In this day and age, having a smartwatch is almost as vital as a smartphone. Within a couple of years, the idea of a smartwatch has turned from concept to reality at a lightning pace.
A convenient way to check the updates on your feeds, this handy little device will soon probably grace almost every wrist around the world. This kind of quick access to information and global communication opens up a new world of possibilities in a global age.
But what kind of storage should you have for your smartwatch? Obviously storage is a key consideration when deciding on a new smartphone but considerations for purchasing a smartwatch aren’t quite the same.
Most smartphones come with 4GB as standard. This may not seem like a huge amount but believe me, you won’t come close to using all of this. At the moment, smartphone storage is used to retain apps, media, and related content.
However, smartwatches are evolving at a rapid pace, and shortly, we could find ourselves even watching movies on our smartwatches no matter how far-fetched that may seem to us now.
In order to cope with the amount of memory something like a movie would need, additional storage will be the key to what additional functionality a smartwatch can have. However, this is not the only past-time we could be using our smartwatch for.
If you consider that, over just the past few months of 2020, even physical work meetings have been replaced by online events, the pace of change over the next couple of years could be staggering and unanticipated.
No doubt, programs and apps will be designed needing less and less storage, but the other way could equally be the case. Not all the storage needed will actually have to physically be on your smartwatch so don’t worry overly if you have just splashed out on the very latest must-have model.
However, you do need to anticipate your future needs and plan for them.
As you may well know, storage is measured in bits and bytes. This means that the information needed for whatever app or program you are using is broken down into small chunks of information. A bit, for example, is the storage needed for a single word whereas a petabyte can store 20 million 4 door filing cabinets full of files of words.
And yes, there are even more terms equalling differing storage amounts including all the information in the world. Visit Whatsabyte.com to understand the various terms for different and to get an idea of what a bit, byte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte mean in storage terms.
Understanding these terms will enable you to choose the right storage for your smartwatch and also understand the limitations it might have in terms of on-device storage. Do your research now and get advice if you need too. No doubt there will be many more additional products to support our data storage needs, but learning byte terms now will place you in the know so that you don’t buy products you don’t need.
