Galaxy S4 32/64gb ?

Guess what? At&T is coming out with the 32gb version on May 10th. http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/06/samsung-gs4-att-32gb/ You know there are more than a few customers who are mad right now because they took a new contract on the 16gb version. The worst part is they cannot return their phones because it's outside AT&T's 14 day return policy. I think Verizon is going to do the same tactic in the end. My suggestion is to skip their phones until they come out with 32gb and 64gb. I've been with them 12 years and I'm ready to leave because they offer no real storage solutions for people who are not clueless and recognize that apps can only be installed on internal memory. To add insult to injury, the 16gb S4 only has about 9gb of useable space due to the bloatware these carriers are forcing on the phone.

I totally agree with you PDawg2013. I will wait till they get their act together with the internal memory. I have been with vzw since they existed. I also date back to the "Brick" analog cell. Thing weighed about 7lbs & had this huge antenna on it. I also found out about the true internal formatted usable storage so for people like us the 32s & 64s are a must. I think we should keep active on the posts about this. I have contacted a person I know in vzw corporate & I am waiting for their help too.

VZW discontinued the S3 32gb as they said it did not sell well and they have never as yet offered the Note 2 in 32gb, I can only use a 32 gb or larger internal memory and require a 64 gb sd card for music and photos. I can't move to another carrier as the service of other carriers stinks where I live.

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I sympathize with you on this subject japetty. I cannot go to Sprint or T-Mobile because their reception stinks too but AT&T might work for me. Why does AT&T spend the extra money to get the larger models but VZW does not??? What doesn't add up with this whole topic is that all of Europe & other countries sell the Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Mist 64gb internal memory 64gb external memory, but are not being sold in the US??? Why not? They sell in Europe & other countries so they should sell in the US. I believe it is being done for the reason Pdawg2013 is listing...They are selling the S4 16gb now & later release a 32 or if we are lucky a 64gb model so then there's double profit for VZW. I am going to get a friend with an AT&T smartphone & ask them to come to my house & see if their service works. If it does this lifetime member of VZW will leave & go to another carrier who will provide the products I need. Since I have been with VZW from the time they were born & before that Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile, I feel I deserve to have the option to choose the device I want not the device VZW wants me to have.

Good Luck with your endeavor. I have been with VZW ever since it came out of the union of them buy GTE. I was on GTE in CA ever since AT&T quit doing business as a TDMA company and started the GSM. In fact the first phone I had on GTE was just an analog phone. VZW don't care about that though as they get new customers every day. No big deal to lose a customer here and there. Like I say though I still have my G3 with 32gb and 64gb sd card and I am am looking at a used one which I may purchase soon.

Did they fix S-Voice on the S3 like on the S4 ? I think an update did that. Is this correct ? Maybe I should get an S3 w/32gb too. S-Voice was a train wreck at first but from demonstrations I've seen on the S4 it looks impressive. I thought I heard S-Voice for the S4 is now the same as whats on the S3s. What do you think ?

CntryGyNSD

I have the 16 gb on order but am having serious reservations about the limitation of only having 9 gb or whatever will be left for applications. That isn't a lot of space these days! I have a 32 gb iphone now and it only has 2 gb left. Granted I can expand the space on the S4 but only for file storage...not applications.

I may have to cancel my order and wait to see if they'll offer a 32 gb version. I'm already a bit bent out of shape that they are the last large US company to get the phone. I don't need a company to be on the cutting edge but middle of the pack would be nice. Last? No bueno.

Yeah. With having a 32gb & only 2 gb left you need the larger internal space. Problem is, will they ever get a 64gb S4? I have my doubts & it is a shame. We have such technology out there & the big providers are limiting us to really nice phones with so little internal storage. I'm trying to get some answers from corporate. I think I'll call them now & see what they have to say about this whole mess. Hang in there CntryGyNSD.

AFAIK VZW discontinued selling the S3 32gb so that leaves a used S3 if you can find someone willing to part with theirs just yet or maybe an ebay retailer which bought them all up and maybe offer them at higher prices than before since VZW discontinued them when I went to buy my S3 32gb last year 3 stores I went to did not offer them and they told me I would have to order it online. I even checked with the 2 Best Buys in town and they did not carry the S3 32gb. You need to be more patient and see what they offer. Summer will tell us more of what they may offer in the S4 arena beside the S4-16gb. Oh and what is the point of all the bold type fonts in all your posts anyway. Just don't see the point here.

