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There are so many obvious flaws in that statement, here's two: 1) The assumption that the person who owns the phone owns a computer, rather than borrows someon
by Amadou 13y ago
There are so many obvious flaws in that statement, here's two:
1) The assumption that the person who owns the phone owns a computer, rather than borrows someone else's when they need it.
Modern phones have hdmi outputs, and work with bluetooth keyboards. It is entirely feasible for the average person to use a high-end phone as their primary computing device. Especially with the carrier subsidies making the up-front cost so low. This will only become more common as phones get more powerful.
2) When you've moved the data off your phone it is no longer immediately at hand.
Flash storage is cheap and only getting cheaper, leaving off a micro-sd slot is all about pushing a cloud-storage paradigm rather than letting the user decide.
- conradfr 13y agoI'm not saying a sd slot would not be better, just that you're not that screwed without it and no cloud. So maybe ok, if you don't have a computer, don't buy a Nexus 4. Or buy a computer with the difference of prices between a S4 and a N4.
- Amadou 13y agoOr simply have more than 16GB of stuff that you want to have at hand.
- Tichy 13y agoCan you get a micro-sd card that is several times as big as 64GB? Or is the concept to keep a pile of sd-cards with all your data on it? I guess it is conceivable, but why would anybody want that?
- Amadou 13y ago128GB cards are widely available. The spec is good for up to 2TB, so it is only a matter of time. Meanwhile carrying a couple of extra cards tucked into the case of the phone is basically no effort at all. https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/sdxc_capabilities/ https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/sdxc_capabilities/