1. How Burst Mode Silently Multiplies Your Storage Consumption
Modern Android smartphones shoot burst photos at up to 30 frames per second. While this ensures you don't miss a fleeting smile:
- Taking 5 bursts during a birthday party creates 150 photos.
- Those 150 photos take approximately 500MB of flash storage.
- Multiplied over a year of family events, burst outtakes can quietly consume 25GB!
2. Selecting the Best Shot and Discarding the Rest in One UI & Google Photos
- Open Samsung Gallery or Google Photos.
- Look for the burst indicator icon (stacked squares with a number like [18]).
- Tap the burst stack, then tap the Burst view button at the bottom.
- Scroll horizontally through the sequence. Tap the checkmark on the 1 or 2 best, sharpest frames.
- Tap the Trash icon. When prompted, select 'Delete unselected photos'.
- All 16 redundant frames are discarded while your favorite hero shot is preserved!
3. Pruning Near-Duplicates with Swipe Photo Cleaner
When shots weren't taken in formal burst mode, but you tapped the shutter button 10 times in a row, galleries do not stack them. Swipe Photo Cleaner solves this: swipe right on the winning shot, swipe left on the awkward outtakes. Clean 500 photos in 3 minutes flat.