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

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:28:00 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :

There's no harm in having it there. None whatsoever, despite the
"theoretical" harm that never shows up in prices or IP ratings or in
battery capacity (since sd slot hardware is puny & cheap by all accounts).
 
I use it all day, every day. In fact, I just belatedly realized when I got
the first 3 free Samsung Galaxies, I added a 32GB sdcard to each.
 
I know this, belatedly, because I just ran into this archive from 2021!
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I used to set the volume label to 0000-0001, 0000-0002, 0000-0003, etc.,
but then I learned to set all the sd cards to the same volume label.
 
I started with three 64GB free phones, and I added those 32GB to each of
the three free phones, and then I added 64GB, and then 128GB, and they each
currently have an extra 256GB etc.

Oops. I forgot to upload the photo proving that I started adding 32GB of
portable storage to the 3 free phones, then 64GB, then 128GB, etc., as
sdcard memory got more reliable, faster & less expensive over the years.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/9FYksj3z/tmopromo05.jpg>

Meanwhile, others paid enormously high prices for internal storage to last
them the next five years (which means they got fleeced by the OEMs).

Android doesn't need more than 64GB of storage if it has an sd slot.
Why pay enormously inflated prices for storage you don't even need yet?

Why not add storage when you need it, at much better prices over time?
Is that too logical? Too sensible?