Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document

sms wrote on Fri, 17 May 2024 18:22:21 -0700 :

   For portable storage, it's much easier to plug a (compatible)
memory-stick into the USB or Lightning port. There are many such
memory-sticks, most with dual plugs of different types (USB-A, USB-C,
Micro-USB, Lightning). Yes, more expensive than a MicroSD card, but
much, much more convenient.

 
And then carry around a separate device?!
 
If you like to store large quantities of photos, music or audiobooks or
video content on your phone then the MicroSD card expansion is great.
That said, none of the phones I currently use have a MicroSD card slot.

Keep in mind that "portable" storage means different things, none of which
an iPhone can do, but all of which an Android phone with an sd card can do.

#1. Sure it means "expanding" the memory - but almost nobody does that
    (as it's too slow and limiting in a variety of ways we all know about).

#2. And just as sure, it means "extending" the memory - but everyone knows
    that also - which is what most people do to store pictures & videos.

#3. Also, just as surely, it means popping the card into another device
    (usually a PC) for the purpose of backing up or moving data.

#4. But what very few people understand it also means you can swap the
    card out of your old phone into your new phone and EVERYTHING works!

None of that can an iPhone do (which is one reason iPhones are severely
limited, not only in lack of software functionality, but hardware too).

You're pretty much limited to very low end phones if you want a MicroSD
card slot and/or a headphone jack, with the exception of the Sony XPERIA
phones (which can cost more than an iPhone Pro Max model).

 *The best Android phones with expandable memory*
 <https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-phones-expandable-memory-696913/>

Sony Xperia 1 V
MSRP: $1,399.99

Sony Xperia 10 V
MSRP: 449.00 Euros

Samsung Galaxy A55
MSRP: $470.00

Samsung Galaxy A35
MSRP: $400.00

Motorola Moto G Power 5G (2024)
MSRP: $299.99

Samsung Galaxy A15 5G
MSRP: $200.00