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

On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:20:51 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :

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

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

While every iPhone lacks basic hardware, most of Android has it.

This Android search shows 2,114 Android phones with the sd slot included.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sAvailabilities=1,2&idOS=2&idCardslot=1>

That's out of 3205 Android phones (if I remove the sd slot criteria).
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sAvailabilities=1,2&idOS=2>

That means 66% of Android phones out there still have the sd slot hardware.

Out of 223 Samsung Android phones currently being sold today
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sAvailabilities=1,2&idOS=2>

Out of those 223, 165 have the sd slot, which is 74% of Samsung phones.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sMakers=9&sAvailabilities=1,2&idOS=2&idCardslot=1>

As for Sony's 22 models currently sold today, 100% have the sd slot.
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sMakers=7&sAvailabilities=1,2&idOS=2>
 <https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sMakers=7&sAvailabilities=1,2&idOS=2&idCardslot=1>

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.

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