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  • 14 Apr 2023

Anonymous, 14 Apr 2023The comment section is now full of virtue signalling from a... moreIndeed. People don't like to lose their photographs and video recordings, you know?

And do you know what adds significant protection against data loss? It's MicroSD.

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    • 14 Apr 2023

    The comment section is now full of virtue signalling from all MicroSD card advocates 🤣

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      • 14 Apr 2023

      Anonymous, 13 Apr 2023Flawed logic. Developers would never release an update that... moreRemember what happened in June 2020 with that wallpaper that sent phones into perpetual bootloops?

      https://www.techradar.com/news/a-wallpaper-that-can-crash-your-phone-instantly-heres-how

      A MicroSD card can be ejected from a bootlooping phone and read from a computer or a different MicroSD-supporting phone. Work can continue nearly immediately.

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        • 14 Apr 2023

        Anonymous, 13 Apr 2023Well MicroSD card are indeed useless, I had one and it'... moreYou don't have the first clue about data storage.

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          • 14 Apr 2023

          Kris17, 13 Apr 2023Thank you. At least you are willing to hear the other side.... moreGood luck using your phone with USB-OTG attached all day. It's uncomfortable, not ergonomic, and you can not even charge simultaneously.

          A MicroSD card is contained inside the phone, like a battery.

          For the same reason, a large battery is necessary even though power banks exist.

            NeonHD, 13 Apr 2023>𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭... moreThank you. At least you are willing to hear the other side. I keep coming back to this thread, because like you, I have strong opinions. 512 GB is a lot of space. I used to have the 512 S22U as well. During its lifecycle, I hardly every reached 50% of storage capacity.

            One thing I've been forgetting. This phone has USB 3.2 OTG feature as well. You can plug it directly into the port, and I believe it will beat the transfer speeds of any SD card. If you need immediate extra storage. Hope that tickles your pickle. This phone has so many features, I forget to use half of them.

              Anonymous, 13 Apr 2023If Android phones in general get ride of * SD card * Fix... more> 𝘐𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 [...] 𝘚𝘋 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 [...] 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 8 𝘨𝘪𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘮.

              I don't see how whether a phone supports SD card and performance are even remotely related to each other. It's not like you 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 to put an SD card in there. Care to explain yourself?

              > 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘹𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘹 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨

              That sounds like a very uncommon (and possibly subjective) issue. Have you done research to see if others have the same experience?

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                • 13 Apr 2023

                NeonHD, 13 Apr 2023What can you do with a 2nd SIM card??? Call people with two... moreIf Android phones in general get ride of
                * SD card
                * Fixed resolution (something between Qhd and full hd plus like iphone and Huawei doing no need Qhd or full hd plus phones)
                * No vartual buttons only gestures navagtion enough.
                * Ultra sonic fingerprint scanner or proper 3D face ID only one lock enough.
                * No blaotwaer added by Oems.
                * An option to uninstall unwanted apps even if it's Google apps.
                * single sim no dualsim from my experience dualsim cause throttling issue on phones even first iphone xs max when it comes with dualsim it does overheating.

                Then Android phones performs really well even with 8 gig of ram.

                  Kris17, 13 Apr 2023People who separates their business number and personal num... more>𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 2 𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴.

                  And how many people own/manage a business? Of course there are reasons for needing 2 sim card slots, however, and I argue, this is a niche category of users. As more phones move onto e-SIMs, there will be even less of a need for physical SIM cards, ultimately driving this argument futile.

                  > 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥.
                  I agree. The funny thing is, clearly you are directing that statement to me and other SD card defenders.

                  > 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘊 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴.
                  Well, you are definitely right about that. If this debate is useless, then why do you keep on replying back to this thread?

                  With regards to your last statement, I do agree. Internal storage options such as 512GB are very normal on flagship phones these days, and considering UFS 4.0 speeds are as fast as PCIe 3.0 NVMe drives, it is a big win over using SD card as storage expansion. So perhaps the need for SD cards has waned out for flagships, but the versatility of having "plug-and-play" media still stands. It's a nice bonus regardless.

