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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 13:55:42 -0700
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On 2024-05-17 13:54, Andrew wrote:
> Frank Slootweg wrote on 17 May 2024 19:34:44 GMT :
> 
>>> My Android phones are all free from T-Mobile and they all have the aux
>>> jack, the FM radio, and the all important portable-storage sd slot.
>>>
>>> Most iPhone users think the portable storage slot is only for extending the
>>> internal memory - but it's also portable storage - which they can't do.
>>> (Apple wants them to pay for the iCloud so they can save pictures & video.)
>>
>>    I know you like to tout the SD card 'slot' on Android phones, but IMO
>> using them for *portable* storage, while possible, is not very
>> convenient.
> 
> Thank you for understanding that I _love_ that more than half of all
> Android phones in use today still have the SD slot, the aux jack and the FM
> radio (if not the removable battery - which I loved just as much as those).

Even if nobody is using them...