Brian & Anand Hate SD Card's in Phones

[shabby]

It's a flash drive, pull it out of pocket, plug in.

Its in the other pair of pants that you just put in the washing machine... life is over.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Might want to pick another example that retails for more than $200. When you're selling a device at that price, pennies matter. Using an ad hom like "corporate sheep" doesn't change this.

Tell me why those cheapo china tablet and phones somehow have SD slots then if they are so expensive to put them in. They are less than half of $200. Ad hom my butt.

 

[lothar]

Its in the other pair of pants that you just put in the washing machine... life is over.

Yup.

Another one:
Went to the computer lab/library. Didn't know you forgot your USB stick until an hour or two after you already left there. You rush back to go grab it where you left it...and it's not there.

 

[lothar]

Tell me why those cheapo china tablet and phones somehow have SD slots then if they are so expensive to put them in. They are less than half of $200. Ad hom my butt.

You're comparing a cheap PoS Chinese tablet with an SD slot to a Nexus 7? Oh, no you didn't...
Let me know when you see those cheapo China tablet with the latest SnapDragon processors, high rez screens, and other tech selling for the same $200 price as a Nexus 7.

 

[thedosbox]

Tell me why those cheapo china tablet and phones somehow have SD slots then if they are so expensive to put them in. They are less than half of $200.

I'm sure you have one and can provide a link for the rest of us to buy. I'm just as sure it has the same specs as the 2013 Nexus 7. I'm also sure that pigs fly.

 

[silverpig]

I also cannot stand sd cards in phones. It's a pain to have to deal with storing to the card vs internal storage. It's just not an elegant solution.

 

[Yuriman]

I also cannot stand sd cards in phones. It's a pain to have to deal with storing to the card vs internal storage. It's just not an elegant solution.

I'm not sure how other manufacturers have implemented things, but on Samsung phones you just pick where to save pictures/videos in the camera, and music/videos put on the card are automatically found with the media scanner, just as if it were on the eMMC. I have been in no way inconvenienced by having a uSD card in my phone.

 

[Raduque]

It's a flash drive, pull it out of pocket, plug in.

Done, 3-5 seconds of your life gone, maybe im just missing the point

Where did you find a flash drive with a micro USB plug? Or are you using a USB OTG adapter?

I also cannot stand sd cards in phones. It's a pain to have to deal with storing to the card vs internal storage. It's just not an elegant solution.

Oh, so, because you're a moron, you're trying to take options away from me? My mother, who is quite tech challenged, knows how to use uSD cards on her phone.

 

[mnewsham]

Where did you find a flash drive with a micro USB plug? Or are you using a USB OTG adapter?

USB OTG, works flawlessly out of the box with my phone so its pretty good for me.

 

[Aikouka]

So, it looks like they do sometimes peer deep into the underbelly!

https://twitter.com/nerdtalker/status/404858197761986560

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

You aren't missing the point. But you also don't realize that it's just easier and better to not need that drive in the first place.

Yeah. It's another gadget you need to remember to carry along.

 

[flashbacck]

Ok. Why do I care what they hate?

Yes, exactly. So they don't like SD cards. So what.
This thread is the dumb thread of the week.

 

[styrafoam]

So, it looks like they do sometimes peer deep into the underbelly!

https://twitter.com/nerdtalker/status/404858197761986560

Yeah poor, dumb people with a lack of perspective want microSD cards in their phones.

*shrug*

Rather than list all the strengths and zero weakness of having it and then verbally sort out the people who dislike them I'd just say that I would rather have one then not have one.

 

[tommo123]

wow, he's a total c**t!

they don't agree with me so .....losers!

 

[tommo123]

It's a flash drive, pull it out of pocket, plug in.

Done, 3-5 seconds of your life gone, maybe im just missing the point

while in the gym listening to your music? "oh, the cable came lose, well let me stop my workout to reconnect this stupid little cable".

 

[openwheel]

I have had failures with SD cards. Granted I used them often but they just don't seem reliable to me. Cloud is the way to go.

I see the argument for having SD cards. I am sitting here in an airport with a 4hour international layover. It would nice to switch SD card from one device to another, but my work around is simple enough ( simply charge the tablet) and SD card just became a nice to have.

I am holding Razr M 8gig with 16 gig SD card, and 16 gig Nexus 7. On a 20+ hour journey home to California, and I don't find myself needing SD card. My music is all flac files and movies all 720p. I am very organized though and I don't carry my entire music collection with me.

 

[mnewsham]

while in the gym listening to your music? "oh, the cable came lose, well let me stop my workout to reconnect this stupid little cable".

its actually so snug it takes a few seconds to work it out because it doesnt budge unless you really start trying to remove it.

 

[s44]

So, it looks like they do sometimes peer deep into the underbelly!

https://twitter.com/nerdtalker/status/404858197761986560

LOL. Dear twitter suckups: most of us have been here longer than Brian.

 

[tommo123]

its actually so snug it takes a few seconds to work it out because it doesnt budge unless you really start trying to remove it.

i've got a OTG cable and in a pocket etc it could easily work its way lose. could even break the usb port depending on movement/the pocket it's in/the size of the phone.

 

[mnewsham]

i've got a OTG cable and in a pocket etc it could easily work its way lose. could even break the usb port depending on movement/the pocket it's in/the size of the phone.

Guess it depends on the phone, mine is snug as hell and has 0 movement for it to work itself out.

 

[WelshBloke]

its actually so snug it takes a few seconds to work it out because it doesnt budge unless you really start trying to remove it.

Wait...

You think an sdcard is too clunky and inconvenient and your solution to not needing one is to dangle a usb stick off the bottom of the phone and manually transfer files across?

 

[s44]

Guess it depends on the phone, mine is snug as hell and has 0 movement for it to work itself out.

I can't believe you're still seriously trying to argue that a setup that involves always carrying two extra parts, one of which isn't attached to anything when you carry it, and which when both connected make the device unpocketable, is a better/comparable idea vis-a-vis an internal microSD.

You're getting screwed by the device manufacturer *cough*KoreanG2model*cough* and are making excuses for it.

 

[WelshBloke]

So, it looks like they do sometimes peer deep into the underbelly!

https://twitter.com/nerdtalker/status/404858197761986560

Well that twitter thread seems heavy on circle jerkery and light on discussion.
I don't use twitter, is it normally like that?

 

[s44]

Well that twitter thread seems heavy on circle jerkery and light on discussion.
I don't use twitter, is it normally like that?

Twitter is an awful place for discussion but a great place for amusement and breaking info.

 

[mnewsham]

You're getting screwed by the device manufacturer *cough*KoreanG2model*cough* and are making excuses for it.

Lol the korean model is shit tier, it has an SD card, wooo but only 2,610mAh battery. Sorry, but I'll keep my american version with 3,000mAh and 32GB standard instead of 16GB+SD card and shittier battery.