Weekly poll: how much storage do you use on your phone? Are microSD slots still important?

19 June 2022
Camera resolutions keep rising, phones can now record 8K video, mobile apps are becoming more complex - all of that takes up more and more space on your phone.

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I have 256gb built-in but also have 128gb nm card on my huawei p30 pro, but i don't use it for music.

On the other hand, I use dedicated high resolution audio player with 64gb built-in and 512gb sd card, just for music.

    Thinking there should be an option which states that:

    "I'd only buy a phone without an sd slot when base storage is at least "

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      • Anonymous
      • HmY
      • 19 Jun 2022

      People are complaining about the microSD cards because of their slowness and easy to fail (there's too many knockoffs out there and people tend to purchase cheaper microSD cards)
      I can say there's microSD express format out there but the factories are still not put enough effort to make it into mainstream. I don't know the reason.

      For me I need to have that expandable storage option. If I don't want it I will go for iphone.

        Darth Revan, 19 Jun 2022Well, a lot of midrange phones are capped at 128 gigs of st... moreNot for everyone. I am currently using 19.9 gigs out of 64 on my personal phone and about 22 out of 128gigs on my work phone. No need to call download porn/movies/music when one can stream everything nowadays.

          Next weeks question poll:
          do we need more than basic internal Ram/Rom anyway, as everything can now be stored to, or app streamed by Cloud internet servers?

          Next, next weeks question poll:
          do we need telephony, as audio calls can now be made via numerous internet based apps?

          Next, next, next weeks question poll:
          do we need usb port on a phone anyway, as wireless charging and headphones make way?


          What we will be left with at that cutting end, should not be called a Smartphone anyway, but just a combo AirCloudSmartie MediaBar.

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            • AnonD-731363
            • SH3
            • 19 Jun 2022

            First i typed 64GB-128GB.
            Had Moto X4 for nearly 4 years with a 64GB storage and i was happy enough.
            Now since of last week of jukly last year have Xiaomi Mi 11 lite 5G with 128GB storage and is good enough.

            On the next poll i typed for having an SD slot is nice but not necessary.
            Since i have one 256Gb card from a very long time ago and i using it it would be good to have an SD slot. But is not necessary for me.

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              • Anonymous
              • m5h
              • 19 Jun 2022

              It will be nice to have a microSD slot. It will be useful to buy a microSD card from Samsung Pro Plus range or the Evo Plus range as it will have quicker access. It is a good alternative to the restricted 128GB of internal storage though.

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                • Anonymous
                • KiZ
                • 19 Jun 2022

                Everyone's gangsta until their phone won't boot and you lose all your internal data after a reset lmao

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                  • Anonymous
                  • mDc
                  • 19 Jun 2022

                  samsung is a joke! i bought a tab s7+ and put 256GB sandisk usb stick in it. the tablet couldn't read it because it had ntfs format. my old huawei mate 20 pro from 2018 can read ntfs format!

                    Almost everything nowdays comes from cloud/stream etc. Only thing which really takes space is 4K videos and i rarely takes videos so when i bought phone i go for smallest option and will still have lot of unneeded space.

                      Olympus Oms, 19 Jun 2022Slow cards are useless! But some people love to slow down t... moreWhere do you get this info? I've used microSD cards for years and my flagships (LG V20 and Sony Xperia 1 iii) have yet to slow down. Stop parroting this lie.

                        Yesterday itself I purchased 256GB micro SD card for my Galaxy Note 8. The reason behind it was 1. My old 64 GB SD card became absolute in terms of read/write speed. 2. I had to delete old contents just to add new content.

                        Frequent read/write leads to deteriorating performance. My current 64 GB read speed is 10MBps and write speed was 3MBps.I bought new 256GB SD card which has upto 100MBps claimed read/write speed. Ofcourse actual speed will be bit lower depending upon various conditions.

                          I work editing for youtube video on my phone and all related stock footage, file photo remain undelited because usually don't have tume to delete one by one of them. That why i need more storage. Currently 128 + 128 GB is about to full. Now i will have to free. Considering to buy next time 512 GB sd card. But price is high

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                            • Anonymous
                            • uCp
                            • 19 Jun 2022

                            AnonD-1033007, 19 Jun 2022Currently i have 128GB, it's enough for my needs. I ca... moreIt may be useless for you, but it's very useful when you don't have access for cloud storage. External hard drive may sound like a better solution, but not everyone always bring it around. After all, not all phone support OTG.

                              Akashi Seijuro, 19 Jun 2022It's always nice to have external storage option to ke... moreThat last paragraph, dude, 100%. Just like the headphone jack not preventing Bluetooth from being used. Android was always about options.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • uCp
                                • 19 Jun 2022

                                Anonym, 19 Jun 2022Just wait until you discover there are USB-C flash drives, ... moreRight until the moment you lost that USB-C drive. With phones, you can use Find My Device app on Android phones.

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                                  • Anonym
                                  • Lc1
                                  • 19 Jun 2022

                                  Anonymous, 19 Jun 2022Sad to see people don't realize that expanding storage... moreJust wait until you discover there are USB-C flash drives, far more convenient at transferring stuff across devices than having to fiddled with the SD card trays (that, in most devices, are also the SIM card tray and all the jiggling around it requires).

                                    Prior to my last 2 phones I always got phones with a microsd card slot, and I used to buy a quality Samsung evo/extreme or a SanDisk card, had to be uh3 class 10, 128-256gb, cost of card have cheapened a bit so wasn't too bad. Last 2 phones had no expandable storage so made sure I got the 256gb models, they both have ufs 2.1 and 3.1 respectively. I used to be in the "I wont buy a phone without a card slot" crowd but its not been too bad as most my important stuff gets backed up anyways

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • uCp
                                      • 19 Jun 2022

                                      Anonymous, 19 Jun 2022MicroSD is too slow from my experience, even for storing ph... moreI had that experience when buying a cheap China clone before. Within a year or so, it completely stopped functioning. Since then, I made a brave decision to buy a high quality original card. It might cost me a lot, but it's totally worth the decision.

                                      TL;DR Never buy cheap China clone cards.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • uCp
                                        • 19 Jun 2022

                                        Olympus Oms, 19 Jun 2022Slow cards are useless! But some people love to slow down t... moreLol, I have been using my three-year-old microSD card and it never suffer from any performance loss whatsoever. It's your loss for buying cheap China knockoffs.

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