On the GS6. What's more of a deal breaker for you, no removable battery or no SD card?

[Cobravision]

No removable battery isn't very bright either. How do you reset a frozen device?

All of the devices with sealed batteries have a button combo that hard resets. Phones, tablets, etc. This has been solved countless times in the past. Even the iPod had this feature. I will miss a swappable battery, but the trade off for a slimmer form factor is worth it for me. The built in wireless charging also takes the sting out. But I loved having a fully charged spare around.

But why? WHY? Somebody PLEASE explain why they would do this? What POSSIBLE advantage could this pose? Are they trying to save .20¢ per phone manufacturing cost?
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Google has been pressuring OEMs to get rid of external SD card support and Kit Kat made external SD a difficult to use add on. I understand how it works, but it's still a pain shuttling files to the extSD via file explorer because many of my apps won't write directly to it. SD cards cause all sorts of problems and this is probably the beginning of the end of extSD support on Android from the major OEMs. Samsung cheaped out by only including 16GB in their earlier models, leaning on consumer purchased extSD cards to take up the slack. Without apps2SD support and the changes made in Kit Kat, this became a problem. I can't wait to get 32gb onboard, even if it means I can't add more storage. I have videos on my S5 with jumps and skips on them presumably because they couldn't write to the Class 10 extSD card fast enough.

Had they actually had 32GB S5 models for sale at launch, I would have gotten one so I could ditch the SD card. With 16GB, the extSD was essential. I can easily get by with 32GB or even step up to 64GB and be very happy. If they really wanted to do this for cash, they'd follow Apple's route and make the entry model only 16GB and basically force you to upgrade to 64GB. 32GB is a nice sweet spot.

 

[clevin]

Google has been pressuring OEMs to get rid of external SD card support and Kit Kat made external SD a difficult to use add on.

Google's motives can be hard to pin down, but safe to say its not always pure.

on a unrelated news, I just updated my microSD from 16g to 64G on my note 3, now it has 96G total!

 

[Cobravision]

Judging by Google's attempt at encrypting the phone memory by default in lollipop, it appears that data encryption will be the next big focus. They backed away this time because of performance issues, but an encrypted extSD card will make already slow memory even slower.

 

[GrooveRite]

Judging by Google's attempt at encrypting the phone memory by default in lollipop, it appears that data encryption will be the next big focus. They backed away this time because of performance issues, but an encrypted extSD card will make already slow memory even slower.

Slow how? I use my SD card mainly for digital media such as music and videos. I don't find it slow for that at all and I carry a lot of it. Are you referring it's slow for storing apps/app data perhaps?

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[berdinkerdickle]

There's some pretty fast sd cards out there now.

 

[npaladin-2000]

Slow how? I use my SD card mainly for digital media such as music and videos. I don't find it slow for that at all and I carry a lot of it. Are you referring it's slow for storing apps/app data perhaps?

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Try streaming from an encrypted SD card and then you'll know what slow is.

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[Scott7217]

on a unrelated news, I just updated my microSD from 16g to 64G on my note 3, now it has 96G total!

The good thing is that you don't need to buy a microSD card at the same time you buy your phone. You can delay the purchase of a microSD card until later, possibly when there's a sale.

So, let's take a closer look at what 96 GB does for you.

You can access all 96 GB on your phone locally. That frees up the bandwidth from cell phone towers for other users.

If a storm knocks out the towers or cuts off the power, you can still access that 96 GB on your phone.

If you're ever located somewhere that has little to no signal (e.g. basements, airplanes, wilderness), you still have access to that 96 GB.

Plus, when you actually have a signal, nothing prevents you from using the cloud in addition to your microSD card. You have the flexibility to use both.

 

[GrooveRite]

The good thing is that you don't need to buy a microSD card at the same time you buy your phone. You can delay the purchase of a microSD card until later, possibly when there's a sale.

So, let's take a closer look at what 96 GB does for you.

You can access all 96 GB on your phone locally. That frees up the bandwidth from cell phone towers for other users.

If a storm knocks out the towers or cuts off the power, you can still access that 96 GB on your phone.

If you're ever located somewhere that has little to no signal (e.g. basements, airplanes, wilderness), you still have access to that 96 GB.

Plus, when you actually have a signal, nothing prevents you from using the cloud in addition to your microSD card. You have the flexibility to use both.

What about be the savings on battery life?!? C'mon man I thought you were better than that!!..... Lol

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[simpspin]

Google's motives can be hard to pin down, but safe to say its not always pure.

on a unrelated news, I just updated my microSD from 16g to 64G on my note 3, now it has 96G total!

I have a Note 4 with a 128gb sd card for all my music and I'm at 160gb.

On topic, I'm bummed the s6 has no card slot, but I'm even more worried the note 5 will be lacking one. If that's the case, then I'm holding to my Note 4 until it dies.

 

[Haalcyon]

If that's the case, then I'm holding to my Note 4 until it dies.

...and then what will you do?

from The 🅰

 

[clevin]

...and then what will you do?

from The 🅰

buy another note 4

 

[clevin]

What about be the savings on battery life?!? C'mon man I thought you were better than that!!..... Lol

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it's a good point, data transmission is one of the biggest battery draw.

BTW, I am very suspecious of cloud storage after NSA stuff. I do have dropbox and mega, but not rely on them solely.

 

[ibcop]

it's a good point, data transmission is one of the biggest battery draw.

BTW, I am very suspecious of cloud storage after NSA stuff. I do have dropbox and mega, but not rely on them solely.

If the NSA wants to know anything about you, nothing you can do about it.

 

[cardboard60]

I disagree that removing the SD slot was pure profit. SD cards have been removed from a number of devices over the years and that was done as internal storage increased. Additionally, Google hasn't been a fan of SD cards for use with Android due to it limitations in storing/running apps, copyright concerns for their partners, and security issues. You can search and find articles going back at least three years discussing this.

I think the person at Samsung who took the SD card out, should loose their job on account of it.

 

[ibcop]

I think the person at Samsung who took the SD card out, should loose their job on account of it.

You can't be serious.

 

[Haalcyon]

buy another note 4

...or a Note Edge? It really is a nice device too.

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[clevin]

If the NSA wants to know anything about you, nothing you can do about it.

True, although I'd like them to sweat for it, so they won't be that callous with regard to people's privacy.

...or a Note Edge? It really is a nice device too.

??????from The ????????????

yeah, but it costs $120 more ($170 more since Note 4 price dropped) for something I really can live without.

 

[Haalcyon]

∆ True that.

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[Dude2]

Issues may be resolved. See thread on the S6 Active.

 

[Serial Fordicator]

Verizon is stocking all 3 storage versions of the S6.

I'll believe it when i see it