Re: What's the actual *advantage* of HAVING an sd slot?

Arno,

Well - to be fair - a thumb drive an external piece of hardware which
can not always stay connected, while an SD card is *inside* the device.

True.

So using a thumb drive is not the same like an internal SD card.

Absolutily.

But as the OP has refused to inform us what is use-case is ...

And that works two ways.  Until he makes clear why it *isn't* a viable
solution it is one.  :-) <whistle>

Regards,
Rudy Wieser