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

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:22:48 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :

This is a fact:
 The iPhone doesn't have an sd slot.
 
This is an opinion:
 The reason is because Apple wants you to buy the functionality back.

 
And this opinion is even completely pointless since Apple never sold any
iPhone with SD card slots - so there is no "getting functionality back".
The iPhone never had this.

It seems you may misunderstand Apple's strategy when you say that the
opinion (which is based on many facts) is, in your assessment, "pointless".

If you need what isn't there, then you have to buy what's not there (if you
want what's not there).

You can say you didn't want it or need it.
But I can argue that this isn't true.

You do want it if you bought more than 64GB of memory (whether or not it's
offered, as it's not offered when the hardware isn't there).

I'm pretty sure that logic above is completely indecipherable to you, Arno.
Which is exactly as Google/Apple/Samsung(high end) want it to be to you.

So be it.

Even so, you're welcome to disagree with my assessment of why it's not
there, but do realize my assessment is based on knowledge of Apple tactics.

I likely know how you made the choices YOU made better than you do.
Because I understand the overall strategy of limiting basic functionality.