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

Frank,

True, but in addition, Marion's 'facts' are false, because they
are derived from a false/impossible premise: "all other things
being equal" is *impossible*. "all other things" *never are* and
*cannot be* "equal", there always are one or more - and probably
many - differences.

I must disagree with you there. Although its rather theoretical, it *is*
possible to have everything else the same.  A manufacturer whos not about
form but about function (freedom phone perhaps?) could decide to make a
batch of phones /without/ placing the sd-card and/or SIM-card slots, camera
module and so on.

Not placing certain parts is something I've seen happen with other devices.
The exact same "motherboard", but one with a few parts not placed.

Though having said that, his (implicite more-is-better - an *opinion*) claim
*is* meaningless - even in the context he created himself.

Personaly I think that a phone without a torx screwdriver can't do the
things that a phone with one can do.  And as such *any* phone without a torx
screwdriver is sub-standard.  :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser