Help How much data can be written on an average Smartphone storage before it dies?

[frusciante54]

Hi, sorry if I posted this on the wrong section. The new site is a bit confusing.

Anyway, I've read some articles on the internet about drives wearing out due to high usage. For instance, if I recall correctly, standart SSD's has around 100 TB's of data writing capacity before it dies.

So, for a standart smartphone drive (let's say 32 GB), how many TB's of writing (or reading) would it take for it to wear out? I'm guessing that it would be less than those standart SSD's because of it's smaller size.
I'm just wondering, because I guess I'm going to be doing lots of writing (then deleting) on my phone. I usually fill up 2-3 gbs of data in one month only in Spotify app (I don't save the songs offline, but it keeps the data anyway). Of course in order not to run out of space, I will have to delete the data of the app when it's around 10-15 gb's. That would take about 3 months. And there are more apps to consider.

Anyway... Do you know how many gb's or tb's of writing to my drive would be considered as dangerous? Because I've heard this : "Like humans, machines tend to wear out due to usage". So it's not a surprise for us to hear that our phone's drive will die someday. But when? If you have any information about this, please share. Thank you in advance!

 

[The_Chief]

I can't vouch for any other manufacturer, but it's probably a LOT too.

Samsung makes its own memory modules for their phones (and probably others). If the 840 EVO SSD is any indication of lifespan, it's a good one: it has a lifespan of about 200 TB of write cycles before it wears out. The average SSD can handle 1 to 5 MILLION write cycles without issue. Chances are that your device will be an archaic relic at the bottom of an electronics junk pile long before you hit the write limit of the memory module.

 

[AMOCO]

I can't vouch for any other manufacturer, but it's probably a LOT too.

Samsung makes its own memory modules for their phones (and probably others). If the 840 EVO SSD is any indication of lifespan, it's a good one: it has a lifespan of about 200 TB of write cycles before it wears out. The average SSD can handle 1 to 5 MILLION write cycles without issue. Chances are that your device will be an archaic relic at the bottom of an electronics junk pile long before you hit the write limit of the memory module.

This is what I read too.