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Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?

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Marion, 2025-07-23 03:15:

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> There are things a phone with a card in the sd slot can do that are
> impossible to do any other way - so I agree it's a critically important
> basic hardware feature if you want to make the most of your phone.

If this is "critically important" depends on the user.

For me personally an SD card is completely irrelevant. I just don't need
it any longer. And yes, this was a deliberate decision for me and no, I
don't care about what you say about this.

> For one, you can add massive storage for almost nothing in costs.

Which I don't need. I have around 2 TB of storage available on my own
server and I have unlimited data on my smartphone. So uploading images
and videos after recording them is no problem at all and I have no need
for more than the internal 128 GB of storage in the phone. And when I
once have to replace the phone in a few years, the next model will
likely have 256 GB or more anyway.

> This allows massive media (up to a terabyte) without another device.
> For another, you can port a phone WITHOUT any other device involved.
> The data is always available offline without any other devices involved.

Data which is *only* on the phone is always in danger of getting lost.
Therefore I synchronize all important data with my own server anway. And
that server does a backup daily to another geographical location. Every
backup exists at least in three copies.

And data which I need on the road is not that much: around 5 GB Open
Street Map map data, another 6 GB for music and I keep the latest photos
an videos I have taken - but since these get synchronized with my server
anyway and archived after 6 months, I don't need to keep everything.


-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-23 01:15 +0000
  Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-07-22 19:14 -0700
    Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-07-23 11:01 +0200
  Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-25 10:31 +0200
    Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-25 08:45 +0000
      Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-25 13:28 +0200
        Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-25 11:43 +0000
          Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-25 14:01 +0200
            Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-25 13:12 +0000
              Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-07-25 17:16 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-25 21:21 +0000
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-07-26 10:40 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-26 12:00 +0000
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-07-26 16:34 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-26 17:15 +0000
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-07-26 21:26 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-07-28 10:54 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-07-31 03:02 +1000
            Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-07-26 10:41 +1200
              Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-26 01:59 +0000
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-07-25 19:40 -0700
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-28 10:27 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-30 07:21 +0000
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-31 08:32 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-01 02:16 +0000
          Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-28 10:27 +0200
            Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-30 07:21 +0000
              Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-31 08:35 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-01 02:12 +0000
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-08-01 18:41 +0200
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-02 00:19 +0000
                Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-08-03 07:11 +0200
        Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-25 12:02 +0000
      Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-28 10:26 +0200
        Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-30 07:21 +0000
          Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-31 08:36 +0200
            Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-01 02:12 +0000

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