monsieurms
Well-known member
Old, rehashed argument. Bottom line: if I have a choice, I won't buy anything if it lacks an SD card and a removable battery. If Sammy goes this way, I'm now in play as a customer whereas before I was locked in.
There are so many reasons why this is helpful. Let's just start with one. I flip my 128gb SD card from one device to another. Ta-da. Done. I don't have to reset up such massive amounts of files every I switch phones. And is transferring files to a phone over USB going to be as fast? I also don't have to keep buying the same space on phones--and a 128gb phone is notably more expensive than 32gb--every I upgrade phones. It's sort of a scam. It's not like we actually buy phones for 10 years. Most people trade in every 2 years, many every year or so. You keep buying pricey space and throwing it away with every upgrade. The SD card is yours forever. Pop it into the new phone. Done. One day, no doubt, it will die. But that may be over several phones. I've never had one fail. I am more likely to upgrade the card as sizes increase than throw it away as failed.
I would add that given the amount of space that things like movies, music libraries and what not use, there is never an amount of space you can name that I would call too much. 128gb isn't enough for me. Give me a 128gb device and 128gb card---I have uses for that right now. I can go on a month long trip with an EXTRA sd card containing movies to watch. Flip it in. Just because someone doesn't need that much space, doesn't mean NO ONE does. My 128gb card is almost full now. I still can't fit my classical music library on it.
Removable batteries are also so ridiculously easy --far more so than carrying battery packs--that I'd be dismayed to lose them. I can't believe anyone has to actually justify wanting removable batteries. I travel a lot. I'm on the go a lot. Sometimes battery packs ARE more convenient. But not always. You can't always have it hooked into a battery pack and things like GPS navigation, ebooks with the screen all the time, eat up the battery quickly. If I'm home, it doesn't matter so much. I rarely flip batteries at home. I'm always near a charger. But I'm not home all the time. That isn't a rationalization. It is just a description that is indeed a fact: removable batteries have saved me many times.
Samsung has / had a serious leg up on competitors by continuing to support these things. If it stops, then I'm in play as a customer. Those are my two #1 and 1A demands.
It's just a matter of choice. Does everyone have the same needs I do? Of course not. Does that mean my needs don't matter? That's why it is about free choice. You buy the phone that works for you. That's what the Android world is supposed to bring to the table.
There are so many reasons why this is helpful. Let's just start with one. I flip my 128gb SD card from one device to another. Ta-da. Done. I don't have to reset up such massive amounts of files every I switch phones. And is transferring files to a phone over USB going to be as fast? I also don't have to keep buying the same space on phones--and a 128gb phone is notably more expensive than 32gb--every I upgrade phones. It's sort of a scam. It's not like we actually buy phones for 10 years. Most people trade in every 2 years, many every year or so. You keep buying pricey space and throwing it away with every upgrade. The SD card is yours forever. Pop it into the new phone. Done. One day, no doubt, it will die. But that may be over several phones. I've never had one fail. I am more likely to upgrade the card as sizes increase than throw it away as failed.
I would add that given the amount of space that things like movies, music libraries and what not use, there is never an amount of space you can name that I would call too much. 128gb isn't enough for me. Give me a 128gb device and 128gb card---I have uses for that right now. I can go on a month long trip with an EXTRA sd card containing movies to watch. Flip it in. Just because someone doesn't need that much space, doesn't mean NO ONE does. My 128gb card is almost full now. I still can't fit my classical music library on it.
Removable batteries are also so ridiculously easy --far more so than carrying battery packs--that I'd be dismayed to lose them. I can't believe anyone has to actually justify wanting removable batteries. I travel a lot. I'm on the go a lot. Sometimes battery packs ARE more convenient. But not always. You can't always have it hooked into a battery pack and things like GPS navigation, ebooks with the screen all the time, eat up the battery quickly. If I'm home, it doesn't matter so much. I rarely flip batteries at home. I'm always near a charger. But I'm not home all the time. That isn't a rationalization. It is just a description that is indeed a fact: removable batteries have saved me many times.
Samsung has / had a serious leg up on competitors by continuing to support these things. If it stops, then I'm in play as a customer. Those are my two #1 and 1A demands.
It's just a matter of choice. Does everyone have the same needs I do? Of course not. Does that mean my needs don't matter? That's why it is about free choice. You buy the phone that works for you. That's what the Android world is supposed to bring to the table.
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