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Anybody have any data on pricing? Edit From Techcrunch's post: The iPhone SE will come in two models, 16GB and 64GB, priced at $399 and $499 respectively. K

by bliti 11y ago

Anybody have any data on pricing? Edit From Techcrunch's post: The iPhone SE will come in two models, 16GB and 64GB, priced at $399 and $499 respectively. Kinda expensive for device that does not feature an SD card slot. :(

giarc 11y ago
No iPhones have ever had an SD card slot. So you are comparing iPhones to phones made by other companies with other operating systems.
- bliti 11y ago
  Yes, you are right. Although given how phones are now pocket computers I expect them to have additional storage options that are not cloud based. I find it that paying $500 for a device that does not allow additional physical storage is absurd. Given how good of a camera it seems to have.
  - giarc 11y ago
    The problem is that if you add an SD card slot, you have to eliminate something else (or decrease something else). I feel that between cloud services and 64gb+ phones, I wouldn't want an SD card slot. Accessing files on an external storage device is slow, so I wouldn't want to save direct to SD. You wouldn't want to save any apps to the SD for speed issues. So you would be limited to accessing photos and music. I just don't see a need for it, and if I did, there are plenty of android phones out there that would allow me expansion for storage.
    - bliti 11y ago
      Good points. I feel that we are discussing the same issue from two different sides. You are OK with an iPhone device that does not have expandable physical storage and I am not. I do want an iPhone (even though I develop for Android) but that keeps me away. :)
- lostgame 11y ago
  There is, however, some weird extension thing that allows you to put SD cards into, but it's limited in what it can save and what apps can save to it.
  - bliti 11y ago
    Yes, I worked at a company that developed that for SanDisk. It was pretty nice but requires that extension you mention. I was hoping SanDisk would develop a cover that included the extension and an SD card slot after the project ended.

by bliti 11y ago

giarc 11y ago

No iPhones have ever had an SD card slot. So you are comparing iPhones to phones made by other companies with other operating systems.

bliti 11y ago
Yes, you are right. Although given how phones are now pocket computers I expect them to have additional storage options that are not cloud based. I find it that paying $500 for a device that does not allow additional physical storage is absurd. Given how good of a camera it seems to have.
- giarc 11y ago
  The problem is that if you add an SD card slot, you have to eliminate something else (or decrease something else). I feel that between cloud services and 64gb+ phones, I wouldn't want an SD card slot. Accessing files on an external storage device is slow, so I wouldn't want to save direct to SD. You wouldn't want to save any apps to the SD for speed issues. So you would be limited to accessing photos and music. I just don't see a need for it, and if I did, there are plenty of android phones out there that would allow me expansion for storage.
  - bliti 11y ago
    Good points. I feel that we are discussing the same issue from two different sides. You are OK with an iPhone device that does not have expandable physical storage and I am not. I do want an iPhone (even though I develop for Android) but that keeps me away. :)
lostgame 11y ago
There is, however, some weird extension thing that allows you to put SD cards into, but it's limited in what it can save and what apps can save to it.
- bliti 11y ago
  Yes, I worked at a company that developed that for SanDisk. It was pretty nice but requires that extension you mention. I was hoping SanDisk would develop a cover that included the extension and an SD card slot after the project ended.