• madcaesar
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      1 year ago

      Who needs a micro SD when you can pay a subscription cloud service for the rest of your life??? - morons responding to me every time I lament the need for an SD card

      Not to mention if your screen gets fucked you can remove the card and have all your photos / movies instantly

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        1 year ago

        Why not both! I love SD but its also pretty handy I can access photos from my PC without needing any further action (I refer mostly to OneDrive right now) SD still rules tho.

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      1 year ago

      This drives me crazy. An iPhone 15 pro max with 256gb of storage is 1199 and the 512gb is 1399.

      So $200 for an extra 256gb. Meanwhile a fast, name brand, 1tb micro SD card is about $100.

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            1 year ago

            Up-selling is the game. Especially if you have something to repair, they will happily quote you close to half of the price of new device so you go “ah, then I might as well buy a new one”.

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            1 year ago

            Not all of them, but yes, sadly it has become a trend.

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            Well at least on android you have a choice (iirc Fariphone 5 has an SD-card slot)

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      They still do. My 2021 model phone has dual SIM, with one of the slots being enabled for either a SIM card or a SD card.