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Can't tell if you being sarcastic. If not: A) Charging an extra $100 for a little extra local storage is the biggest scam in technology right now, some are wor

Can't tell if you being sarcastic. If not: A) Charging an extra $100 for a little extra local storage is the biggest scam in technology right now, some are worse than others, but anything less than a TB for $100 is infuriating. B) 64-128GB is not nearly enough for the ridiculous resolution the cameras work at, especially video. C) Not everyone wants their stuff in the cloud.

mcphage 10y ago
> but anything less than a TB for $100 is infuriating. 1 TB SSD cards cost ~$300, and at that price I don't think they'd even fit in a smartphone. So if you get infuriated that you don't get 1 TB for your $100, you really need to work on your expectations & anger level.
victorhooi 10y ago
Nearly all manufacturers are moving away from removable storage in phones. For the majority of users, it complicates things, and can lead to nasty edge cases if they don't understand it. Note that iPhones have never offered removable storage. Also, SD cards can often be of dubious quality. Even good quality ones would never be as good as the NVMe (or similar) SSDs now used in high-end phones. Put it this way - for your laptop, would you rather a NVMe SSD, or a MicroSD card you bought from Amazon? One is going to have much more predictable write performance under varying conditions, and you know will last. The other, well...I know what I'm trusting my data to.
- shostack 10y ago
  There's definitely a contingent (perhaps even larger so outside the US) where SD storage is important. The question is whether that group is large enough to create sufficient demand for a removable storage phone beyond the desire of these companies to drive adoption and lock in with their respective cloud services.
robocat 10y ago
I used to agree. Less keen after losing all photos due to an SD card failure (SD card was a reputable brand from a reputable supplier).
- thirdsun 10y ago
  I'm sure I don't have to tell you after that loss, but of course offline data doesn't render backups obsolete.

mcphage 10y ago

> but anything less than a TB for $100 is infuriating. 1 TB SSD cards cost ~$300, and at that price I don't think they'd even fit in a smartphone. So if you get infuriated that you don't get 1 TB for your $100, you really need to work on your expectations & anger level.

victorhooi 10y ago

Nearly all manufacturers are moving away from removable storage in phones. For the majority of users, it complicates things, and can lead to nasty edge cases if they don't understand it. Note that iPhones have never offered removable storage. Also, SD cards can often be of dubious quality. Even good quality ones would never be as good as the NVMe (or similar) SSDs now used in high-end phones. Put it this way - for your laptop, would you rather a NVMe SSD, or a MicroSD card you bought from Amazon? One is going to have much more predictable write performance under varying conditions, and you know will last. The other, well...I know what I'm trusting my data to.

shostack 10y ago
There's definitely a contingent (perhaps even larger so outside the US) where SD storage is important. The question is whether that group is large enough to create sufficient demand for a removable storage phone beyond the desire of these companies to drive adoption and lock in with their respective cloud services.

robocat 10y ago

I used to agree. Less keen after losing all photos due to an SD card failure (SD card was a reputable brand from a reputable supplier).

thirdsun 10y ago
I'm sure I don't have to tell you after that loss, but of course offline data doesn't render backups obsolete.