Good article on why Samsung (and other companies) are getting rid of MicroSD Cards

[recDNA]

SD cards are not a security risk as long as you don't put any secure data on them! My SD Card holds movies and pictures and copies of PDF's like owners manuals. Any data I need secure stays in my phone memory so a reset will erase it. I can't think of anything LESS secure than the cloud! If hackers can get into big companies and big government they can sure as hell hack into google cloud or MSN cloud. The cloud is OK for pictures of cats or copies of old files with no data that needs to be secure. At least you have to GET my sd card to READ my sd card and I don't keep anything personal on it anyway. They'll get music and movies and pictures and owners' manuals.

 

[anon8380037]

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[anon(5630457)]

"...Samsung is a tech company for a reason. Its goal is to drive technology forward..."

Um, no. Samsung's goal is to sell product. That's what their stockholders demand. Samsung chooses to drive technology forward in an effort to drive sales. That is the only reason.

You're exactly right. That's why companies exist--to earn a profit for their shareholders. They don't care about quality, function, or the customers. Nobody would be in business if it wasn't about the money.

 

[De Venton]

I've had a few sd cards fail on me but that doesn't mean I would want to give them up.

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[MDMcAtee]

If you think HTC is hurting because they moved away from SD cards for awhile and still haven't gone back to user replaceable batteries, you probably don't understand the market.

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Not what I said . HTC is hurting because they didn't listen to their customers and gimped their flagship phone here in the States. Their choices effected their sales.

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[Ry]

Not what I said . HTC is hurting because they didn't listen to their customers and gimped their flagship phone here in the States. Their choices effected their sales.

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By gimped, what do you mean? Not offering features like removable batteries and SD card slots?

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[kandrelly]

Here's my problem with no SD card. It seems I'm in the minority, but I like to have an SD card to store things for playback. Most of the cellphone companies don't offer much data anymore without charging an arm and a leg. Also, most airlines charge outrageous amounts of money for data. What if I want to watch a movie or listen to music on my flight or on the way to work? Streaming takes TONS of data. I live in a more rural area, and there aren't many wifi hot spots, nor is there wifi where I work, or on my way to work! That's why SD cards are nice. 32 GB doesn't hold much, and my memory fills up WAY too quickly. The cloud would be GREAT if I didn't cost so much to access it!!!!!! Not saying I don't like the cloud, I love it. I just don't want to pay to access my own stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mavrrick]

All of these folks saying SD cards are old tech and should just be abandoned are out of there darn minds. The perfect comparison is SSD drives and spinning disk hard drives in computers. SSD's are clearly superior in performance but are no where near the capacity of spinning disk. The exact same thing applies to our phones. The internal UHS2.0 disk is equivalent to a SSD drive while the micro SD card is the same as a spinning disk.

At least in a desktop can add an additional drive without Dell or Microsoft dictating how or if I can use it.

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[D13H4RD2L1V3]

What size SD cards are you all using?

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128GB SanDisk Ultra

It's gonna take a lot for me to give that up.

 

[StuartMcDowell]

My main gripe with the promotion of cloud storage is the constant paid bandwidth for access. Who can afford to be pulling down movies and music collections on their cellular data plans all the time? If the telcos were offering good unlimited data service at a reasonable price - maybe - it'd work. But I can't see the advantage...

 

[Almeuit]

My main gripe with the promotion of cloud storage is the constant paid bandwidth for access. Who can afford to be pulling down movies and music collections on their cellular data plans all the time? If the telcos were offering good unlimited data service at a reasonable price - maybe - it'd work. But I can't see the advantage...

Some do - just depends if they provide good service in your area.

 

[ABOSWORTH007]

It really bums me out that Samsung is ditching SD cards. I was hoping they'd keep it in the Note 5. It does seem that SD cards are being phased out. I'll be sticking with phones that have it until the end. I had an S4, an S5 and switched to an HTC M9 because the S6 lacked the SD card. That was the 100% deal breaker for me. Otherwise I'd be rocking an S6 right now instead of an M9.

 

[ABOSWORTH007]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Meenova, folks. Dash micro, plug and go. They're dirt cheap and clip to your keychain, wear it on a piece of string around your neck.

These are neat but this is not an acceptable solution for me. I don't want to constantly have that thing plugged into phone when I'm listening to music on my runs or in the car. Plus, I wouldn't be able to charge my phone while listening to music in my car with this plugged in. This would be okay for movies when I'm at home but this seems like a step backward when we could have a micro SD card slot in the device. I have been using them for years and have never had any problems. It was one of the advantages that I saw for Android phones over iPhones.

 

[Chex313]

This article would make more sense if it didn't apply to just Samsung(and iphones)...I notice plenty of other phones still with SD.(Like the LG G4 and Moto X pure) Seems like more of a reason (along with non removable batteries) for lower Samsung sales.

 

[cybertec69]

The problem here is, not everyone has access to data networks all the time, that means you can not access the cloud and retrieve your data when you need it or want it, and the other problem is that not everyone had unlimited data "when not around an open wifi network", when telcos start giving everyone unlimited data plans then their vision might come true, and being able to connect anywhere, from a mountain top, to remote places. This whole article makes no sense, what I see here is a money grab, it's what Apple has been doing forever, and Samsung is just following in their footsteps.

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[Ry]

While not usually elegant, USB OTG can more than make up for the lack of SD card support.

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[D13H4RD2L1V3]

While not usually elegant, USB OTG can more than make up for the lack of SD card support.

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That's the most elegant solution so far.

 

[Aquila]

Some do - just depends if they provide good service in your area.

I'm still using Verizon's unlimited and its pretty cheap and blazing fast.

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[mayconvert]

@stackberry you had to quote the entire article to say that?

 

[yourphonemyphone]

I'm still using Verizon's unlimited and its pretty cheap and blazing fast.

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Same here... my Verizon unlimited plan consistently gets me at least 20mbps download speed. I have not seen anything lower than 20mbps in well over a year. Considering that I'm in a rural area, I'm quite happy with 20mbps. There is only one ISP in my area and their top speed is still 1.5mbps for $39 per month.