AZSALUKI

you're not going to get a 64 gig model on verizon, and if we get a 32, it will be a while down the road. smart phones are just like pc's. by the time they are on the shelves, the hardware is out of date, but the manufacturers have to get rid of it. if you go out and buy the best pc (as far as specs go) that just released the prior week, you are buying 1-2 year old technology, and they are already working on (if not manufacturing) the next nicest one. they could easily give us 64 gig devices, but then what do they do with all of the 16 and 32 gig drives?

He should easily get that on other networks by Summer from what I have read, just not on VZW and maybe not even a 32gb on VZW. They have never offered the Note 2 in anything but 16gb and the S3 32gb gb can no longer be purchased from VZW.

Not sure how else to post it, but misinformation still propogates, even in this thread.

1. The S3 32 was retired to make room for other devices and to focus on the 16GB S3 as an entry for the segment ($99 or less) and NOT due to 32GB sales.

2. Verizon CSR staff are apparently ignorant telling customers they can place apps on the SD card. You can NOT do this with Jellybean OS. Android removed the feature in part due to carrier requests, because customers not understanding why apps would vanish or stop working was due to their card swapping or buying poor quality micro sd cards.

There have been complaints registered to Verizon customer service misleading customers on a UNIFORM basis in stores, chat and phone. This apparent effort to mislead customers would seem to suggest Verizon really does have no intent on selling the 32GB for as long as they can. Seems like a misleading sales pitch line to support the 16GB instead.

It appears corporate is supporting the BS that Verzon CSR staff are telling customers. Else, why the uniform "ignorance"?

Tryangle_Choke

I'm only posting this because of my recent terrible experience with a Verizon rep. I recently talked with an AT&T rep. They are shall I say more that accommodating if you are willing to switch to them. The fact that the 32gb version is available tomorrow May 10th is a big sell when I have to wait 3 more weeks if I stay on Verizon according to everything I have read. When I asked the Verizon rep if there was anything they could do to keep me a customer while holding on to a phone for 3 weeks when I could switch to the phone I want tomorrow the rep said one word "Nope." His only suggestion was that they have a bundle for extra $ that I could look into.

Talk to reps for other companies they will bend over backwards. Mentions of waiving all fees for coming over. Discounted plans and even free mico sdhc cards.

Oh. The bold isn't shouting or anything like that. It looks so dim on my screen so I use bold

You are probably right rushmore69

CntryGyNSD

Thanks Starman, it really stinks that there is no information. I'm tired of Verizon keeping everything so close forcing their customers to hold off indefinitely or buy something that doesn't fully meet their needs. It is impossible to make an informed decision! What if the rumors are true and they have no intention of carrying the 32 gb? If we were informed we could choose to buy the 16 gb, buy a different phone that does meet our needs or leave and go with a company whose policies dictate that they provide choices to their customers in a timely fashion. Instead we are here discussing what we should do and speculating as to what Verizon's next move will be.

I understand withholding information on a phone that is yet to be released but THIS ONE HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME! I would sure like to be a fly on the wall in their boardroom when some exec thought this was the right way to launch a phone that will ultimately make them money (not right away I understand) and to treat their customers. So sad.

BamaBoi334

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/04/26/verizon-galaxy-s4-32gb-isnt-coming/ this should answer everything smh i think im going to at&t dont want too because no lte in my area yet but i can do without verizon lte is not all that great at my home anyway

Starman54,

I just finished a weekend in the VZW store trying to get a phone downgraded and was given the "why don't you upgrade?" line. The corporate store in Fredericksburg and Stafford, Virginia are still trying to push the 16gb with 64gb expansion for apps lie. I asked them to prove it to me and they were made a fool in front of many customers when I put them on the spot in the store. The CSR then came back with the tired line that we talked about earlier: "Well you can store your apps to the VZW cloud!". I then asked him, "Isn't that going to cost data?". His face got red because the other three customers looked at him kind of angry because they just got duped into purchasing 8 and 16 GB phones on family share plans. I laughed all the way out the door as more people asked him about legitimate storage solutions and why the CSR's were intentionally lying about app storage. I think the manager would have shot me if I hadn't made them look so stupid. I did get asked why I was unhappy and I told them basically that the push to use their cloud storage and no real legitimate storage options is driving me away. I actually went out to AT&T and bought the LG Optimus G Pro outright to test the service on a month to month basis. It has 32 gbs of internal memory (23GB useable after OS and bloatware) and is really a decent phone. I'm more than likely going to return it after the Google I/O because I hear the Nexus 4 will be upgraded to more storage (32 and 64GB) and LTE for AT&T and T-Mobile. They are saying VZW will not get any more Nexus devices because of the debacle of the Samsung Nexus on VZW. New phones and VZW do not go hand in hand. By the way, AT&T has great download speeds for me in VA. They have two types of 4G (HSPA+ and LTE) and I get HSPA+ at the house. It's about 4-6mb down and 2-3 mb up. It's right on par with VZW until I go into Washington, DC. Then AT&T puts a hankering on VZW. Pulled 40mb down and 33mb up on AT&T LTE. Oh how things change in a year.....lol. Hear is an independent group that tests data/call quality on all the networks in every major metro in the US. http://www.rootmetrics.com/ Good luck on your search for a good phone on VZW, because if things keep going like they are, I'll be leaving and paying the 150 dollars for the ETF to leave after about 16 years with these clowns.

