GB TF card, but his phone won't support or recognize more than 512MB.

How much is available to be bought?

and also....can you ever have enough?

If you are going to use a ton of mp3's ringtones, get a 1gb, I have one, it works perfectly and I have almost filled it up with mp3's and photos!

Originally Posted by paulcman

You should first see what your phone will support. A friend of mine bought a 1GB TF card, but his phone won't support or recognize more than 512MB.

I would say this is the biggest factor. I also had a friend buy a 1 GB card, only to discover that his phone only supports 512 MB and smaller. I don't remember where he bought it, but the store's return policy states that any opened package cannot be returned for cash. In store credit only. So he ended up paying a little extra and got 2 512 MB cards. Which is kinda pointless, IMO, as you can only use one at a time. Not only that, but I have heard from many people that those trans flash cards are really fragile, and that changing them often can damage them... Just my $.02.

I'd say get a 1GB so you don't need to worry about having to delete stuff off it.

It's your best bet.

Originally Posted by BK1Jammin

I'd say get a 1GB so you don't need to worry about having to delete stuff off it.

It's your best bet.

Best bet only if the phone will support a card of that size. Don't just go out and buy a huge card without knowing if the phone will recognize and use all the available space on said card...

buy a portable lacie d2 1 terabyte drive and cary it everwhere, you will never run out of space and can store full length movies.

256 should be enough really.