No Removable Storage (read: MicroSD)

[dcviperboy]

So I compared the Nexus S to my phone (EVO) and the Nexus one on google's site. It shows the Nexus S has NO expandable storage, where both the EVO and the N1 show MicroSD. I thought it was great to include the 16gb of ROM (storage space), but the inability to expand this is a huge downfall. As the price of MicroSDs continue to fall, this will become a more apparent issue in making this your "all-in-one" device (i.e. not an ipod, phone, gps, etc being carried separately). I hate to make an Apple comparison here, but this is one criticism of the iPhone. (I think they only have 32 and 64?)

So, is 16GB enough for most people? Would you rather have NO internal memory and a MicroSD slot?

[thedeadbaby]

Originally Posted by dcviperboy

So I compared the Nexus S to my phone (EVO) and the Nexus one on google's site. It shows the Nexus S has NO expandable storage, where both the EVO and the N1 show MicroSD. I thought it was great to include the 16gb of ROM (storage space), but the inability to expand this is a huge downfall. As the price of MicroSDs continue to fall, this will become a more apparent issue in making this your "all-in-one" device (i.e. not an ipod, phone, gps, etc being carried separately). I hate to make an Apple comparison here, but this is one criticism of the iPhone. (I think they only have 32 and 64?)

So, is 16GB enough for most people? Would you rather have NO internal memory and a MicroSD slot?

I don't think the lack of the SD card slot is that big of a deal (coming from an iPhone here). However, given that most current Android powered devices, not just phones, have a SD card slot, I think it should've been included. Since I'll be coming from an iPhone 4, it's not that big of deal to me personally though.

[JoseN305]

This is why I didnt buy a WP7 phone. What would be the reason to exculde it? That NFC chip?

[lukesvenn]

I post this in another thread but "exactly how does this "no expandable SD" work when one of the main key for 2.2 was to move app to SD card." why give us a feature and then take it away? is this samsung doing?

[garment69]

Originally Posted by thedeadbaby

I don't think the lack of the SD card slot is that big of a deal (coming from an iPhone here). However, given that most current Android powered devices, not just phones, have a SD card slot, I think it should've been included. Since I'll be coming from an iPhone 4, it's not that big of deal to me personally though.

I agree, not having it is not a big deal. However, only including 16gb is a big deal. If you are going to no include expandable memory, at least provide enough built in.

[egginator]

It's a pretty huge issue with me. My music library doesn't take up much space but my pictures do and 16 GB is not acceptable when all other phones have 32 GB expandable slots.

[Tkun]

Far too little memory for me. My amount of music I like to take with me is already about 32gb, so no way is this enough.

[hkklife]

1. Cheap. Samsung wanted to make a slimmer/lighter/cheaper to manufacture phone and decided to lose the microSD port. This device already takes quite a step backwards from the N1 in terms of build quality. This line of thinking by Samsung is essentially the same rationale Palm followed when deciding to ape Apple for their WebOS devices instead of following the BB/Android model of expandable storage.

2.Lazy. See above. Also a very Palm & Apple-like move on Samsung's part. microSDXC is coming soon and will permit capacities up to 2TB. 16GB will be a joke soon as we have more and more immersive 3D games with sizable installs.

3. Greedy. Being sold unlocked with no contract is a major selling point for this device....so Sammy figures that deep-pocketed users on the bleeding edge will buy the refreshed model in 6 months' time running Honeycomb with a dual-core CPU and 32gb storage internally.

4. It's also possible that there is something with security (both pirating apps & the NFC module) but the above $-related reasons are far more likely. As I mentioned on another thread, I am worried what this will do to convince other manufacturers to stop ditching expandable storage in an attempt to iOS-ify Android. Hopefully it'll be an even bigger flop than the N1 was. It could also be a harbinger of an eventual move to "app streaming" all of your bigger apps & games from the cloud when 4G becomes more prevalent. Of course this will consume more data and drive up users' data usage charges...which is precisely what the carriers want to happen.

Even if I was dying for a Nexus S (I'm not) the lack of 32Gb+ storage would be a huge deal-breaker for me. Google & Samsung should have just released a special limited-run unlocked Galaxy S running a vanilla build of Gingerbread and been done with it.

[RichieHD]

What I said in another topic about the site listing "None" next to removable media:
forum.androidcentral.com/samsung-nexus-s/47174-nexus-one-vs-nexus-s-kind-disappointed-3.html#post459227

[hkklife]

Richie;

The LACK of a SLOT (not a bundled card) confirmed already numerous time by other sites:

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The first "review" of the device certainly makes thorough mention of it.

Let's face it, this is essentially an Android-based iPhone but with a removable battery.