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

Marion, 2025-06-19 16:55:

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:35:33 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
 
 

The only reason for removing the sd slot is to force the consumer to
scramble to buy some of the functionality back (which costs them money).

>
Well - not in my case. I *never* had to buy *anything* because of not
having an SD card slot in my phone. No, I don't use Google cloud
services, I don't need that.

 
Hi Arno (this is a kinder, gentler, nice me, but still me)
 
I respectfully disagree with your characterization that you "never had to
buy anything" since you already bought something, which is a much bigger

So what? Beside the device itself I did never have to buy anything -
especially no paid service.

phone than one that contains the perfectly acceptable 64GB internal
storage. And... get this.... you paid dearly... long before you needed it.

No - when I bought that device, I already had more than 70 GB of data
which I did put on the phone right after I have purchased it. Or do you
think, this was my first smartphone ever?

Other reasons to get exactly this phone:

- Vanilla Android without manufacturer UI.

- Fingerprint reader in the display.

- Support for security updates at least 5 years after initial market
release.

- Good camera.

- There is a Quadlock case for it, so I can use it on my bicycle for
navigation.



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