Hello and welcome to another post. Let’s look at why microSD cards and internal storage do not contain as much capacity as advertised. A microSD card is an external or secondary storage device that can be inserted into a smartphone. Its primary purpose is the storage of files. An internal storage is an embedded storage […]

Wear leveling is a technique used by manufacturers to extend the lifespan of flash memory. Brief background With silicon based technology, everytime you use it, it ages a little. The more you use it, the more it ages. Till it gets to a point where it packs up and says, “I’m done”. I’m not doing […]

If you have been reading my blog for a while now, you’ll notice that I have blogged at length about flash storage and the different types used on smartphones. One storage I have avoided is NVMe. So in today’s article, let’s look at what is NVMe storage and why Apple uses it? What is NVMe […]

Hi there, in today’s post, we are going to be looking at eMMC vs UFS storage for smartphones. The internal storage of a smartphone is a space that is used to hold data on a smartphone. This data includes the Operating System, personal data, games, apps, books, pictures, movies, etc. The two main types of […]

What is UFS storage for smartphones? Well to answer that, we need to know what smartphone storage is. Storage is a place where you keep stuff. All smartphones (and computers) require some sort of storage to hold important stuff. These important stuff could be critical to the proper functioning of your device. The most important […]

Flash memory is the most dominant form of storage used in the world today. It comes in many form factors, shapes, and sizes. No smartphone alive today would function without one, but wait, what is flash memory? What is flash memory? Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile storage medium that is used to hold data […]