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What is UFS 4.0 storage, and why should you care?

UFS 4.0 has much better bandwidth and efficiency, but you're not missing out if your phone doesn't have it.

(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)In Hardwired, AC Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda delves into all things hardware, including phones, storage servers, and routers. With 4K video recording readily available, 5G gaining momentum, and data transfers on the rise, UFS was envisaged to take over from Embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC), an older standard that was also based on flash storage. The Pixel 8 series is the only flagship to use older UFS 3.1 storage (thanks, Google), but I didn't see any difference between the device and the likes of the OnePlus 12 and Vivo X100 Pro in this regard.

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