I'm on an S4 right now, and it may be my last Samsung product - the bait and switch of the 64GB S4 has soured me on Samsung.<p>When the S4 was released, Samsung took heat for the memory capacity: The S4 was more expensive than the iPhone 5, but the 5 had 64GB while the S4 had 16GB. Samsung was likely peeved, since the S4 beats the iPhone on pretty much everything else, but critics blasted them for the memory - which was a fair criticism, see below.<p>Samsung relented and indicated 32GB and 64GB variants would be available, created spec sheets, even put some into the hands of reviewers.<p>But try buying one. Samsung and its carriers are convinced that 16GB, max 32GB, is all most people will need, which, for the carriers, is self-serving, because the less room you have on your phone, the more data you use - and carriers ding for data.<p>Apple understands storage requirements, primarily because of iTunes: Your music, etc., are local, and synced. Consumers with music collections are largely on iPhone; Samsung and Google want to differentiate themselves, somehow, but don't have a full clue. Google wants you to stream everything, so they believe you can live with less space.<p>Yeah, maybe in downtown NYC, but try streaming in rural or even semi-rural Ontario sometime.<p>So Samsung is playing bait and switch. Part of me is pissed beyond all reasonable belief. My choice came down to the Nexus 5 (32GB, no bloatware, no external SD card) and the S4 (64GB, bloatware up the wazoo like you wouldn't believe, external SD card, but WTF it has 64GB!!!).<p>I chose based on storage - knowing it would take me hours to disable all the bloatware. But knowing I wouldn't have to muck with external SD cards anymore.<p>My admin orders the phone, a 16GB arrives, I say "whoa, what's up", she does some research, I am gobsmacked, I do some research, validating hers and leading to the above rant.<p>Lying bastiches.<p>My next phone will be a decent Android phone with 64GB of internal storage - 64GB available to me, not 8GB sucked up by the OS thank you Samsung - and no bloatware. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?<p>(Too bad I cannot stand the iPhone - used one for two months while waiting for my S4, and couldn't abide the kindergarten level of one-click-at-a-time-a-tude.)