spereau

Simple solution - use your phone to store apps (since you can redownload them from the Android store at any time if you need to switch devices) and then just use the SD card for your transferable media (photos, music, etc). I hear people complaining about the "space left for apps" on the 16GB version, but it's like .. are people REALLY going to download so many apps on their phone that they're going to fill up the entire remaining 8GB? Most apps are LESS than 50MB!!! I always back up my devices (photos, music,etc) so I have no complaints about using an SD card. Realistically, no one should use a full 8GB for JUST apps - that's ridiculous. As for not being able to transfer apps between storage, you can thank Android for that bc it's an issue with the Jellybean software (as someone CORRECTLY mentioned in a previous comment) - it has nothing to do with Verizon and if reps are telling you that, then it's obviously a mistake on their end. HOWEVER, I went with my boyfriend when he picked up his S4 from T-Mobile, and the T-Mobile reps were telling him the exact same thing - that he COULD save apps to the SD card. It honestly just sounds like there was some miscommunication between Samsung/Android and the carriers.

I've been an avid iPhone user since the release of the first 3G and have had every model since. At this point in the game, having more "internal storage" is not enough for me to stick around. The Galaxy S4 is an excellent device and far better than any iPhone I've ever owned. I am patiently waiting to make the switch next month for my upgrade. Not happy with Verizon? Stop crying about not being able to get a new phone yet, switch carriers, and get on with life.

MikeGuy1981

I know im just one voice and i don't know if this will even reach the proper eyes but i'm sure i don't stand alone on the issue I have. I currently have a galaxy s3 with 32 gb memory. I along with many want to buy a galaxy s4 but cant. Not because of finacial reasons but because of free space on the s4. Verizon only offers the 16gb model of the s4 and out of the 16gb only slighy less than 9gb is usable. Apps cannot be stored on a sd card and on my 32gb s3 i have 11gb in apps. If i buy a s4 i will not only loose apps i use but i also cant download any more. It would be a downgrade. Again i know im only one person, one voice and i dont know if the person reading this even is the correct one to make a differance but please verizon if possible sell a 32gb and/ or 64gb model of the galaxy s4. It would make me very happy and i know im not alone. Have a great day, Michael a loyal verizon wireless customer.

unknown

Firstly NO ONE offers a 64 GB version in the US and NONE have said they will. Only ONE carrier even offers the 32 GB version. I know everyone is different but I can't see having 11 GB of apps. My phone has 8 total GB broken down into 4 GB "system memory" and 4 GB "internal memory" bloatware/OS takes up 2.5 GB on system leaving 1.5 for apps. And many apps can only be stored on system memory and yet I still have plenty of room for apps. I have about 2 dozen apps total taking up about 860 MB of space total. 11 GB that would be 300 apps.

AZSALUKI

my largest app is 456mb's and there are MANY apps that are over 1 gig by themselves. sure, the phone will function just fine without those apps, but you have eliminated many choices in the play store due to not being able to even install them because you're out of space. you may not want or need them, but plenty of people do. again.....what's the point of having a phone that is capable of running these high end apps/games, if you can only install 3 or 4 of them. the s4 is VERY nice and they will sell a ton of them, but in 2013 i require a phone that is capable of installing whatever apps i want, and 9 gigs of usable storage is not that. i've already uninstalled a game that i loved from my note ii simply because it took up too much of my limited storage.

unknown

The fact is only at&t is offering the 32 GB Verizon. Why, who knows? Smells of exclusive contract since no one else is carrying it. And if that's the case blame At&t and Samsung not Verizon. Now since the 32 GB version doesn't seem to be coming to Verizon anytime soon if ever, a person has two choices. A) find another phone that has the storage Go to at&t. Also the fact that apps can't be stored on a SD card seems more fault with Android so Google is to blame there. Everyone wants to come here and bash Verizon for this and the way I see it they are at best 4th on the list of who to blame.

