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[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

They used to have microSD..

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Who needs a micro SD when you can pay a subscription cloud service for the rest of your life???? - morons responding to me every time I lament the need for an SD card

Not to mention if your screen gets fucked you can remove the card and have all your photos / movies instantly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Why not both! I love SD but its also pretty handy I can access photos from my PC without needing any further action (I refer mostly to OneDrive right now) SD still rules tho.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This drives me crazy. An iPhone 15 pro max with 256gb of storage is 1199 and the 512gb is 1399.

So $200 for an extra 256gb. Meanwhile a fast, name brand, 1tb micro SD card is about $100.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's the Apple business model.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That Android phones haven't hesitated to adopt... Sadly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Not all of them, but yes, sadly it has become a trend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well at least on android you have a choice (iirc Fariphone 5 has an SD-card slot)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

True, and hopefully most brands adopt this way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Run out of storage? We have a subscription for that!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Up-selling is the game. Especially if you have something to repair, they will happily quote you close to half of the price of new device so you go "ah, then I might as well buy a new one".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They still do. My 2021 model phone has dual SIM, with one of the slots being enabled for either a SIM card or a SD card.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Many if not most new models don't have them though

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Phones that use those are still relatively easy to find tho.