HTC One (32 GB)
25 GB avail
3.2 GB left
Xiaomi Mi 3 (16 GB)
12 GB avail
2.3 GB left
I think 16 GB can be quite livable for me.
- Videos esp in HD or higher and graphic intensive games are the main culprits to storage space.
I generally put my videos in a separate USB drive because my TV can read it and it looks better on a bigger screen and I won't get sleepy watching from a small screen. When I do download videos via TubeMate, usually in 360p and then I delete them later. I only keep music videos and short vids in HD.
My HTC One has all my pix and music library with 3 GB left but I can easily free up another 7-8 GB by deleting four 720p movies. Including all my music, photos, and personal videos, I generally only need 16-20 GB (AVAIL) at most. I can live without many videos and games. And I don't really game. Tried Shadow Fight 2 yesterday and never got into it. I have maybe 40-50 apps at most with maybe 7 games. And I don't really need to carry all my music and photos everywhere I go.
Memory space has now become a lesser worry once you have other storage backups.