Since this is a marketing decision of VZW maybe everyone who want VZW to carry 32gb and maybe even make available 64gb we should all contact this lady http://aboutus.verizonwireless.com/leadership/executive/profiles/Tami_Erwin.html and let her know what our desires are for phones! Her contact link is at the bottom.

I just contacted Tami Erwin & gave her my feelings about all of this. Get the 32s & 64s out there. Everyone do the same if you agree

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/05/03/why-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-micro-sd-card-is-useless/

Starman54, I am glad you contacted the VZW marketing. Everyone who is unhappy with the products offered by VZW should contact them and may things will change a little with what have to choose from with our handsets. Your message should not have included the name of the person that you talked with at marketing. I know ithey included the name in the link to marketing but the TOS we agree don't let us do that. I would imagine your post will get edited to just first name and last initial. The more people that contact them the better and express their dissatisfaction with what VZW markets.

AFace

VZW being the largest (currently) provider needs to learn a big lesson.... That is to listen to current customers, as to what they want not just shove stuff at us. I have been a VZW customers since the beginning and am now going to actively look into other providers for the first time. I was with a company and actually worked with VZW rep and signed up over 500 users with VZW in our company. Currently, I am fed up with the take it or leave it attitude that prevails with VZW. I just called and voiced a concern with a rep and he began to 'argue' with me as to why 16GB was all I needed. He didn't care that what I want is at least 32GB for obvious reasons. It was very apparent he was trained as to what to say, and didn't have a friendly attitude at all. Maybe he was tired of hearing complaints???

VZW, start listening to existing customers or before long you won't be the largest. (Just saying!)

jaoljudd

I sent a fair-length email last night after seeing your link, and I got a call from Verizon today (not Tami herself, obviously)... I was told that Verizon will only be carrying the 32gb version IF they get slammed with demand for it. At present they have no plans to carry it but she said they are open to the possibility if enough people want it. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed and spreading the word, PLEASE contact verizon if you're upset about the lack of a 32gb version, and it does make sense to focus all the emails through one channel. Most of all though, be polite about it.

magnumforceracing

Let us order the 64 GB version!!!!!!!!!!! You don't have to stock them across the country in every store. Let us order them though! With all the great features on the S4 PLUS 64 internal and 64 optional external you've taken Apple right out of the fight. Replaceable battery, wireless charging, big screen, no stupid proprietary charger that costs $35, etc, etc. What am I missing Verizon? The last to market with the S4 (only 16GB) and now I have to become an ATT customer to get a usable phone (32GB) ? But I want a 64GB!!!!! I simply do not want to stress about whether or not my phone is full.

I made the horrific mistake of buying the known defective HTC DNA which I've had replaced three times by Verizon. It now needs to be replaced again. This is the worst phone I've ever owned, and additionally I cannot imagine anyone buying a phone knowing that half of the available space, such as the new S4, will be eaten up by bloatware and the pre-installed operating system. I really made a mistake buying the DNA with 16GB and no ability to add any. I'm likely an intermediate user in that I don't do games, but love to shoot video and photos. (After all, the S4 does come pre-installed with a big 13 megapixel camera which will shoot big photos needing storage.) If you own a DNA you already know the stress associated with the storage being too small. You have to buy cloud storage and constantly clean up the phone to keep from filling it up. And then Verizon charges you for data transfer to those cloud sources. Oh my! Did I just uncover the plot?

dmaxfan

The only reason VZW doesn't want anything over 16 is they make a ton of money off of the tiered data and they want you to use online storage.

rcschnoor

Not so. If this were the case, they would make sure it was not compatible with the 64 GB microSD card. This card gives you quite a bit of storage. What most people are complaining about is the amount of memory for installing apps, not for storage.

spiritman

Android needs at least 32GB if you like music in the cloud, movies on your phone, or all sorts of other things.

jrh4054

How about this for another reason to have more 'on board' storage on the S4? You can't move apps to the SD card. Previously, I had the Stratosphere (2GB internal storage) and most apps could be moved to the SD card. I've only had it a couple of days and I really like the S4 but I'm disappointed about not being able to store apps on the card.

