One of the most underreported smartphone specifications is the speed of the internal NAND storage. This, however, remains a key factor for a smooth, stutter-free performance on Android, and this became painfully obvious a couple of years ago when the slow internal storage of the original Nexus 7 tablet and the lack of TRIM support caused huge bottlenecks. The end result was many unhappy users that felt their device was too slow for comfortable use.
Following Android versions starting with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean added software fixes, but hardware is also an important …
