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Re: Why is the iPhone always lacking in basic industry standard hardware functionality?

From	Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject	Re: Why is the iPhone always lacking in basic industry standard hardware functionality?
Date	2025-07-29 22:41 +0000
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:36:27 -0400, Tom Elam wrote :


> On 7/26/2025 2:43 PM, Marion wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:59:05 -0400, Tom Elam wrote :
>> 
>>> Having owned numerous Android phones I can tell you that the SD card is
>>> almost useless. You cannot put apps on the SD card. Many apps do not
>>> enable SD card access. I found that in practice it was more trouble than
>>> it was worth. With Apple you do not have to worry about 2 very different
>>> storage media. It's worth it to have all apps and all data in one place.
>> 
>> Why do I have almost a thousand apps on my 64GB Android, Tom Elam without
>> any problems (where my sd card is many times the internal phone storage).
>> 
>> And you can't?
>> 
>> The reason you can't do anything on that iPhone that Android phones with
>> basic hardware can do is Apple didn't give you the choice of hardware.
>> 
>> You bought a phone that lacks everything that has worked for years.
>> Which is EXACTLY what Apple's profit-making strategy is, Tom Elam.
>> 
>> I'm trying to teach you what Apple's profit-making strategy is.
>> Why do you think they're so profitable anyway, Tom?
>> 
>> The iPhone is barely functional because Apple removed what actually works.
>> Then you are forced to buy it all back.
>> 
>> It's sheer genius.
> 
> I think you are lying. Big time. Theory and practice diverge in this case.
> 
> March 2024 article:
> 
> https://www.howtogeek.com/114667/how-to-install-android-apps-to-the-sd-card-by-default-move-almost-any-app-to-the-sd-card/
> 
> I read the entire article and things have not changed since my Android 
> phone days.
> 
> Some quotes:
> 
> "Some Android phones don't have a lot of storage, which means you might 
> run out of space for apps. If your device has a microSD card slot, you 
> can use that to expand the storage and have more room for apps. However, 
> SD card support is more limited than it used to be."
> 
> It's getting more limited?
> 
> "Android apps are installed on your device's internal storage by 
> default. If you have a microSD card, you can move some of your currently 
> installed apps over to the microSD card. This is not supported by all 
> apps, however. In fact, many don't support this feature at all."
> 
> In my experience it was very few that could be moved and still even work 
> as designed.
> 
> "Running an app off your SD card will almost always be slower than 
> running it off the internal storage, so only use this if you absolutely 
> have to—and if you can, try to use it for apps that don't require a lot 
> of speed to run well."
> 
> VERY true, if you can even move them over.
> 
> "Some manufacturers—namely, Samsung and LG—allowed users to format 
> microSD cards as internal storage prior to around 2022. That meant apps 
> and games would be installed there by default. Sadly, this feature is no 
> longer present on newer devices."
> 
> When I tried this on A 64 mb Samsung phone the apps on the SD card were 
> unstable.
> 
> "Technically, it's still possible if you're willing to go through the 
> trouble of rooting your Android phone. Rooting an Android phone is not 
> as worth it as it used to be. Android has gotten much better and the 
> rooting process has only gotten more difficult. It's simply not a 
> legitimate solution for the majority of people."
> 
> Did you root your phone?
> 
> "Sadly, not many Android phones have SD card slots anymore, and it seems 
> that even fewer apps support the ability to be moved to external 
> storage. If you do have an SD card slot, you should take advantage of it."
> 
> Android is moving to the Apple memory model.
> 
> Summary, Apple's unified memory is a superior solution to having 2 very 
> different sets of memory.

You MAGA Apple trolls understand nothing.
I never said I installed the apps on the sd card, Tom.
I never said I set up the sd card as extended memory either, Tom.

What I said was I have no problem with a thousand apps on my phone.
Where they store their data (e.g., map data, or photos) on the sd card.

You Apple MAGA trolls understand nothing.

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