SpenceJT

Well at least the 32GB version is coming to Verizon. It's a start, but I'd much rather have the 64GB S4 given the fact that I am destined to have it for two years or so.

http://www.technobloom.com/verizon-wireless-customers-will-see-a-32gb-galaxy-s4-from-samsung/2226989/

Assuming the SINGLE email that 100% of the current sites are are referring to is not a lame joke. Come on, ZERO information over 27 hours after the original note? Not adding up, though would be nice if true.

The VP of Verizon sales is telling one person in an email and keeping her thousands of staff in the dark?? Makes no sense.

Jax_Omen

I use a 16gb Galaxy S4 right now, of the 9GB internal storage available for apps, I've used less than 1gb. What the heck apps do you guys install that take up so much space?

I have a 32gb SD card for my photos, music, etc.

AZSALUKI

games. some of the newer HD games (that the manufactures like to use as examples to show off the power of these newer devices) are over 1 gb per game. i'm not much in to them. however, i use spotify (paid subscription). with my account i can download music to listen to offline, but only to the internal memory. this goes for google's new/updated music service that they just introduced. this is protected content so the apps/service only allows it to be stored internally, within the app itself. it's a great feature........if you had 32 or 64 gigs to be able to store said music. and burst mode (and some other camera features) shots can only be stored internally. sure....you don't "need" this stuff, but it definitely takes away some major funcionality. so to sum up, don't download the most advanced games. be careful when using the cam and what features you take photos with, and you can still stream and download music with those services, but only a few gigs, which is not very much music.

Seems as Tami E Vice President Chief Marketing Officer VZW answered a guys email over at android central the S4 32gb is on its way to VZW as soon as they get the details worked out with Samsung http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s4/278372-regarding-32gb-64gb-model.html#post2818660 you can read that thread as he posted the email from Tami over there. Sure glad I waited instead of buying another S3 32gb off ebay. Now if nothing happens. Nothing was said about the S4 64gb though.

It is not adding up though. VP of Verizon sales does not tell thousands of her staff, but tells a customer in an email? No corporate reps know anything about this that I have asked and there has been ZERO information beyond this one email. ALL web information related to a Verizon S4 32GB is rooted to this ONE email and nothing else in almost 34 hours and not a peep from Verizon, save for one apparent email.

It would be cool if true, but so far not adding up unless Verizon leadership are big time poor with communication. If they wanted to be quiet to sell more 16gb first, they would not have replied to the email about a 32GB in the first place. 1+1 appears to equal 3 here.

Free to think what you want VZW reps seldom know much more than what they are told when they walk in the store each morning.

Considering sales staff mislead people that adding an sd card fixes all storage problems and apps can go on the sd card, I do not bother asking sales staff. I am referring to corporate account managers and the regional Samsung rep. There is zero information about a 32GB and makes zero sense a key VP over thousands of staff would tell a customer a 32GB is coming out and keep everybody else in the dark. Not adding up, if I apply the same business rules and standards my company goes by and we have over 7,000 people. Almost half of those in my own division.

The only reason you would keep people in the dark is if you wanted to sell more 16GB models and not have people wait around for the 32GB (slows sales velocity on a new product launch). If that were the case, why tell the customer and not just send out a generic response? Nope, not adding up yet.

jrh4054

Your point of about the lack of internal storage is very well taken particularly in light of the fact that apps can't be stored on the SD card.

Well Starman54, I left Verizon after 12 years. Went to AT&T and grabbed the S4 32GB over on their network. I gave up unlimited data to do it, but I could care less. Tooo many good phones are never coming to Verizon and they have larger storage options to boot. I just received the update to move apps to SD card on my Galaxy S4 yesterday and Sprint got it Monday. When is the ability coming to Verizon? Who knows.... Typical Verizon and how they mess up everything to include the shipping of the Galaxy S4 32GB to the customers they promised last week to send to. In the end, I'm tired of not receiving timely updates to cell phones and the inability to bring my own cell phones onto their network. Im hearing no other Google Nexus phones will ever come out on Verizon in the foreseeable future, so it kind of put the deathknell in the coffin for VZW with me. Lack of legitimate phones, monopolistic behavior, removal of essential phone features, forced massive bloatware, and lack of timely updates made me leave. Good luck with getting the S4 32GB after being put through a long wait because I'm done with VZW.

Ann154

The same update became available for the Verizon Wireless Galaxy S4 yesterday too. It is available through Samsung's Kies installer application.