Does it bother you that N5 doesn't have SD card slot?

[LeoRex]

The fix could be as simple as SanDisk, Matsu****a, and Toshiba updating it's priority FAT32 format on their SD card. It is the FAT32 format that must be replaced not the SD card.

I agree with you, but that opens up a whole mess of problems of its own. You would have to keep both formats around in order to support legacy devices, things like DSLRs, etc.... and with two incompatible formats, you're going to see a mess of confused consumers buying the wrong cards, etc. As it stands now, with the different sizes and speed classes, people have a hard enough time buying the right cards, and now you throw "FAT32 or Ext4" at them?

It's a clusterf* if you ask me.... so Google is trying to figure out the best way to get around it without stepping in it too much. I think the next Android release may alleviate some of the pain, based on some rumors that I've read.

They should all just say screw it and slap 128+GB's worth of storage in all the flagships... If you need to store more than that on your phone, you got problems.

 

[Shilohcane]

They should all just say screw it and slap 128+GB's worth of storage in all the flagships... If you need to store more than that on your phone, you got problems.

Well that would fix the issue. That is my point all storage devices useful life comes to an end at some point and FAT32's day has come for me. 128GB, I just can't get my head around storage that large or that cheap. When I sold IBM SSD storage back in 1999 the cost was $1 million per GB. Also, when I was a computer programer years before a 300Mb CDC portable disk (our version of the SD card) with 8 internal disk plates in a cake pan weighed about 40 pounds. I still get a kick out of Ken Olsen in the 70's that was president of the 2nd largest computer company in the world call Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) that was quoted as saying in 1977: "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."

 

[arn_hsn xt1022]

Nope, as we get pure Android experience
While I personally use a Moto E, SD card is a must for devices with <32GB of storage. I prefer SD card coz it's sooo easy to switch devices and transfer data. For me, devices with expandable memory shouldn't have internal storage <4GB and devices with no expandable memory shouldn't have internal storage <16GB, though higher storage is always preferred by me in both cases.

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[maxburn]

Yes, I want to use it for all my music too but I can't.

 

[Speedygi]

I wouldn't worry about it, since I usually carry a second phone or tablet anyways.

 

[Flow39]

I would really like it to have an SD card slot. Adding extra storage would be a huge plus for the N5.

 

[jball32]

Meenova baby

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[mrsmumbles]

The problem with the Meenova is if you jar your phone slightly there can be errors if you're transferring files, etc. It's a workaround but not the best solution. A slot would be so much better.

Having said that, I've been meaning to get a second one in orange.