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Android users: how important is removable storage to you?
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:43 pm
I'm seeing more and more flagships do away with it and I don't understand why. I personally find it a necessity and it's one of the main reasons I went with the HTC One M9 over the S6. It's always been one of the main benefits of android, along with removable batteries which are also becoming less prevalent. What gives?
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Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:46 pm to Grim
Very important.
That's why I got the g4
Have my entire music library with me where ever I go.
That's why I got the g4
Have my entire music library with me where ever I go.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:46 pm to Grim
Unnecessary - I did double removable storage 1 time on 1 phone. Other than that, now with increasing prevalance of cloud - speed and funtionality trump any sort of expandability and removable storage.
If anything, it removes a point of failure - card slot covers and the slots themselves were the easiest to damage elements (other than the screen, of course) of the early generation smart phones.
If anything, it removes a point of failure - card slot covers and the slots themselves were the easiest to damage elements (other than the screen, of course) of the early generation smart phones.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:50 pm to Grim
Zero.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:54 pm to Ace Midnight
so if all your music is in the cloud you will use up data to play music? no thank u
This post was edited on 8/19/15 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:55 pm to Grim
Zero to me. I rely upon the cloud heavily, at least as far as my phone goes. I had a SD card in my Note 4 (just because it was laying around), the card eventually went bad and started making the phone buggy as hell before the error messages started popping up, then I pulled it and never looked back. Had it and had no need for it, wasn't even 25% full.
This post was edited on 8/19/15 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:58 pm to Wes Hightower
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so if all your music is in the cloud you will use up data to play music? no thank u
So you don't use Pandora, Spotify, or Google Music at all? I'm also certain you don't use Netflix either right?
Bottom line the data usage for music streaming is fairly negligible in today's data world.....unless you have a very minimal plan.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 1:10 pm to LSU316
sometimes i play music all day. lot of times out of middle of nowhere no wifi and weak 4g.. never had problems with my note 3 sd card
Posted on 8/19/15 at 1:10 pm to LSU316
sometimes i play music all day. lot of times out of middle of nowhere no wifi and weak 4g.. never had problems with my note 3 sd card
Posted on 8/19/15 at 1:13 pm to Wes Hightower
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so if all your music is in the cloud you will use up data to play music?
I have all of my music on my phone. But I bought a 64gb phone.
On the other hand, I see no reason, at this point, for more than 64gb.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 1:17 pm to Grim
quote:1. Space/volume. I know the cards are small, but the slot does take up space that might be better used for a larger battery or whatever.
I'm seeing more and more flagships do away with it and I don't understand why
2. Speed. SD cards are slower than internal storage, and there's no telling what users will put on there and then complain about their phone being slow.
3. Simplicity. Do you think the average user is competent enough to manage multiple volumes? Should the OS allow moving apps to SD card? What happens when the user swaps cards? What if the app and its data get separated? And media with thumbnails? Should, say, a photos app generate thumbnail images on the same volume as the originals, or should it keep all its thumbnails in a central location? What sort of mess would it be with multiple apps making thumbnails next to the originals? Or, if stored in a central location, what sort of performance impact will you see when the app can't find the originals because you've swapped cards?
4. Security. SD cards will almost always be formatted FAT for compatibility, but FAT has no concept of file ownership or security.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 1:18 pm to Grim
It was a necessity before I started using spotify.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 1:40 pm to Wes Hightower
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so if all your music is in the cloud you will use up data to play music?
It's not that hard to download them to the device while on a Wifi connection.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 2:30 pm to Grim
I suppose if I used a phone with removable storage for years and suddenly had to do without it, I'd miss it. But I've always had the lowest-tier capacity models of every phone I buy. For me, having more storage would just make me hoard more useless clutter.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 2:55 pm to Grim
I am in the SD card removable battery camp. I have two charger docks at home with batteries in them. Everyone lately has been harping on the "rapid charge" tech, but I like the convenience of no charge time bound to a cord. I like going from 0% to 100% in 10 seconds. 
Also not mentioned is QI wireless charging. I am spoiled by it. Have a bedside charger and customized my center console pocket of my truck with a hidden wireless dock.
Also not mentioned is QI wireless charging. I am spoiled by it. Have a bedside charger and customized my center console pocket of my truck with a hidden wireless dock.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 4:27 pm to Grim
None
I rely heavily on streaming music and cloud storage. I am around wifi 90% of the time so it's no big deal. I typically have data to burn.
Definitely removable battery camp for me. If your phone completely freezes and you can't even turn it off, what do you do? I have a Nexus 6 and luckily this hasn't happened to me.
I rely heavily on streaming music and cloud storage. I am around wifi 90% of the time so it's no big deal. I typically have data to burn.
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am in the SD card removable battery camp
Definitely removable battery camp for me. If your phone completely freezes and you can't even turn it off, what do you do? I have a Nexus 6 and luckily this hasn't happened to me.
This post was edited on 8/19/15 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 8/19/15 at 4:37 pm to Hulkklogan
quote:Long-press the power button. Very long press, like 10+ seconds.
If your phone completely freezes and you can't even turn it off, what do you do? I have a Nexus 6 and luckily this hasn't happened to me.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 5:25 pm to Hulkklogan
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If your phone completely freezes and you can't even turn it off, what do you do?
hard reset. usually power + home button or power + volume down if no home button.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 6:08 pm to whodatfan
i dont even think about storage on my phone.
with videos + photo unlimited backup to g+ and my 40000 mp3 library on google music, who cares?
i can switch phones or wipe my phone with little hassle anytime.
at most i have to install a few apps but i'm not an 'app guy' so i don't really have all that much on my phone anyway.
amazon 'free app of the day' apps are nicely stored on amazon cloud for me and i can get them back anytime i want by logging into my account.
oh and i have tmobile so unlimited music streaming means i never worry about music being on my phone.
with videos + photo unlimited backup to g+ and my 40000 mp3 library on google music, who cares?
i can switch phones or wipe my phone with little hassle anytime.
at most i have to install a few apps but i'm not an 'app guy' so i don't really have all that much on my phone anyway.
amazon 'free app of the day' apps are nicely stored on amazon cloud for me and i can get them back anytime i want by logging into my account.
oh and i have tmobile so unlimited music streaming means i never worry about music being on my phone.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 6:26 pm to CAD703X
Used to be now not so much, i have a 32 gig card and can barely fill up half a 64 gig internal sd card is plenty for me now.
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