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Samsung sucks for removing the micro SD and MST Samsung Pay.
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It's ironic because both One pluses new budget phones include the sd card slot.
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but flagship lack it
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. 128 has been plenty for me and 256 that I'm getting will be way plenty, but why is it a budget feature?
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They might not but they are the last manufacturers to follow trends of others so we may get at least one more year out of them. LG and Sony still make flagships with headphone jacks for crying out loud. That should tell you something about them. It’s a shame their sales don’t really match all they offer in terms of features.
Samsung actually killed MST before they removed it from their phones. Samsung been killing off their samsung rewards and dont offer anymore incentive to use it. What really killed it was Home depot and Walmart disabled MST. Those were the only super stores that do not offer tap to pay. Samsung pay used to work but now those two stores disabled it. Everybody wanted to kill MST.
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They're just a slow, fairly unreliable way to compensate for lackluster storage.
A bike rack can be a useful feature. But a bike rack doesn't make a Lamborghini "more premium".
I'm bummed about the SD card removal. So much for saving the environment with 'reusable' storage!
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wow, really huh?? anyways you are entitled to your opinion as we are to ours.
Between my phone and 1TB SD card l, I have 700gb+ of storage. SD card is a faster way to access and transfer photos vs the cloud. The max storage of a Samsung phone is 512GB. Not sufficient.
SD card slots cost money so I'd say it's a luxury add on the previous high end Galaxy and Notes have had, not a budget phone feature. Budget phones lack features. 2021 is all about cutting costs after prices went to high because of 5G.
I agree with this. I hate that they dropped the sd slot. On all the phones I've had with LG and Sammy with Google Photos, trying to view videos from the cloud is impossible. The app just buffers and I can't show any videos I've taken. Doesn't matter if its LG (2 models) and Sammy (2 models), they do the same no matter where I am. Updating the app doesn't do anything. Photos can take a bit to show depending on the data speed. I like how I can remove the card, put it in the PC and transfer away without issue. No cables to worry about, no slow speeds to worry about. No need to login (if not on my laptop) and download a picture.
Adding the SD slot doesn't take that much room. You already have the tray for the SIM card anyways.
I get some folks use 35GB of pictures. Good for you. Many don't. I have between the internal and SD card, 210GB of data/images/files/music/etc. Couple that with many apps are large, and a 128GB card will be alot less for storing. Apps and System files are over 50GB on my phone alone. So on a 128GB, I only would have 70ish GB. I'm twice more than that on my SD card alone.
If it wasn't for TMo's deal for a free S21 with tradein, I'd have skipped this line. My wifes much less than I do so I'll give her this phone, but removing the SD slot is a dumb move. Maybe then make it a feature of the 22+ and drop it on the S22 when they come out, but gone all together? Blah...
And another thing, about the article here "Best microSD Alternatives for Samsung Galaxy S21 in 2021" specifically the comment: "But with the wide availability of external SSDs, there are plenty of options that deliver much better transfer rates while costing the same as traditional microSD cards."
That is an asinine comment. Some of the options listed are way more expensive. the Flash drives are similar, but then you need to carry about another USB drive. The SD readers you still need a SD card. The beauty of a SD slot is you don't have to carry anything else. The card is in the phone. Want to transfer pictures, just take the card out and put it in the laptop/pc (which most have slots for now anyways be default).
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So your phone has negative 300GB of storage on its own?
To reference my last reply to someone, bike racks also cost money...
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Wait...are people really going to be doing a bunch of 8K recording with this phone? I'm not saying it's a bad thing as it is an advertised feature. But I can't imagine using it much personally.
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Well here's the thing, an SD card isn't fast enough to record 8K video anyway.
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