                    NeonHD, 13 Apr 2023What can you do with a 2nd SIM card??? Call people with two... morePeople who separates their business number and personal number, needs 2 sim card slots. Those who commented below have given valid reasons, being it degrades user experience. There is clear a difference between listening to logic and being close minded. Regardless of opinions, I doubt it will return in flagships, like PC optical drives. So this debate is quite useless.

                    On the subject about the system, the 23U does takehefty 50GB of internal storage, mostly for apps required to run the system, and RAM+ that eats about 8GB. But having the 512GB version, I still have 85% of room to spare with all apps installed.

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                      • 13 Apr 2023

                      HT, 12 Apr 2023Useless? This guy learnt the the contrary the hard way: htt... moreWell MicroSD card are indeed useless, I had one and it's not good for long term storage because the quality of the image and video files will eventually degrade overtime with the amount of overwriting. It's the same with USB flash drive. If you want to preserve high quality images or videos, then safe option would be storing files on cloud storage, sign up to photo sharing platform like Flickr or buy a Solid-state drive for your computer. One last note, MicroSD will be decommissioned by the 2030s, SanDisk will be the first to do it, then others will follow.

                        Anonymous, 13 Apr 2023It's ancient. Waste of space. Sim card > SD card. What can you do with a 2nd SIM card??? Call people with two phone numbers???

                        You're goddamn ridiculous mate. Just stop making more silly arguments, save yourself from embarrassment.

                        As for all the other users in this thread who are so keen on decrying SD cards, come up with one good valid argument why phones should stop supporting SD card expansion. I listen to logic, not nonsense, and so far I've only been seeing nonsense.

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                          • 13 Apr 2023

                          HT, 13 Apr 2023If your phone is stuck in a boot loop or bricked by an upda... moreFlawed logic. Developers would never release an update that will brick their users phone knowingly. Modern day Android implements secure bootloaders, and protects the kernel from tampering, thus, bricking a device is much harder to do. Scenarios such as these are extremely unlikely. Unless you are talking about Android 10 years ago, in an age where users are free to flash custom ROMs. We don't do this anymore as it a huge security risk.

                          This would also explain your dated mindset and why you would defend a dated technology such as the SD card. They were useful in the past, still are in some applications, but I urge you to move with the times.

                          Flagships exist for enhanced user experience. I'd rather just plug-in usb, transfer files ASAP, and get on with life, rather than fiddle around with gimmicky cards. The S23U fulfills this purpose. It is a great phone.

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                            Hector, 13 Apr 2023I have an Xperia, and my SD slot is one of the best things ... moreWe are happy that you didn't bought s23u. It will be even better if you will stick to your xperia forums only. But you will be lonely there probably. But with SD card

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                              HT, 13 Apr 2023If your phone is stuck in a boot loop or bricked by an upda... moreNo. It doesn't. I always backup everything to my pc and online storage. Sd card is ancient technology. Waste of space

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                                • 13 Apr 2023

                                SteveUk, 13 Apr 2023Buuuut.... again, it just comes down to making sure you bac... moreIndeed, a collection should be backed up externally. However, a collection usually grows at a much lower rate than a constant stream of new data such as videos from the camera.
                                And with MicroSD, a collection can be moved instantaneously between phones, and files' date and time attributes are retained as well.

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                                  • 13 Apr 2023

                                  Is it true that a large percent of internal memory is being used? example if i buy a samsung s23 ultra 256 gb, the 50+ gb was already deducted?i just saw a video in youtube telling the viewer that samsung deducted a large memory on their mobile
                                  thank you

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                                    Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Come on sd is dead forever. Dead and dead. Good or not does... moreI have an Xperia, and my SD slot is one of the best things in my phone..

                                      HT, 13 Apr 2023Sensitive data like banking belongs to internal storage obv... moreBuuuut.... again, it just comes down to making sure you back your data up. And if you have a large music or video collection, why wouldn't you have it backed it up or make sure you have it somewhere else (apart from their phone)? Just seems we're going 'round in circles... 😄

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                                        • 13 Apr 2023

                                        SteveUk, 13 Apr 2023IF your phone breaks, you mean... which is extremely unlike... moreAs you can see, not everyone is as lucky as you in this regard. In those cases, a MicroSD card safeguards against data loss.

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